Issues with Prince Harry's chess knowledge

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Brilliant! (Loved the bit about the king being sad and unable to move for one turn.)

[Tim Spanton]

Piece has three different technical meanings in chess, which usually have to be distinguished by context, and one of those includes pawns.

But that's hardly a technical meaning - it's what laymen would mean by piece/pieces

[Chris Goodall]

I assume you mean laypieces.

[MJMcCready]

Piece has three different technical meanings in chess, which usually have to be distinguished by context, and one of those includes pawns.

I thought it only had two, minor pieces and major piece, I thought pawns were just pawns.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Well, one of the technical contexts in question is the Laws Of Chess, and in those, pawns are included in the category of pieces. https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023

[Pete Morriss]

Piece has three different technical meanings in chess, which usually have to be distinguished by context, and one of those includes pawns.

I thought it only had two, minor pieces and major piece, I thought pawns were just pawns.

When I ask people to put the pieces away after a club night, I expect them not to ignore the pawns.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Also when composing problems/studies - the term "pieces" as in "Black/White have X pieces" clearly includes pawns as well.