She can move either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally by any number of spaces and capture from any of those directions.
The queen: She is the most powerful piece and can usually be identified by her feminine crown). 
Since it can only move diagonally, one of your bishops stays on the light-squares (and is called the "light-squared bishop") while the other stays on the dark-squares (and is called the "dark-squared bishop").
The bishop: It can only move diagonally, but can move an unlimited amount of spaces in that direction. However, the knight only captures an enemy piece if it is in the space where he settles. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces (of either color). It moves in an 'L' shapes that consist of two spaces horizontally then one space vertically, or one space horizontally then two spaces vertically. The knight: It's represented by a horse and is the most complicated of the pieces. 
It can move horizontally or vertically as many spaces as are available.
The rook: Sometimes called a "castle" (though rook is more common to avoid confusion with the "castling" move, see below), the rook looks like a small tower. When a pawn reaches the eighth rank (for white) or first rank (for black) they are "promoted" into another piece (see below). The pawn is the only piece that cannot move backwards and is also the only piece that captures in a way that is different from how it normally moves. Pawns capture pieces situated one space diagonally in front. Pawns cannot move forward if they are blocked by an enemy piece nor can they capture pieces directly ahead of them. On its initial move, it can move forward one or two vacant spaces, but it is only allowed to move forward one vacant space afterwards. 
The pawn: The most basic piece in the game (you have 8 of them). Here are the names of every piece and how they move (with a few exceptions, that will be covered in a bit):
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