minor piece

non-pawn chess piece incapable of checkmate with only their own king for support (in orthodox chess, the knight or the bishop)
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minor piece

Summary

Key Facts

  • minor piece is a type of chess piece[1].
  • minor piece is a type of non-pawn chess piece[2].
  • minor piece is the opposite of major piece[3].
  • minor piece's sport is recorded as chess[4].
  • minor piece's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bz-berlin.de/ratgeber/was-sind-leichtfiguren-und-schwerfiguren[5].
  • minor piece's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/minor-pieces[6].
  • minor piece's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chess piece[1] and non-pawn chess piece[2]. minor piece is the opposite of major piece[3].

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