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Learn to play chess. Online chess tutorials for beginning and intermediate players.

• learn to play chess
• site map
• search
• expand chess rules
  • expand chess pieces
    • pawn
    • rook
    • bishop
    • queen
    • knight
    • king
  • notation; how are games recorded
  • check and checkmate
  • castling
  • draw game
  • stalemate
• expand get better
  • piece hierarchy
  • learn to capture
  • chess board geometry
  • chess time
  • chess tempo
  • chess traps
• middle game
• expand end game
  • square rule
  • opposition
  • zugzwang
  • one queen checkmate
  • one rook checkmate
  • two rooks checkmate
  • two bishops checkmate
  • back-rank mate
• opening
• expand tactic
  • The double attack
  • Pinning
  • The discovered attack
  • The X-ray attack
  • Interception
  • Removing the defender
  • Blocking
  • Freeing
  • Overloading
  • The intermediate move
  • Deflection
  • Decoying
  • Destroying the king's pawns structure
  • Forcing stalemate
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