If you know nothing about chess, this course will help you to learn the basics of chess!

How to Play Chess Level - 1

Move the White rook on h8 to its initial square.

Move the knight on f3 to its initial square.

Move the Bishop on c4 to its initial square

Move the king on f2 to its initial square.

Move the queen from d4 to its initial square

Move the bishop on g5 to its initial square.

Move the c3 knight to its initial square.

Move the a7 rook to its initial square.

Know about the board and pieces

Which of the pawns can the white rook capture?

Which piece can the black rook capture?

White to move. Make sure you plan and capture one pawn on every move.

White to move. Can you capture the next pawn.

White to move. Capture the next pawn

Capture the next pawn

The movement of the rook

Which of the pawns can the white knight capture in this position?

Which of the pawns can the black knight capture?

Can the knight capture the rook?

The knight has to capture a pawn on every move. Think carefully, which pawn will you start off with?

How do capture the next pawn as White?

White to play. Continue the knight's journey.

White to move. Finish the knight's journey.

Learn how a knight moves and captures

Which of the pawns can the bishop capture?

How will you capture the two white pawns in the position?

How should begin with White to ensure that you are able to capture a pawn on every move?

Time to capture the 2nd pawn

It's time to capture another pawn in the position. White to play.

Capture the next pawn as White.

Time to clean up the board. White to play.

Learn how the bishop moves and captures

Capture one of the pieces in this position with the white queen

Your task is to capture a white pawn on every move with the black queen.

Time to capture the next pawn!

Let's capture against another pawn.

Go for another pawn here.

Let's go for another pawn.

Capture the final pawn now!

Learn how the queen moves and captures

How should White King capture the pawn?

Capture the next pawn.

Capture the final pawn

How does the king move and capture?

Can you capture a pawn as White in this position?

How can Black recapture the pawn?

How should White capture the pawn?

How can White capture the pawn?

Can Black recapture the pawn? If yes, how?

Learn how a pawn moves and captures

Give a check with the rook to the black king

How should White give a check with his bishop?

It's Black to play. Can you give a check with the knight?

How should White check here with a pawn?

Give a check to the black king without blundering your queen.

Can you move the black king away from the check?

How can Black block the check from the bishop here?

Can you capture the piece that is giving a check to the black king. Black to play.

Exercise 1. White to play and give a check to the black king.

Exercise 2. White to play and give a check to the black king.

Exercise 3. White to play and give a check to the black king.

Exercise 4. White to play and give a check to the black king

Exercise 5. White to play and give a check to the black king.

Exercise 6. Black to play and give a check to the white king

Exercise 7. Black to play and give a check to the white king.

Exercise 8. White to play and give a check to the black king.

Check and illegal moves in chess

Qe7 is a checkmate. However, there is another way to checkmate the black king as well. What is it?

You already know that moving Queen to f7 is a stalemate (draw). What is the other move here that leads to a stalemate?

Exercise 1. White to play and checkmate the black king in one move.

Exercise 2. Black to play and checkmate white king in one move.

Exercise 3. White to move. After Qxc7, is it Checkmate or Stalemate?

What is Checkmate and Stalemate in Chess

Which of Black's pieces should the white rook capture?

Which of the black pieces should the white knight capture?

Which of Black's pieces should the white bishop capture?

Which white piece should the black queen capture?

Value of Pieces

Castle in this position as White.

Try to castle in this position as Black

Can Black castle here?

What is a legal move here? Castle short or castle long?

Is White allowed to castle short (0-0) or castle long (0-0-0) in this position?

Which side can the black king castle here?

Introduction to Castling 

How should White do the en passant here?

White's last move was e2-e4. How does Black do the en passant in this position?

Black's last move was b7-b5. As White how would you execute the en passant?

Black's last move was ...d5. How should White execute the En Passant?

Black's last move was f7-f5. How did White reply with en passant?

Black has just pushed his h-pawn down the board. How do you do the en passant?

It's been just two moves since the game has begun! But already there is a chance to execute the special move of En Passant here. Can you do it?

White to play. Does the En Passant work here?

Black's last move was e7-e5. It's En Passant time! How does White do it?

Basics of En Passant

How does White promote his pawn to a queen?

Capture the rook on f8 and promote to a queen.

Promote the black pawn to a rook.

Push the white pawn and promote it to a bishop.

Promote the white pawn to a bishop by capturing the queen.

White to play and promote his pawn to a knight.

This one is slightly tricky. White to play. Can you find the mate in one here.

Basics of Pawn Promotion

Move the pawn to e4.

Move the g8 knight to the f6 square.

Move one of the knights to the c3 square.

White to play. Find a light square on the b-file for one of the White bishops to move to.