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How kings move and capture

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1. Kings can move in any direction one square at a time, but cannot move into check!
 
2. If a king moves to a square occupied by an opponent's piece, then that piece is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move.
 
*See how kings capture an opponent's piece.

(*Link courtesy Richard James @ ChessKids Academy)