Basic(adj,)

soheil1the same basic movement

It is a very simple movement: one square forward.

What about this:
Since the earliest days of chess, the basic part of ****'s movement was the same....
Is it synonymous?

When the chess game was invented, the **** had basic rules for how you can move it. It has the same rules in modern chess. You can only move it one square straight ahead.

...except, of course, for 'en passant', as I now recall.

Additionally, the **** can move two squares forward on its first move, and it can promote or under-promote upon reaching the 8th rank.

Now, what what 'basic' mean here?

It has 3 senses on:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/basic

I have traslated it like this:
.....the most simple part of ****'s movement has been the same.....
then changed mind and wrote:

...The main part of ****'s movement was the same.......

. . . it marches one square at a time

No, it doesn't, at least not in modern Western-style chess.

Clive. . . it marches one square at a timeNo, it doesn't, at least not in modern Western-style chess.ClivePS Oh, I see this was clarified later in the thread.

What does the adjective mean then?

What adjective?

'Basic'
It is in the title.

Have you just opened a topic an started typing