Rules
RulesYour First Chess Game: from empty board to your first checkmateA complete first game guide: setting up the board, who moves first, what the pieces are worth, an opening plan in three sentences, and your first checkmate.RulesHow the chess pieces moveThe definitive guide to how every chess piece moves (king, queen, rook, bishop, knight and pawn) with clear diagrams and examples so you can start playing today.RulesCheck, Checkmate and Stalemate: the difference that decides the gameCheck is your king under attack, checkmate is check with no legal answer, stalemate is a draw with no legal move at all. See the difference in clear diagrams.RulesCastling, En Passant and Promotion: the three special movesEvery condition for castling, exactly when en passant is legal and when it expires, and why promoting to a knight sometimes wins more than a queen.RulesDraws in Chess: the five ways a game ends levelStalemate, repetition, the fifty-move rule, insufficient material and agreement: the five ways a chess game ends in a draw, with diagrams and real examples.RulesAlgebraic Notation: how to read and write chess movesHow to read and write chess moves: files and ranks, the piece letters, captures, check, mate, castling, promotion, disambiguation and the annotation symbols.