Pawns move forwards
Take off sideways.
Rooks are not castles
They travel in straight lines.
Bishops are politicians
They can only move diagonally
Never capable of approaching
The enemy, but by subterfuge.
Knights move at a gallop
Two steps one way, one step the other.
The Queen can do whatever she likes
But she cannot ride the Knights horse.
The King in need of all his men
Plods one regal step at a time
In any direction
Except when he castles
He may take two steps Queen’s side
Or two steps King’s side
But only if he and his rook
Have been motionless, and he
Can’t castle into, out of or through check.
No good player would dream of using
Scholars mate… Although
The undergraduate has tried
To use the rapid victory as an excuse
For another mating game.
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