How to play chess

With this method "how to play chess for dummies" you will firstly learn the movements of each piece, and then, you haveminigames available in order to consolidate your learning. We will also teach you some special movements and key situations in chess, such as the check, the checkmate or the stalemate.

Before starting a game of chess we must always check that we have placed the board correctly, the square to your right must be white.

Chess is a turn-based game that faces two players, one carries the white pieces and the other the black pieces. In a chess game, white pieces always start moving, next it is the turn for the black pieces, back to the white pieces, and so consequently until the game ends.

The objective of chess is to checkmate the opponent, wherewith we win the game. Likewise, we could lose the game if we get checkmated. We can also end up the game in a draw.

This are the rules of the pawn:

• The pawn can only move forward.
• The pawn can move one or two squares from its initial position.
• The pawn can not move forward if it has a piece in front of it.
• The pawn captures diagonally and in one square distance. When it captures a piece, it stays in the square of the piece it has captured.
• When a pawn reaches the last rank it can promote, which means we can swap it for any piece of our colour except the king.

Reach the last rank and promote a pawn to win!

This are the rules of the king:

• It can move one square in any direction.
• It cannot move to a square in which he will get captured on the next move.
• When the king captures, it stays in the square of the piece it has captured.
The king cannot castle if:
• The king is in check.
• The king or rook with which you are castling have been moved previously.
• The king's path or destination during castling is threatened by the opponent's pieces.

Reach the last rank and promote a pawn to win!

This are the rules of the rook:

• The rook can move in columns and ranks.
• When a rook captures an enemy piece it stays in the square of the piece it has captured.

Reach the last rank and promote a pawn to win!

This are the rules of the knight:

• The knight moves in "L", two squares in one direction and one in the other.
• The knight is the only piece of chess that can jump over other pieces.
• When a knight captures an enemy piece it stays in the square of the piece it has captured.

Reach the last rank and promote a pawn to win!

This are the rules of the bishop:

• The bishop moves diagonally.
• When a bishop captures an enemy piece, it stays in the square of the piece it has captured.

Reach the last rank and promote a pawn to win!

This are the rules of the queen:

• The queen can move in files, ranks or diagonals.
• When the queen captures an enemy piece it stays in the square of the piece it has captured.

Reach the last rank and promote a pawn to win!

A check is when we threaten the capture of the opposing king with one of our pieces. The opponent must defend himself from that check. There are three ways to defend from a check:

• Capturing the piece that threatens the king.
• Placing a piece between the attacking piece and the king.
• Moving the king.

In chess it is impossible to capture the king. If it is your turn and you can capture it, your opponent has made an illegal move or it is checkmate.

The checkmate occurs when the opponent's king is threatened and cannot be defended. Whatever he plays, his king will be captured the next move. Whoever checkmates the opponent wins the game.

A stalemated king takes place when it is a player's turn and cannot make any legal move. The game ends in draw.