How to Play Chess

Presented By: Mark Martino

Fundamentals

Setup

Board Setup

Make sure the corner white square is on your right hand side.

Piece Setup

Top Tip:

Remember the queen always goes on her color square.

How to set up and read the board

Piece Value

Standard chess piece values go as followed;

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• pawn(s): 1

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• knight(s): 3

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• bishop(s): 3

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• rook(s): 5

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• queen(s): 9

The value of chess pieces

Basic Moves

King

• The king moves exactly one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, as long as it is not in check.

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How the king moves

Rook

• A rook moves any number of spaces in a horizontal or vertical direction.

How the rook moves

Bishop

• A bishop moves any number of spaces in any diagonal direction.

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How the bishop moves

Queen

• The queen moves any number of spaces in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction.

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How the queen moves

Knight

• A knight moves one square horizontally then two squares vertically (in an "L" pattern).

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• The knight is the only piece that can jump over other pieces (friend or foe).

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How the night moves

Pawns

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• A pawn moves straight forward one square.

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• If it has not yet moved, a pawn also has the option of moving two squares straight forward.

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• Pawns cannot move backwards.

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• A pawn can capture an enemy piece on either of the two squares diagonally in front of the pawn.

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How the pawn moves

Special Moves

Weak Spots and Strong Points

There are always good moves and bad moves when it come to chess.

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Depending on which moves you make, and how many moves you can see ahead will determine the outcome.

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It all starts with your initial move and the pieces you favor.

Castling

Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook, then placing the rook on the other side of the king. Castling is only allowed if:

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• The king and rook involved in castling must not have previously moved

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• There must be no pieces between the king and the rook

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• The king may not currently be in check, nor may the king pass through or end up in a square that is under attack by an enemy piece (though the rook is permitted to be under attack and to pass over an attacked square)

En Passant

If a white pawn moves forward two squares from its initial move and surpasses the opposing black pawn; then Black can capture White's pawn as if the white pawn had moved only one square. This capture can only occur immediately after the option is possible, otherwise it would be illegal to do afterwards .

How to capture by En Passant

Pawn Promotion

If a player advances a pawn to the other side of the board, then the pawn is promoted (converted) to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color at the choice of the player. The choice is not limited to previously captured pieces.

How to promote a pawn

How to Win

Checks

A king is in check when it is under attack by at least one enemy piece. A player may not make any move which places or leaves their king in check.

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The possible ways to get out of check are:

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• Move the king to a square where it is not threatened.
• Capture the threatening piece (possibly with the king).
• Block the check by placing a piece between the king and the opponent's threatening piece.

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Checkmate

If it is not possible to get out of check, the king is checkmated and the game is over.

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How to get check and checkmate

Stalemate

Stalemate is the chess term for a draw. It can occur several different ways such as;

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• by endlessly checking the king
• a king is not able to move legally and it is not in check
• when there are only kings left on the board
• when only a king is left on the board and it exceeds 50 moves without resulting in a checkmate

How to get stalemate

The Best Chess Player

Magnus Carlsen

Magnus is nicknamed “The Mozart of Chess” because of his abnormal thought process.

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His Elo rating as of 2014 is 2882 (The average Elo rating is considered 1300) and has the title of Grand Master.

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Here is a link explaining the Elo rating system .

Magnus Carlsen checkmates 20 people at the same time!

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Who Plays Chess

-Anyone Can

Euro Chess Tournament 2009: The second day

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Geri's Game Pixar

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References

wikipedia.org: Chess and Chess Piece Value

youtube.com: Chess.com

youtube.com: Gaute Michel Ferstad

youtube.com: ChessCentral

youtube.com: B.T.Z.G

youtube.com: margreet0

youtube.com: WorldFilmChannel

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