How to Play Chess
You need two players. Decide who will be White and who will be Black.
White and Black take it in turns to move a piece (in Chess, the White army always goes first). Remember the set up and that each piece has its own way of moving as described above. A piece can capture an opposing piece by landing on that pieces square.
The aim of the game is to capture the enemy King. If you move one of your pieces to attack the King , in other words, your piece could capture him next move, you say check. This means, roughly watch out for your King!.
If he or she is in check, your opponent needs to defend the King either by moving him out of the way of the attack, blocking the attack with another piece, or capturing the piece that threatened to capture the King.
If your opponent cannot defend the King in any of these ways, you say checkmate. This means the king is dead. Remember that you must never move your King into check as this would mean your opponent could capture your King straightaway.
The game ends in a draw when:
1. There are not enough pieces to complete the checkmate.
2. When a player is stalemated. There are no possible moves for him to make.
3. when a position is repeated three times in a row.
4. If in the last fifty consecutive moves of each side there is no piece capture or pawn movement.
Setting Up the chess game
Place your chess pieces following the drawing of the board.
The pieces and how they move
1º The King
A/ 1 square in any direction, forward, backward, across or diagonally.
B/ castling: the king moves two squares towards the castle, and the castle moves to the other side of the king
move
Meaning of the Icons on the Video-Rules
- Black arrow : Indicates the direction that each piece can be moved
- Number Inside the Arrow : Number of squares that the piece can be moved
1 – One Square
2 – Two Squares
∞ – Unlimited number of Squares
3) Red X , indicates all the squares where the enemy pieces can be captured.
Capture
Each video offers to the player different options of capture of the enemy pieces ,it is just in order to show as much possibilities as possible. When it´s time to play , only one capture movement can be selected.
The King is the most important piece in the army, If he is captured the game is lost. Castling is a quick way to get your King into a well defended position.
move
Capture
2º Queen
Any number of squares in any direction, forwards, backwards, across, or diagonally.
move
Meaning of the Icons on the Video-Rules
- Black arrow : Indicates the direction that each piece can be moved
- Number Inside the Arrow : Number of squares that the piece can be moved
1 – One Square
2 – Two Squares
∞ – Unlimited number of Squares
3) Red X , indicates all the squares where the enemy pieces can be captured.
Capture
Each video offers to the player different options of capture of the enemy pieces ,it is just in order to show as much possibilities as possible. When it´s time to play , only one capture movement can be selected.
The Queen is the most powerful piece in the army.
move
Capture
3º Rooks
Any number of squares forward , backward or across (but not diagonally)
move
Meaning of the Icons on the Video-Rules
- Black arrow : Indicates the direction that each piece can be moved
- Number Inside the Arrow : Number of squares that the piece can be moved
1 – One Square
2 – Two Squares
∞ – Unlimited number of Squares
3) Red X , indicates all the squares where the enemy pieces can be captured.
Capture
Each video offers to the player different options of capture of the enemy pieces ,it is just in order to show as much possibilities as possible. When it´s time to play , only one capture movement can be selected.
Rooks are strong pieces which are good both at attacking the enemy
and defending the King.
move
Capture
4º Bishops
Any number of square diagonally
move
Meaning of the Icons on the Video-Rules
- Black arrow : Indicates the direction that each piece can be moved
- Number Inside the Arrow : Number of squares that the piece can be moved
1 – One Square
2 – Two Squares
∞ – Unlimited number of Squares
3) Red X , indicates all the squares where the enemy pieces can be captured.
Capture
Each video offers to the player different options of capture of the enemy pieces ,it is just in order to show as much possibilities as possible. When it´s time to play , only one capture movement can be selected.
Bishops are good at attacking late on in the game. Because they move diagonally, they always stay on the same color square that they started on.
move
Capture
5º Knights
Two squares forward or backward and then one square across.
Knights can jump over other pieces
move
Meaning of the Icons on the Video-Rules
- Black arrow : Indicates the direction that each piece can be moved
- Number Inside the Arrow : Number of squares that the piece can be moved
1 – One Square
2 – Two Squares
∞ – Unlimited number of Squares
3) Red X , indicates all the squares where the enemy pieces can be captured.
Capture
Each video offers to the player different options of capture of the enemy pieces ,it is just in order to show as much possibilities as possible. When it´s time to play , only one capture movement can be selected.
Knights are giving their best when there are a lot of pieces on the board. Knights can use their ability jumping over other pieces.
move
Capture
6º Pawn
Usually one square forward. If it is capturing an opposing piece, however, it moves one square forward diagonally. Each pawn may move two squares forward the first time it moves. If it does, it cannot capture in the same move. Pawns can never move backwards.
move
Meaning of the Icons on the Video-Rules
- Black arrow : Indicates the direction that each piece can be moved
- Number Inside the Arrow : Number of squares that the piece can be moved
1 – One Square
2 – Two Squares
∞ – Unlimited number of Squares
3) Red X , indicates all the squares where the enemy pieces can be captured.
Capture
Each video offers to the player different options of capture of the enemy pieces ,it is just in order to show as much possibilities as possible. When it´s time to play , only one capture movement can be selected.
Pawns are the foot soldiers in the army. They gradually advance on the opposing army, but also need to defend the King.
move
Capture
Challenges
Challenge 1
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge:
Get the checkmate of the Black King with 1 move.
In the next video you will find a solution.
Solution
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge 2
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge:
Get the checkmate of the Black King with 1 move. (use pawn promotion)
In the next video you will find a solution.
Solution
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge 3
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge:
Get the checkmate of the Black King with 1 move.
In the next video you will find a solution.
Solution
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge 4
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge:
Castling to protect the white King
In the video below you will find a solution.
Solution
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge 5
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge:
With 1 move, avoid the white king castling
In the video below you will find a solution.
Solution
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge 6
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.
Challenge:
Get the checkmate of the Black King with 2 moves.
In the next video you will find a solution.
Solution
Place the pieces following the illustrations on the board.