Step 1 assesses whether you understand and can apply important concepts of the basic sciences to the practise of medicine, with special emphasis on the principles and mechanisms underlying health, disease, and modes of therapy. It ensures mastery of not only the sciences that provide a foundation for the safe and competent practise of medicine in the present but also the scientific principles required for the maintenance of competence through lifelong learning. Step 1 is constructed according to an integrated content outline that organises basic science material along two dimensions: system and process.
Step 1 is a one-day examination. It is divided into seven 60-minute blocks and administered in one 8-hour testing session. The number of questions per block on a given examination form may vary but will not exceed 40. The total number of items on the overall examination form will not exceed 280.
The examination also includes a minimum allotment of 45 minutes of break time and a 15-minute optional tutorial. The amount of time available for breaks may be increased by finishing a block of test items or the optional tutorial before the allotted time expires.
Set up the chess board.
The chess pieces are then arranged the same way each time. The second row (or rank) is filled with pawns. The rooks go in the corners, then the knights next to them, followed by the bishops, and finally, the queen, who always goes on her matching colour (white queen on white, black queen on black), and the king on the remaining square.
Chessboard
Setting up the pieces at the beginning of the game will be easy.
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Step 2. How the Chess Pieces Move
Each of the six different kinds of pieces moves differently. Pieces cannot move through other pieces (though the knight can jump over other pieces) and can never move onto a square with one of their pieces. However, they can be moved to take the place of an opponent's piece, which is then captured. Pieces are generally moved into positions where they can capture other pieces (by landing on their square and then replacing them), defend their pieces in case of capture, or control important squares in the game.
How to Move the King in Chess
The king is the most important but also one of the weakest pieces.The king can only move one square in any direction: up, down, to the sides, and diagonally.
The king may never move into check (where he could be captured). When the king is attacked by another piece, this is called a
King's Chess Movement
How to Move the Queen in Chess
The queen is the most powerful piece. She can move in any one straight direction—forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally—as far as possible, as long as she does not move through any of her pieces.
And, like with all pieces, if the queen captures an opponent's piece, her move is over. Notice how the white queen captures the black queen, and then the black king is forced to move.
Queen's Chess Movement
How to Move the Rook in Chess
The rook may move as far as it wants, but only forward, backward, and to the sides.
The rooks are particularly powerful pieces when they are protecting each other and working together!
Rook Chess Movement
How to Move the Bishop in Chess
The bishop may move as far as he wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop starts on one colour (light or dark) and must always stay on that color.
Bishops work well together because they cover up each other's weaknesses.
Bishop Chess Movement
How to Move the Knight in Chess
Knights move in a very different way from the other pieces, going two squares in one direction and then one more move at a 90-degree angle, just like the shape of an "L."
Knights are also the only pieces that can move other pieces.
Knight Chess Movement
How to Move the Pawn in Chess
Pawns are unusual because they move and capture in different ways: they move forward but capture diagonally. Pawns can only move forward one square at a time, except for their very first move, where they can move forward two squares.
Pawns can only capture one square diagonally in front of them. They can never move or capture in reverse.If there is another piece directly in front of the pawn, he cannot move past or capture that piece.
Pawn chess movement
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Step 3. Discover the Special Rules of Chess
There are a few special rules in chess that may not seem logical at first. They were created to make the game more fun and interesting.
In Chess, How Do You Promote A Pawn?
Pawns have another special ability, which is that if a pawn reaches the other side of the board, it can become any other chess piece (called promotion), excluding a king (or pawn, for that matter).
A pawn may be promoted to a knight, bishop, rook, or queen. A common misconception is that pawns may only be exchanged for a piece that has been captured. That is not true. A pawn is usually promoted to a queen. Only pawns may be promoted.
How to promote a pawn in chess
How to Do "En Passant" in Chess
The last rule about pawns is called "en passant," which is French for "in passing." If a pawn moves out two squares on its first move and by doing so lands to the side of an opponent's pawn (effectively jumping past the other pawn's ability to capture it), that other pawn has the option of capturing the first pawn as it passes by.
Chess en passant
This special move must be made immediately after the first pawn has moved past; otherwise, the option to capture it is no longer available. Click through the example below to better understand this odd but important rule.
en passant
How to Castle in Chess
One other special chess rule is called "castling." This move allows you to do two important things in one move: get your king to safety (hopefully) and get your rook out of the corner and into the game. On a player's turn, he may move his king two squares over to one side and then move the rook from that side's corner to the right next to the king on the opposite side. (See the example below.) However, to castle, the following conditions must be met:
It must be that king's very first move.
It must be that rook's very first move.
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