Chess 101

What we'll cover

• What the different pieces are and how they move
• Checkmate (the aim of the game)
• Stalemate (what happens when you almost win)
• Castling (fancy way to protect your king)
• Just what is a gambit anyway?
• (very) basic strategy
• A few tactics
• Where to go for more?

So, about chess...

Initial setup

The King

The Queen

The Queen

The Rook (castle)

The Bishop (you get two)

Knights

Pawns

Checkmate

Checkmate

Stalemate

Stalemate

Casteling

Casteling

Gambit

Just a fancy word for sacrifice

Gambit

Just a fancy word for sacrifice

Strategy

Control the centre, get your pieces out, castle

Tactics

Tactics

Tactics

Tactics

Tactics

Tactics

Tactics

Tactics

Tactics

black to play... (fancy finish)

Note on clocks and rating

More...

• lichess.org (excellent free app)
• chess.com (other main app)
• Eric Rosen on youtube (more advanced)
• chessable.com (learn some openings)
• chessboard in the cupboard :)
• minichessgames.com (coming soon!)