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.
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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Signing UpStep 1: 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.
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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GorillazMiko
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Mar 3, 2008. 2:59 PMReplyGreat 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!
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thewoodcarver
in reply to Mar 3, 2008. 11:26 PMReply
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
Ilovechess
in reply to Oct 20, 2010. 9:46 AMReply
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
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lucek
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Oct 16, 2008. 5:11 PMReply
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.
lumpy2783
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Mar 4, 2008. 7:18 AMReply
Thats interesting. I've been playing chess since I was 15 and I have never, ever heard of that move. cool beans
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j626no
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Mar 3, 2008. 5:13 PMReply
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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blksheep (author)
in reply to Mar 3, 2008. 6:58 PMReply
Step 9 explains En Passant. I thought of putting it with pawn movement, but I decided to put it as a "Special Move" along with castling.
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