All Entries in the "Chess Moves" Category
Chess Federation Official Rules of Chess
The U.S. Chess Federation’s Official Rules of Chess is the only official rulebook for chess. Serious players at every level as well as chess club teachers, directors, and tournament sponsors should have it on hand during every match.
Two knights opening
A short chess tutorial demonstrating the tactic of using two knights to open up the game. Read more »
Chess Openings
 The first 10-15 moves are said to constitute the ‘opening’ phase of the game. Next comes the ‘middlegame’ and eventually the ‘endgame’, when a only few pieces are left on the board. Of course a game may end prematurely, for example due to a big blunder in the opening.
All three phases of the game have [...] Read more »
Special Chess Moves 2
The King has also a special move at his disposal. It is called ‘castling’ and is a defensive move, used to increase the King’s safety. Castling may be either ’short’ or ‘long’. Consider the white King on e1 (Ke1) and the white Rook on h1 (Rh1). ‘Short castling’ involves moving the King to g1 and [...] Read more »
Special Chess Moves
The moves described here are only valid when no other piece is interfering. If any piece is in the way, then the moving piece can not skip over it. The moving piece can only move to any square before it. If it is an enemy piece, it can also be captured. To capture the opponent’s [...] Read more »
Chess Moves
Not all chess pieces behave the same on the board; each one is moving in a different way. The King (denoted by K) can move only
one square at a time, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. For example, considering an empty board, a King on e4 (we write Ke4
in chess notation) may move to e3,e5, d4, f4, [...] Read more »
