How to Play Chess: The Complete Guide for Beginners
How to Play Chess. Who doesn’t want to be a cool intellectual and play chess like a pro? This game definitely stands out from everything else and has tons of admirers all over the world. So do you want to join in and learn the basic rules and even some winning tricks and techniques? In that case, this video guide is what you’ve been looking for.
To win and become a true chess champion, your task is to checkmate your opponent’s king. It may sound like a piece of cake, but it’s way more complicated than you might think! Checkmate basically means putting the king in a position where he’ll be captured because he can’t move or be protected by any other piece. The more of your opponent’s pieces you capture, the easier it’ll be to checkmate. Just don’t focus all your energy on this. Your own king should be properly protected at all times so that your opponent can’t get to him.
TIMESTAMPS
Introduction to chess 0:50
The rook 1:40
The “horse” or “knight” 2:25
The bishops 3:03
The king and queen 3:25
Pawns 4:34
How to win at chess 5:29
The strong points of all pieces 7:00
How to make your own rules on the chessboard 9:06
How to make an “en passant” move 10:27
How to do a “pawn promotion.” 11:20
How to make a “castling” move 11:47
Music: Staccato
SUMMARY
-A chessboard consists of 64 square spaces. There are files, which are the columns going up and down, pointing at you and your opponent and marked from A to H. And then there are ranks: the horizontal rows from 1 to 8.
-The rook is placed at the corners of the board, which are A1 and H1 for one player and A8 and H8 for the other. The best thing about rooks is that they can move any number of vacant squares both vertically and horizontally.
-Knights are placed on squares B1 and G1 for one player and B8 and G8 for the other. Unlike rooks, knights can jump over other pieces, and they’re actually the only piece that can do that.
-Bishops can move over any number of free squares in a diagonal direction. Just like rooks, they can capture an opponent’s piece standing in their way by stopping on that piece’s square.
-You only get one queen (D1 for a white queen or D8 for a black queen), and she’s the most powerful piece on the board — basically the rook and bishop combined. The king’s place is one of the 2 last empty squares: E1 and E8. The king isn’t as powerful as the queen and can only move one square at a time horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
-Pawns take the rows from A2 to H2 for one player and from A7 to H7 for the other. Pawns move one square forward with one exception: the first time they move, pawns can go forward either one or 2 squares.
-Checkmate basically means putting the king in a position where he’ll be captured because he can’t move or be protected by any other piece. The more of your opponent’s pieces you capture, the easier it’ll be to checkmate.
-Pawns, for example, are stronger when they’re together in chains to protect one another. Knights can control up to 8 squares, but when you put them near the edge this number gets cut in half. Bishops are at their strongest when they’re on or near long diagonals – they can control more squares. Rooks have the most power in open files.
-If you want to make your own rules on the chessboard and be the main force of the game, try to control the center of the board. Your opening can help you do that: a D or E pawn is a great way to start and open the center of the board.
-“En passant” is a special capture move that a pawn can make. If you’re playing with white, your pawn must be on the fifth rank for it, and it’s the fourth rank for black.
-If a pawn reaches the far side of the board, which is the eighth rank for white and the first rank for black, it must immediately be promoted to any other piece (except for the king).
-To make the “castling” move, move your king 2 squares toward any rook, and then hop that rook over the king so it lands on the square next to the king.
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TIMESTAMPS
Introduction to chess 0:50
The rook 1:40
The “horse” or “knight” 2:25
The bishops 3:03
The king and queen 3:25
Pawns 4:34
How to win at chess 5:29
The strong points of all pieces 7:00
How to make your own rules on the chessboard 9:06
How to make an “en passant” move 10:27
How to do a “pawn promotion.” 11:20
How to make a “castling” move 11:47
Here bc of Tunde the world record for longest chess play
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Definitely not here cause of the queens gambit 😂
I am watching this two days before chess competition in my school
What about Il Vaticano?
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Who is here in 2024 to learn Chess because our Nigerian brother, Tunde Onakoya, just broke the Guinness World Record in Chess Marathon?
2024 is watching
Who's here and learning it for their partner?
I am 8. I am a beginner in chess.
Chess is my favorite game
You made a mistake, for a whole row of pans it's not A1 to H1 it's A2 to H2
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This is a very interesting game
It is fun and it is challenging
Who else is still confused?
Tip: A queen always starts on its own colour square
I have to learn how to play.
Isn't it funny what quarantine makes us learn
Here because an old friend has introduced me to chess. He may regret this 💪😂
Make your video's in Hindi please
My English teacher check mate me in less than a minute that’s why am here
im learning here for school purposes😅
Who's in 2025
This is about killing an opponent–is that legal?
Oops, mistake, you stated the white Pawns are located in row 1 instead of row 2
Playing chess for more than 1 year and still a beginner
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I dont get it at all or the point
Bright, I just wanna say thank you for making this video. I have instantly learned how to play chess after watching this video once when I was a kid. You have motivated me to become a stronger chess player, without you, I couldn’t have that motivation if I never knew chess from you. Thank you
1 week ago, My School Will Have A Chess Competition & I'm the One Who's Gonna Play The White Pieces Finally I Found This Video Who Suits From My Game The Moves Are Excact Same! I didn't Expect This Video Is Gonna Be Released! Thank you For Posting This Video It Helps A lot From Me! And I Win! 🎉
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It made it easy
I like to play chess
My head hurts
Thank you for teaching me
Can the rook move both horizontally and vertically in one move, like an 'L'? And can a knight move diagonally to the left/right and then right' left (or vice versa) in one move to make a 'V'? Also, can the queen move both diagonally, vertically and diagonally in one move? And can any piece move both backwards and forwards? ♟♖
Am i the only one that vibes to it on replay
Who’s watching this in 2023
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Google en passant
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Actualy very helpful. Thank you
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I know chess