Are you supposed to take the king in chess?

think of the king as a person who cares for the people and gives them supplies and they are kinda like presidents. so they are for many things like without the king there would be no queen and even the pawns would run out of supplies The above is a cute answer and I hate to ruin it with the plain facts, but since you asked, the king serves as the target for each opponent to attack and trap and win the game. Each side of the board is an army and the king is the leader so, although he is pretty weak with all the other pieces on the board, when the king is cornered properly, the game is over.