How to Learn Chess for beginners

Want to learn how to play chess. With these few easy steps you can learn how to setup the chess board and how to move the chess pieces. Soon you and your friends will be having fun playing this exciting game

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First lets start by setting up the chess board. There are eight white pawns and eight black pawns, line them up on the second and seventh rows of your chess board. Now the rooks, there are four of them, two white rooks and two black rooks, and they go into the four corners. Now the knights, there are four of them too, and they get placed next to the rooks. Now the bishops, there are four of them too, and they get placed next to the knights. Next are the queens are set up on their own colored squares. Finally the kings they get put in the final empty spot.

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First lets learn how to move the pawns. They can only move one square at at time except in their first move, they can move two squares if they want. They can only move straight forward, and they can only capture one of the enemy by approaching diagonally. But in the rules of chess, if they can make it to the other side they will be made into a queen.

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Next is the king, he can only move one square at a time but he can move forward, backward, left, right and diagonally. But in the rules of chess, when you lose your king the game is over, so keep him protected.

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Next is the queen, she can move vertically, horizontally, and diagonally just as many squares she can without jumping other chess pieces.

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Next is the knight, it is the only chess piece that can jump over other chess pieces. The knight's move two squares either forward, backward, left, or right and then left or right one square.

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Next is the rook, it moves forward, backward, left, and right as many spaces without jumping other chess pieces.

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Lastly the bishop, it moves diagonally as many spaces without jumping other chess pieces.

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Have fun, now that you know the basics enjoy playing chess with your friends and family.

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