Chess for Novices: Getting Started For Beginners: Chess Basics

When it comes to tabletop games, Chess is a classic. Maybe the classic. It's been around for centuries, but remains just as hugely popular and fascinating today - as the recent success of chess-themed Netflix series Queen's Gambit and films such as Queen of Katwe have proved.

Many people learn how to play chess as children, but if it's a been a while since you played - or you're a beginner learning how to play for the first time - there are a few basic rules you might have missed, going beyond how to move and capture pieces to essential chess rules such as en passant and castling.

In this chess guide book, you will learn

Chapter 1 Chess Basics: How is chess played?

Chapter 2: General Tips for Winning Games: Three common mistakes in chess

Chapter 3: Winning chess tactics: Destroying a defender

Chapter 4: Using Strategy to Increase Your Winning Rate: Playing the little guys

Chapter 5: Opening techniques and patterns: Opening gambits

Chapter 6: Endgame basics to help finish the game: Using the Zugzwang