How to play chess
New to chess? Start here. These short pages explain the board, every piece, the special moves and how a game ends, with a diagram on each. Then practise in the free ChessPeak app.
- The chess board and how to set it up
- How the king moves in chess
- How the queen moves in chess
- How the rook moves in chess
- How the bishop moves in chess
- How the knight moves in chess
- How the pawn moves in chess
- Castling in chess
- En passant in chess
- Pawn promotion in chess
- Check in chess
- Checkmate in chess
- Stalemate in chess
- How a chess game can end in a draw
- Chess notation: how to read and write moves