How To Play Chess (Beginner Level)
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| How To Play Chess (Beginner Level) |
🧩 Step 1: Understand the Chessboard
The board has 64 squares (8×8 grid), alternating light and dark.
Always place the board so that each player has a light square on their right-hand corner.
🧍♂️🧍♀️ Step 2: Know the Players
Two players: White and Black.
White always moves first.
🧱 Step 3: Set Up the Pieces
Each side has:
1 King 👑
1 Queen 👸
2 Rooks 🏰 (corners)
2 Knights 🐴 (next to rooks)
2 Bishops ⛪ (next to knights)
8 Pawns (front row)
Place pieces in this order (left to right): Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King, Bishop, Knight, Rook Queen always goes on her own color (White Queen on white square, Black Queen on black).
🚶♂️ Step 4: Learn How Each Piece Moves
Pawn: Moves forward 1 square (or 2 on first move), captures diagonally.
Rook: Moves straight horizontal or vertical.
Knight: Moves in an “L” shape—2 squares in one direction, then 1 perpendicular.
Bishop: Moves diagonally.
Queen: Moves in any direction—straight or diagonal.
King: Moves 1 square in any direction.
⚔️ Step 5: Capture Opponent’s Pieces
You capture by landing on a square occupied by an opponent’s piece.
Captured pieces are removed from the board.
👑 Step 6: Protect Your King
The goal is to checkmate your opponent’s king.
Check: King is under threat.
Checkmate: King is under threat and cannot escape—game over.
🧠 Step 7: Learn Special Moves
Castling: King and rook move together for safety.
En Passant: Special pawn capture.
Pawn Promotion: Pawn reaches the end and becomes a queen (or other piece).
🏁 Step 8: Win the Game
Win by checkmating the opponent’s king.
Game can also end in a draw (stalemate, insufficient material, repetition).