Learning how to castle, promote pawns and the en passant rule

Just when you think you’ve mastered it, there are a few odd rules to throw you. This video introduces the concepts of castling, pawn promotion and en passant.

Other resources:

Wikipedia – Rules of chess
Wikibooks – Chess, Playing the Game

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Learning about check, checkmate and stalemate

This video shows how the game can end with checkmate and stalemate, and introduces the concept of check.

Other resources:

Wikipedia – Rules of chess
Wikibooks – Chess, Playing the Game

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Learning the Basic Moves and Captures

This video shows how to move and capture pieces.

Other resources:

Wikipedia – Rules of chess
Wikibooks – Chess, Playing the Game

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Learning how the King, Knight and Pawn’s move

This video describes the rules for moving the king, knights and pawns.

Other resources:

Wikipedia – Rules of chess
Wikibooks – Chess, Playing the Game

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Learning how the Rook, Bishop and Queen move

This video describes the rules for moving the rook, bishop and queen.

Other resources:

Wikipedia – Rules of chess
Wikibooks – Chess, Playing the Game

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Setting up the Board

This video introduces the pieces, and shows you how to set them up.

Other resources:

Wikipedia – Rules of chess
Wikibooks – Chess, Playing the Game

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