Now that you know how the pieces move, your homework is to play a game against the computer. Click here to play the computer on chess.com. The point is not to play well. This is just so you can get used to how the pieces move so that moving them becomes second-nature. You may accidentally make illegal moves, but that’s okay because the computer will correct you.
Lesson 1: Chess pieces and notation
Lesson 2: How pieces move
- VIDEO | Knight
- QUIZ | Knight moves ♕
- VIDEO | Bishop
- QUIZ | Bishop moves
- VIDEO | Rook
- QUIZ| Rook moves
- VIDEO | Queen
- QUIZ | Queen moves
- VIDEO | Interview with WGM Jennifer Shahade: Why is the queen the most powerful piece?
- VIDEO | King
- QUIZ | King moves
- VIDEO | Pawn
- QUIZ | Pawn moves
- VIDEO | Check
- QUIZ | Find check
- QUIZ | Calculate two moves ahead
- ACTIVITY | Play a game vs. the computer! ♕