Chess for Beginners E-Book

John Carlsen

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 100

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

PLAY CHESS LIKE A PRO EVEN... IF YOU'D NEVER LAID HANDS ON CHESS BOARD BEFORE! Do you consider yourself a complete chess newbie and want to beat your experienced player friends? Maybe you played in the past and now want to take your skills to the next level? Would you like to become a ranked chess player and lay the foundation for your professional victories? Take a look at what's inside -A complete "how-to" intro to the game of chess -Rules and Chess Notations, a basic guide for complete beginners -'Must To Master' fundamental strategies even some pros forget the fundamentals! -Winning Openings these are 34 moves to set yourself up for a winning game -Proven middle and end-game strategies here is how you lead and end the game with a victory in your pocket! -17 cool facts about chess you've never heard before, they'll make you excited for the game every single time! -Much much more As I already mentioned, no matter if you are a complete chess beginner or played chess in the past and want to upgrade your skills, this will take you by the hand and lead through every single step! So don't wait, scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and Start Reading!

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Chess Strategy for Beginners:

Discover Modern Opening Strategies, Foolproof Tactics, and Secret Traps Used by Pros to Win Almost Every Game

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE HISTORY OF CHESS

SETTING UP THE BOARD

Pawn

Rooks

Knight

Bishop

King

Queen

THE PIECES AND HOW THEY MOVE

The Pawn

The Rook

Castling

The Knight

The Bishop

The Queen

The King

THE GOAL

White moves first

Touch-move rule

Let go -Move Rule

One hand only

OPENINGS

King’s Pawn Openings

Queen’s Pawn Openings

Flank Openings

Choosing Your Opening

ATTACK\DEFEND

The Mobility of Pieces on an Empty Board

Comparing the mobility of different pieces

Safe Moves

Making Safe Moves #1

Safe Moves #2

Threatening Your Opponent’s Pieces

TACTICS MIDDLEGAME

Protecting the King

Fork

The Smart (Calculated) Attack

Other Middle game Basics

ENDGAME

STRATEGIC PLANNING IN CHESS

POPULAR CHESS PLAYERS AND WHAT TO LEARN FROM THEM

Paul Charles Morphy VS Stanley Kipping

Bobby Fischer VS William Addison

LEARNING FROM PAST GAMES

Evaluations

Calculations

Practical Factors to Consider

GLOSSARY

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Chess is a great game to play, especially if you've never played it before. Even if you've played before, chess can be a very difficult game—especially for beginners. To help you improve your game, we created a series of chess exercises that can help you improve your skills.

Chess is a great way to get kids interested in learning new things. The basics of the game include terms such as king, rook, and pawn. When you learn chess, you'll also learn about the different pieces and how they're used to play the game.

If you're just getting started, start with some easy exercises that will get your feet wet without making you too frustrated when you lose. If you want to learn chess, try getting a chess set and playing with your friends or family.

If you really want to learn how to play chess, it's important to start at the beginning. That's why we have created this chess introduction book. It will walk you through all of the basics you need to know before you really get started with the game.

This beginners' chess book will teach you how to play a great game of chess. It has been specially designed to be used by both children and adults looking to learn how to play the game and become great players in only a few short weeks.

Chess is a game of skill, strategy, and concentration for all levels of players. The first chess book was published in the 1850s, and it was written by Howard Staunton.

For beginners, the first step is to learn how to play chess. Chess exercises help you to learn the basic rules of the game, and how to move your pieces.

Chess practice is very important! If you want to get better, you need regular practice. With this book, you can start playing chess right away with no experience.

The exercises in this book are designed for beginners who have no experience with the basic rules of the game. The exercises teach you how to move your pieces and how to play the game in basic positions related to each chapter's theme. Then you can use these basic moves in your games after you have mastered them.

If you want to improve quickly, Chess Exercises for Beginners helps beginners who think that they don't have enough playing time, or who have not yet found a good teacher with whom they are comfortable playing chess. This book can be used as a guide for young people just starting out and those who have recently taken up the game of chess, but who still lack knowledge in the basics such as how to move pieces correctly and how to win a game.

The game of chess can be played by all ages. Sir Winston Churchill used to play in his free time, and sometimes he would even play alone! Beginners should start out with a simple board and pieces before playing against each other.

Chess is a great game for kids of all ages, but many new players feel intimidated learning how to play the game. With our chess book for beginners, you may be able to help your child master the basics of chess.

This is an easy-to-follow guide that will cover all the basic rules and strategies that help make you a better player. You will learn things like:

The difference between a rook, bishop, knight, and other pieces

How to read a chessboard

The role of each piece in strategy and how to move them.

How to move them properly

You will also learn the difference between checkmate situations and how to win each one. Once you have finished reading through this book, you can then watch some instructional videos or purchase a chessboard with pieces for beginners.

Without a doubt, chess is one of the most intellectually challenging games around today. The problem is that many people (including children) tend to be intimidated by the board setup and rules. However, learning the basics of the game can help individuals build self-esteem and confidence. Playing chess can also lead to other opportunities in life such as college scholarships or employment. Individuals also have more fun with chess because of its interesting history. There are many famous people who are passionate about chess, including William Shakespeare, Albert Einstein, Alexander Nevsky, and Kasparov!

THE HISTORY OF CHESS

In the earliest forms of chess, it was known as the game of four divisions, representing the military and its divisions. India received the game from the Persians, where it was part of a noble’s education. As the rules developed, players would yell “King” or “The King Is Helpless!” two phrases that over time would turn into what we know today as check and checkmate.

Islam continued the spread of chess, with the pieces keeping the names originally assigned to them from the Persians. As time went on, chess spread throughout the world. On the 9th century, the game had reached Western Europe and Russia. Traders brought special chess pieces throughout their travels.

In fact, the first chess pieces documented in Western Europe came from Muslim traders. Variations popped up in various cultures, from Buddhism to China. In the Far East, the game was played on the intersections of the lines versus in the squares themselves.

Once chess had spread to Europe, it developed and took shape, becoming very similar to what we know as chess today. In the modern history of chess, rule and competitive play have become part of the game. Chess teams in high schools and colleges play for the honor and accolades of their school, even if there aren’t as many individuals to cheer for them that understand the game.

Like any other game or sport, charismatic players have increased their popularity. But let’s take a step back to India for a look at how chess was played in the 6th century.

India’s earliest form of chess was called Chaturanga. This game had two features that survived into all other variations of chess, which were the different pieces having different powers and that declaring the winner depended on the fate of one piece. Today, that piece is the king.

Chess was designed to be played on an 8x8 squared board. This board was originally used for backgammon type race games and adapted to the game of chess. The name Chaturanga literally means four limbs or parts. These four parts, for the purpose of the game, comprised the parts of a military force in that time period, namely the elephants, horsemen, chariots, and then the foot soldiers.

It is this tie to the military that had chess dubbed a game of military strategy, as those who played it most frequently were either commanders or kings, both of which would be in charge of soldiers. Early forms of chess may have been played using some dice, which decided the piece that would be moved.

There is an unproven theory that chess itself started as a dice game, but gambling and dice were removed over religious objections, namely Hinduism, which is one of the primary religions in India. Still, that military background continued, and chess was used as a tool for strategy, gambling, mathematics, and even some astronomy.

The chess pieces themselves were made of ivory, a material prevalent in India at the time. In some variants, wins could be made by virtue of a stalemate, where the king was the only piece left to your opponent.

Early chess moves were assigned by the piece. As a result, each piece could only be used in certain ways, but these moves varied from Persia, India, and Southwest Asia.

The king has remained the dominant piece. The queen can move one square diagonally at a time.

With the bishop, the moves it could perform depending on the location where the game was being played. In Persia, the bishop could move two squares diagonally, but could also jump over any piece in between. The Indian version said the bishop could move two squares sideways or front and back but could also jump over a piece in between. Southeast Asia limited the bishop to only one square diagonally or one square forward. The knight and rook have the same abilities we see in modern chess, which we will cover later.

The pawn could move one square forward and capture one square diagonally forward but must be promoted by the queen.

One of the earliest games was recorded from the 10th century between a historian and his pupil in Baghdad. In the 11th century, a raja visiting from India used a chessboard to explain past battles.

Chess pieces started out as elaborate pieces of art in themselves, depicting animals and other ornate pieces. In Islam, however, the pieces were assigned names and abstract shapes because Islam forbids the depiction of humans or animals in their art.

In China, the game was altered to where the pieces were placed on the intersections of lines and not within the squares themselves. The whole point was still the same as with the chess from Persia and India, which is to disable the king, rendering it helpless.

Sometime around 1200, the rules of chess began to change in southern Europe, with these changes forming the base of chess as we know it today. Pawns gained the ability to advance two squares on their first move. Additionally, bishops and queens were given their modern moves. The stalemate rules were finalized in the early part of the 19th century. This form of chess became known as Western chess or international chess, distinguishing it from other versions, including historical ones.

As the game of chess evolved, theories began about the best ways to win. Clergymen developed various opening elements, and they analyzed simple endgames. In the 18th century, the center of chess life moved to France. There were two French masters, one a musician named Francois-Andre Danican who discovered how important pawns were for strategy; another was Louis-Charles Mahe de La Bourdonnais, who won a series of chess matches with Alexander McDonnell, an Irish master. Coffee houses became centers of chess activities, especially in big European cities. These coffee house matches were the beginning of chess organization, such as chess clubs, books, and journals. There were matches between cities even, thus beginning the birth of the sport of chess.

Birth of Organized Chess

Howard Staunton, an English chess player, organized one of the first modern tournaments back in 1851. London was abuzz when the winner, an unknown German named Adolf Anderssen. He was hailed for his energetic attacking style, typical of the time. Over time, the nature of chess became as much a source of debate as to the game itself. The idea of anticipating attacks and then preparing for them