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Each King in Chess represents the prize the opposition seeks to win, and therefore almost always plays a defensive role.
- Its movements are restricted to the immediately adjacent squares of the board except for the special move called castling in which the King and a Rook move simultaneously.
- The King may not make a move that would expose itself to attack and must, if possible, move out of attack.
- When the King cannot evade attack, it is said to be checkmated and the game ends with the attacker declared the winner.