BACKGROUND
INDIA
The most important piece.
KING
name of the modern design of chess pieces
STAUNTON
Piece that may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally.
BISHOP
The unofficial best chess player of the world
Adolf Anderssen
May move to any square as far as it wants, but only forward, backward, and to the sides.
The first great American-born chess player who traveled to Europe
Paul Morphy
The most powerful piece
QUEEN
He became the world's first official chess champion in 1894
Wilhelm Steinitz
the only pieces that can move over other pieces.
KNIGHT