How to Play Chess: A Beginner’s Guide to the Rules of Chess, Essential Tactics & Key Strategies to Win

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Imagine you could learn the rules of chess and start playing your first chess game in less than 2 hours…

Sounds attractive, right? Two hours seems to be an unbelievably short time investment to learn all of the rules, basic tactics, and main strategies of such a legendary game!

Perhaps you are looking for the perfect beginner’s guide to chess for yourself or a friend? Maybe you have never played chess before and need a simple and fast how-to book, or you know how to play but want to build on your knowledge with additional information. You might simply want a quick chess refresher course.

If any of these apply to you, then you are on the right track! Chess is a complicated game, filled with patterns which may, at first, seem like random movements. The goal of this illustrated guide is to make those patterns clearer, and it is directed towards first-time players and novices, both adults and kids.

This book will help you:✓ Get familiar with the game, its goal and rules, terminology and components.✓ Easily memorize all the pieces, their movement options (including special movements) and how they can work in conjunction to devastate your opponent.✓ Know what common tactics are and learn essential chess tactical motifs that will give you a competitive advantage over other beginners.✓ Discover the difference between tactics and strategy.✓ Learn the three stages of a chess game, discover key strategy principles, and know how to put them into action from the opening to the endgame.✓ Memorize the best chess opening for beginners and recognize elementary checkmating patterns.✓ Easily refresh learned lessons using sections with summarized information.And much MORE!

This guide includes 70+ images which illustrate the given information, along with easy-to-follow, step-by-step explanations that demystify the game – and give you an extra edge.

Much like in life, in chess you will find that you gravitate towards certain ideas and strategies. Many such strategies are found in this book, and in some ways, this book is meant to give you a grander idea of the kind of player you want to be.

This guide is your first stepping stone toward growth as a player, covering tactics which can be used throughout the game and strategies in the opening, middle game, and endgame. It contains everything you need to start playing and win your first game.

Amaze your family and friends with the techniques and knowledge gained from this guide and start enjoying your victories today!

From the Publisher

The Goal of the Game

The goal of chess game is to maneuver your pieces in an effort to remove your opponent’s pieces and ultimately capture his or her King. This may sound easy, but keep in mind that the other player has the exact same goal. A heavy focus on your offensive game can lead to massive holes in your defense. A rigid focus on defense may reduce your chances of launching a meaningful attack. Though chess is a game of logic, structured by hard and fast rules, there is also an art to forcing a “checkmate” on your opponent (a win). This art is in the collective movement of pieces, and how you use their individual strengths collectively to force a win.

Chessmen

The King and Queen

The two central squares of the closest rank are occupied by the King and Queen. The Queen is placed on the square matching her color, and the King occupies the square of the opposite color.

The Rook, Bishop and Knight

The Rooks are placed on the leftmost and rightmost squares, followed by the Knights on the spaces directly next to them, then Bishops, after the Knights.

The Pawn

Each player begins the game with eight Pawns placed along their second rank.

Chess Board There are 64 squares (8 x 8) on a standard chessboard. The lighter-colored squares are called “white” or “light” squares. The darker-colored squares are called “dark” or “black” squares. The vertical rows are called files (a – h).

The Three Stages of a Chess Game

Opening

The opening is the beginning of a game. Each side develops their pieces, preparing for skirmishes during the middle game. Development occurs when a passive piece is made more active. Because the strongest pieces begin behind Pawns, they have limited mobility, and are unable to attack, or threaten a significant amount of spaces.

Middle Game

The middle game begins after each player develops their pieces. The middle game is arguably the most difficult part of the game to learn. Each player develops their own strategy in the opening stage, and attempts to execute it while keeping the opponent at bay. Because each side has developed their pieces, it can be overwhelming to track each square threatened by an opponent’s forces. Many chess games have been won, and lost, in the middle game.

Endgame

The endgame begins when the Kings join the fight. During the fairly populated middle game, Pawns and pieces are exchanged back and forth such that by the endgame, the battlefield is reduced to a few pieces on each side. The King is much stronger on a less populated battlefield, and often plays a crucial role in determining whether a player wins or loses.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08YQQTXHV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (March 11, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 107 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8720408077
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 – 18 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.25 x 8 inches