Learning Chess - Chess for Beginners

Book excerpt: Learning Chess - Chess for Beginners With this book you can learn the basics of chess or the rules of chess quickly and effortlessly. Every single move of the chess pieces is shown in diagrams. The basic knowledge of chess is explained in an understandable way and with more than 150 diagrams it makes getting started easy for beginners. - The Chessboard - Designation of the Individual Squares - Designation of the Files - Designation of the Ranks - Designation of the Diagonals - Setting up the Chessboard Correctly - The Chess Pieces - The Initial Setup - The Pieces: King / Queen / Rook / Bishop / Knight / Pawn - The Value of the Pieces - The Rules of Chess - Capturing Pieces - Capturing Pieces using Pawns - Capturing En Passant - Promoting a Pawn - Castling - Check, Mate, Draw, Stalemate - Notation of Moves - Small Exercises - Tips for your First Game of Chess