How do you win a chess game? Simply, you checkmate the enemy King. Let’s talk about checkmate. What is a checkmate? Checkmate is a position where the King is put in check by one (or more) pieces, and there are no ways for the King to get out of check....
Learn what check means in chess. What is a check? If an enemy piece could capture your King on its next move, we say that your King is in check. The enemy piece is called the checking piece. In the example below, the White Bishop could capture the Black King on its...
Let’s learn how Rooks move and capture. The Rooks are the pieces shaped like a castle tower in your chess set: And indeed rooks are sometimes called castles, because they look like castle towers. However, note that the correct name is Rook, not castle. Where...
What really makes the difference in chess is thinking ahead: learn to think first, and only then move. Set up this position: We are playing a Capture The Flag game. What are White’s choices? White could either capture the pawn on d5 or move his pawn forward to...
Learn how to position and setup the chessboard. White on the Right! This is the chessboard: “White on the right”: this helps you to remember the right way to place the chessboard in front of you. A light square should be on your right-hand side. How to Set...
