Chess Basics and Fundamentals for Kids 101
- 1. Chess
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Chess Board • 8 x 8 • 64 Squares • 32 White / Light Squares • 32 Black / Dark Squares
- 4. Chess Board
- 5. Chess Pieces • 32 Pieces • Each player - 16 pieces • 2 player game – turn based • White moves first • Each turn – one piece is moved • If the piece lands on opponent peice it captures the piece • Opponent piece is removed from the board
- 7. The King
- 8. Queen
- 9. Rook
- 10. Bishop
- 11. Knight
- 12. Pawn
- 13. Special Pawn Rules • Double leap • Normal Move – One square at a time • Special Move – Two Squares for the first time • Pawn hasn’t moved before
- 14. Pawn promotion
- 15. En Passant
- 16. Possible moves
- 17. Captures
- 18. Pawn captures
- 19. King in check
- 20. Getting out of check
- 21. Checkmate
- 22. Castling
- 24. Chess lingo Invented in India 550 A.D Rook means Chariot(Persian word) Checkmate is from Arabic means King is dead. Shah-mat ( Shah means King and mat means dead) Chess lingo has lot of words that come from Italy GIUOCO PIANO (Quiet Game) - Giuoco means Game - Piano means quiet - It is also called as Italian opening - About 500 years ago Italians changed the rules and they are popular now
- 26. Chess - King's Gambit Gambit - Comes from Italian wrestling ‘Gambetta’ - Move that trips the other wrestler Gambit - Opening were we make a Quick sacrifice to get our pieces out quickly and gain control of the center In King’s gambit the white sacrifice the f7 pawn and gambles for fast attack against black Spanish master Ruy Lopez in 1561 introduced the Gambit.
- 27. BASIC MATES - King and Rook