Learn how to play chess properly with this beginner's guide. This video covers chess basics, including the chessboard setup, how the pieces move, and key concepts such as attack, defense, and vision.

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Studying chess can be grueling for beginners, especially at first. Opening principles, endgames, mid-game tactics, pawn placement, and positional play are just some of the concepts that beginners need ...

You followed Beth Harmon’s rise to prominence in The Queen’s Gambit and made an account on Chess.com, but you just can’t wrap your head around the game at a fundamental level, let alone play like a ...

Android, it's your move. Language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that it is launching its chess instruction to Android phones, three months after introducing the game to iOS devices. The ...

Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

Despite the endgame being where many chess games are won or lost, many beginners overlook learning the phase, opting instead to study more glamorous aspects of chess, such as tactics, checkmating ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

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