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“Learn How To Play Chess.”

By: IM Alfonso Almeida

Chess is a millenary game. Nobody knows for sure when

or where chess was invented. Most experts believe that

chess was invented over 2,000 years ago in India.

In fact, the current World Chess Champion GM

Viswanathan Anand was born in India.



The Board

The Board has 64 Squares (8X8).

32 Light Squares + 32 Dark Squares



The Chess Pieces

The Chessmen: 32 pieces. 16 White, and 16

Black.

Each player has 1 King, 1 Queen, 2 Rooks,

2 Bishops, 2 Knights, and 8 Pawns.

King Queen Rook Bishop Knight Pawn

1 1 2 2 2 8



The King

The King is the most important piece on the

board. The King moves one square away in

any direction.

The King moves and capturesone square away

X

Kings can’t never meet.Keep one square away from your opponents’ King



The Rook

The Rook moves and captures up-down-side-

to-side. The Rook moves along ranks and files.



The Bishop

The Bishop is a minor piece. The Bishop

captures and moves on diagonals, and it never

changes it’s color square. Bishops can’t jump

over pieces.



The Queen

The Queen is the most powerful piece! The

Queen moves up-down-side-side and

diagonally. The Queen moves and captures like

a Rook + Bishop.



The Knight

The Knight is a very tricky piece.

It changes its color square every single move.

The Knight moves 2 squares up-down-side-to-side

and then it turns 1 square (Twist).



The Pawn

The Pawn moves only forward, never backwards or sideways.

The Pawn can move one or two squares on it’s first move. Afterwards, only one square

at the time.

When the pawn reaches the last rank (8th) (Pawn Promotion)the Pawn turns into a new

piece: Queen or Rook, Bishop or Knight. The Pawn captures diagonally one square

away

(look at the X marks.)

X X1

2



En-Passant: When a Pawn moves away two squares on it’s first move;

and if it lands next to an opposing Pawn, then the hostile Pawn can capture the

first Pawn En-Passant.



Special Moves.

Castling: The King can move two squares away towards a Rook,

and the Rook jumps over and lands next to the King.

Castling must be the first move for the King or Rook. If you moved

The King or the Rook before, you can’t castle anymore.

Queen-Side

Castling

Or Long-Castling

King-Side

Castling

Or Short-Castling

Chess



Objective: Win the game by putting your opponents’ King in “Checkmate.”

Checkmate: One King is trapped in “check” & can not escape out of check.

Check : A hostile piece is threaten (To capture) a King.

Note: You can’t capture a King. You can only put it on checkmate and win.

Stalemate: The King is Trapped but it’s not in check, and the game is a draw. Nobody wins.

Pieces Value Points

King Game

Queen 9

Rook 5

Bishop 3

Knight 3

Pawn 1



Checkmate Positions

The Three ways to escape out of check:

1- Move: Move your King to a safe square.2- Block : Put a piece in between your King and the hostile piece.

3- Capture: Take the hostile piece.



Starting Position

White moves first!

The Right Set Up.

Make sure that your right hand corner

is a White square.

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