Learn to Play Chess
Want to play chess? Don't know how? Don't worry. This guide will help you.
Once you know the fundementals, you will need to practise your skills. We have an online chess server where you can play chess with people from all over the world. We would love to see you there.
Elementary
- Rules of chess
- Notation
- Simple checkmating patterns
- Openings
- Tactics
- Chess Quotes
Intermediate
- Tactics (Be a tactical wizard!)
- A Brief Survey of the Openings (still
under construction)
- Albin Counter Gambit
- Alekhine's Defence
- Benko Gambit
- Benoni
- Bird's Opening
- Bishop's Opening
- Caro-Kann Defence
- Centre Counter
- Centre Game
- Danish Gambit
- Dutch Defence
- English Opening
- Evans Gambit
- Four Knights' Game
- French Defence
- Giuoco Piano
- Grunfeld Defence
- King's Gambit
- King's Indian Defence
- Nimzo-Indian Defence
- Nimzo-Larsen Attack
- Petroff's Defence
- Philidor's Defence
- Pirc
- Queen's Gambit
- Queen's Indian Defence
- Queen's Pawn Game
- Reti Opening
- Ruy Lopez
- Scotch
- Sicilian Defence
- Slav Defence
- Two Knights' Defence
- Vienna
- Find the best move quizzes
- Use of the chess clock
- Improving Tips by Tryfon
- Winning Tips by Tryfon
- Improve Your Tactical
Play by Tryfon
- How important is tactical ability in chess?
- Can
tactical ability be learned/ trained?
- A theoretical tactical thought process model
- Tactics in the context of positional play
- Opening Repertoire by Tryfon