Chess Basics Made Easy

The rules of chess are not especially complicated. They can be explained in 10 minutes and memorised in about an hour. One chessboard and a chess set of 32 chess pieces is used. Chess is a two player game. The player taking the white pieces is called White, while the player taking the black pieces is called Black.

Acoustics is the science of sound.
Music is the art of creating beauty from sound.
Mathematics is the science of logic.
Chess is the art of creating beauty from logic.

Every square, except the corners, is intersected by two diagonals. They are never equal in length. Two diagonals intersect the d4 square. The a1-h8 diagonal is the long diagonal, while the g1-a7 diagonal is the short diagonal.

The rules and basics of Chess are explained using diagrams, text and examples.

If you already know the rules, this book will help to reinforce your knowledge of the basics.

Topics include:

• The Chessboard
• Chess Notation
• The Chess Pieces
• Moves
• Captures
• Promotion
• How to win
• Castling
• Drawing
• Basic functions of the pieces
• Values of the pieces
• Types of Moves
• Tactics

..and much more.

The book teaches and uses standard chess notation, which is short Algebraic notation.