How to Play Chess

How to Play Chess
This is an explanation of the rules of chess. I love the game, and I wanted to do my own illustrated tutorial. I know that there are other Chess Instructables, and I hope that this will add to the growing Instructables chess community.

I tried to explain as much as I could using illustrations. If the written directions are confusing, take a look at the pictures. For the more complicated rules, I illustrated them in sequence.
 
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Step 1Setup, Turns, and Taking Pieces

Setup, Turns, and Taking Pieces
Setup:
The board is setup as shown. There should always be a white square at the closest right-hand side for both players. Remember that the queen must be on a square that matches her color.

Turns:
White always moves first, and players alternate turns. Players can only move one piece at a time, except when castling (explained later).

Taking Pieces:
Players take pieces when they encounter an opponent in their movement path. Only pawns take differently than they move (explained later). Players cannot take or move through their own pieces.
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7 comments
Mar 3, 2008. 2:59 PMGorillazMiko says:
Great job. I love chess, very fun, especially when you beat people to see their reactions. Great job once again, I feel like playing it right now!
Mar 3, 2008. 11:26 PMthewoodcarver says:
Lots of online sites for it , I run chess club at my sons school , check around your area and see if there is a club .......I just found one here ... hadent played an adult in a few years and enjoyed getting beat
Oct 20, 2010. 9:46 AMIlovechess says:
I just started a chess club in my sons school too. I will need any help I can get. Please, send me some links to sites with instructions. Thx
Oct 16, 2008. 5:11 PMlucek says:
bravo for the effort to educate the new batch of chess noises. 5 stars. when I was in chess club back in school I expected to learn new thing to help beat my dad but every one of them had on idea to develop strategies. I can't tell you how many disappointingly short games I played.
Mar 4, 2008. 7:18 AMlumpy2783 says:
Thats interesting. I've been playing chess since I was 15 and I have never, ever heard of that move. cool beans
Mar 3, 2008. 5:13 PMj626no says:
you should mention en passant. although its rare, it does happen and can be useful. maybe you did mention it and i missed it though. either way, nice illustrations.

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I'm a theatre scenic designer, trying to make a living in New York.