▁as ▁well ▁as ▁assist ing ▁in ▁the ▁promotion ▁of ▁their ▁remaining ▁pa wn s . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁meaning ful ▁to ▁assign ▁a ▁value ▁to ▁the ▁king ▁relative ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁pieces , ▁as ▁it ▁cannot ▁be ▁captured ▁or ▁ex changed , ▁and ▁must ▁be ▁protected ▁at ▁all ▁costs . ▁In ▁this ▁sense , ▁its ▁value ▁could ▁be ▁considered ▁infinite . ▁As ▁an ▁assess ment ▁of ▁the ▁king ' s ▁cap ability ▁as ▁an ▁off ensive ▁piece ▁in ▁the ▁end game , ▁it ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁slightly ▁stronger ▁than ▁a ▁bishop ▁or ▁kn ight   – ▁E manuel ▁L ask er ▁gave ▁it ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁a ▁kn ight ▁plus ▁a ▁pa wn ▁( i . e . ▁four ▁points ▁on ▁the ▁scale ▁of ▁ch ess ▁piece ▁relative ▁value ) ▁. ▁It ▁is ▁better ▁at ▁def ending ▁nearby ▁pa wn s ▁than ▁the ▁kn ight ▁is , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁better ▁at ▁attack ing ▁them ▁than ▁the ▁bishop ▁is ▁. ▁ ▁Unicode ▁ ▁Unicode ▁defines ▁two ▁code points ▁for ▁king : ▁▁ <0xE2> <0x99> <0x94> ▁U + 2 6 5 4 ▁White ▁Ch ess ▁King ▁( HTML ▁& # 9 8 1 2 ; ) ▁▁ <0xE2> <0x99> <0x9A> ▁U + 2 6 5 A ▁Black ▁Ch ess ▁King ▁( HTML ▁& # 9 8 1 8 ; ) ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁F ian ch etto ▁variation ▁of ▁the ▁King ’ s ▁Indian ▁Def ence ▁Pie ce c lopedia : ▁King ▁by ▁Fer g