How Do You Play Chess For Beginners?
• Chess is a game of intelligence and strategy. The goal is to force the other player to yield. To do this you must trap the other player’s king (this will be explained). Being a strategic game, chess has many moves and rules that beginners often find confusing. This tutorial will teach the basics. • To set up a chess board you must first know the names of each chess piece. • The pawn is the most basic piece in the game. The pawn is the most basic piece in the game. On its initial move, it can move forward one or two spaces, but it is only allowed to move forward by one space afterwards. Pawns are only allowed to attack other pieces one space diagonally from it, and cannot move backwards. • The rook, which looks like a castle tower, can move horizontally and vertically as many spaces as are available. It can attack pieces in its path. • The knight, represented by a horse, is the most complicated unit. It moves in ‘L’ shapes that consist of two spaces horizontally then one space vertica