The Chess BoardHi, you can start right here to learn the chess rules. But first I explain to you how the chess board is organized. This is necessary because you have to write down your moves when you play a serious game in a chess club. And when you know the description of the squares you can quite easily replay games you find in chess magazines or chess books. So, here we go...
Just understand the difference between rows (ranks) and lines. That is enough.  Above you can see the diagonals. Bishops like to use them. Place a bishop on to an open diagonal if you can.
Look at the square g7. If the black king would move to g7 then you would write on your notation sheet: Kg7 Get it? Pretty easy, isn't it? Or if the white king moves to f4, then you write down Kf4. A chess-board has sixty-four squares. Learn the following Shortcuts for the pieces: Rook = R Knight = N Bishop = B Queen = Q King = K Pawn = nothing When a pawn moves you just write down the square name: d7 means, a pawn has moved to d7! And now: Castling. Why do you castle? You should castle as fast as possible to protect the king. short castling: 0-0 long castling: 0-0-0
1. Get your pieces out as fast as possible! 2. Do castle as fast as possible, if you don't castle your king will be caught in the middle and gets attacked from all sides and you lose badly. When we talk about pieces we talk about Bishops, Nights, Rooks and Queens, but not pawns. A pawn is a pawn, right? Note: Don't put up the chess-board the wrong way. At the right corner there must be a white square. The white Queen must be on a white square! The black Queen must be on a black square. Return from Chess Board to Basic Chess Rules
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