Experience
0 XP
Streak
0 Days
New here? Start with your first lesson
Level 1: The Battlefield
Master the fundamental rules of chess, from piece movement to special moves like castling and en passant.
Expert Course
6h 36m Content
Master the 64 squares.
All about the brave pawn: movement, capturing, special rules, and promotion.
Learn how the King moves, castles, avoids threats, and survives check and checkmate.
Learn how the Knight jumps in its unique L-shaped pattern and master its tricks!
Learn how the Bishop glides along diagonals, controls long lines, and creates tactical opportunities.
Learn how the Rook moves straight along ranks and files, controls open lines, and works with other pieces to dominate the board.
Learn how the Queen combines the power of Rook and Bishop, moving across ranks, files, and diagonals, to control the board and capture enemy pieces.
Learn the special rules of chess: castling, en passant, pawn promotion, and how to recognize check vs checkmate.
Learn how to properly set up a chess game, make legal opening moves, and capture pieces.
Learn checkmate patterns, understand that not every check is a win, and practice executing the finishing moves of the game.
Learn piece values and how to tell who is ahead.
Learn to scan the board for undefended pieces.
Build the habit of checking before you move.
Learn to solve deep mates by working backwards from the checkmate.
Learn to read and write chess moves. This is the secret code of chess masters!
Attack two pieces at once! Double the trouble for your opponent.
Freeze your opponent! A pinned piece cannot move.
Attack the King to win the Queen behind him!
Move out of the way! Uncover a hidden attack from a piece behind.
Two threats are better than one! Scare them everywhere.
Destroy the guard! Take out the piece protecting your target.
Trap the King in his own castle! The Corridor Mate.
Force them away! Make a piece leave its post.
Lure them in! Bait a piece to a bad square.
Too much work! A piece can only do so many jobs.
Why the four central squares matter more than any others.
Get your army into the game before you attack.
Tuck your king away before the fighting starts.
Spot the holes a pawn can never defend again.
Read isolated, doubled, and passed pawns at a glance.
Attack a piece through another piece standing in the way.
Give up a piece to open a square or line for another piece.
Lure an enemy piece onto a square where it can be exploited.
Insert a surprise move before the expected recapture.
Block the enemy's defensive line by interposing a piece.
Force a defending piece away from the square it protects.
Master theoretical endgames and technique.
Build your repertoire, move by move.
