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How to Play Chess This PDF presentation is suitable to teach how to play chess. Chess cheat sheet: Front and Back. These can be printed as a double-sided page. All the piece movement, special rules, chess notation, etc. included! Simple chess tactics cheat sheet: Front and Back. This can also be printed as a double-sided page. 12 tactics included! Endgame cheat sheet: Front and Back. This can be printed as a double-sided page. 11 endgames and 10 endgame tips included! When games are drawn in chess. How to read Algebraic Chess Notation This PDF presentation is suitable to teach algebraic chess notation. How to read Descriptive Chess Notation This PDF presentation teaches descriptive chess notation, which was standard until the 1980s and is useful to access older chess books such as most of those recommended below. PDF Scoresheets that you can save or print out right from your web browser: Five Easy Principles to Begin a Chess Game: Moving the Queen too early or too often can result in loss of the Queen or other material. For example, after 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Qb3?! Nd4 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Qc4 b5! the Queen is overloaded: White is unable to hold the Bishop at f7 and Pawn at c2. Any Queen move results in loss of the Queen or ...Kxf7 and Black is up a piece. Chess Openings Quick Reference: Chess Openings Part 1: King Pawn Chess Openings Part 2: Queen Pawn Opening memorization: we discourage beginners from memorizing opening moves. Instead focus should be on endgames and tactics, and openings should be played on general principles listed above. Any opening is playable, even 1. g4; what's important is to recognize traps and tactics. By playing through the following games, you will find many opening traps and tactics leading to quick wins in 10 moves or less. Here are two more well-known traps: Scholar's Mate: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6? 4. Qxf7 mate. Legal's Mate: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5 Bxd1? 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5 mate. Detail Endgames: King and Queen versus King King and Rook versus King King and Pawn versus King King and Two Bishops versus King King, Bishop, and Knight versus King King and Two Rooks vs. King A beautiful stratagem: pawn versus rook How to practice endgames on the FICS server: (1) Go to freechess.club (2) Click on "Play Now" Button (3) Click on "Endgames" Dropdown (4) Select on "kqk" for King and Queen versus King (5) Select on "krk" for King and Rook versus King (6) Select on "kpk" for King and Pawn versus King To repeat, click on the "Stop Examining" button. Click on "Play". Click on "Endgames" drop-down. Select the endgame you want to practice. Recommended Books:
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