Below is the summary transcript of the playlist ‘Everything You Need to Know About Chess’ by Chess.com.
Start Playing
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| Piece | Movement | Value |
|---|
| King | one square in any direction
two squares to castle | - |
| Queen | vertical, horizontal and diagonal | 9 |
| Rook | vertical and horizontal | 5 |
| Bishop | diagonal | 3 |
| Knight | L jump | 3 |
| Pawn | move one square forward,
optional two squares in first move;
capture one square forward diagonal,
optional en passant;
promote to another piece at the last square | 1 |
Goal:
- Check: King is under attack
- Checkmate (win): King is under attack and there is no way to save the King.
- Stalemate (draw): King is not under attack and there is no valid move.
Ways to save the King from Check:
- Move the King to safety
- Block the “checker”
- Capture the “checker”
The Opening
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- Develop all pieces
- Control the center
- Don’t move any piece twice
- Castle early
- Don’t bring Queen out too early
- Develop with purpose
- Watch out for opponent’s threats
- Connect Rooks
Tactics & Strategy
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- Tactic: short-term
- Strategy: long-term
Tactical patterns:
- Double attack
- Pin weaker piece in front of stronger piece
- Skewer piece in front of another piece
- Discovered attack
- Smothered checkmate
- Support checkmate
- Back rank checkmate
Strategical patterns:
- Control the center
- Make each piece control more squares
- Make each piece safe
- No double pawns
- No isolated pawns
- No backward pawns
The Endgame
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- Active King
- Protected passed pawn
- Outside passed pawn
- Pawn majority