In addition to Chinese chess , chess is a recreational sport that has been introduced and developed in Vietnam for a long time. It is currently one of the most played disciplines in the world and there are many tournaments for it.
This game will take place on a square chessboard with 8 horizontal squares (numbered from 1 to 8), 8 vertical row tiles (will be played in order from a to h) and create 64 squares with two colors alternating. Each player in chess will have 16 pieces with: 8 Pawns, 2 Pawns, 2 Bishop pieces , 2 Rook pieces , 1 Queen, and 1 King piece . Here to help those who do not know how to play chess can easily play this game, we will introduce a tutorial on playing chess for beginners , invite you to follow.
How to play chess for beginners
1. Instructions to move the pieces in the chessboard
In order to help you can easily play this sport, here we will guide on the way of chess pieces in chess.
a. Pawn
This is the first piece to always move, it will be allowed to move 1 or 2 cells depending on the player.
When leaving the starting position, the pawn is allowed to move one square per move. Unlike other chess pieces, pawns can only take the opponent's pieces in a diagonal position forward and cannot eat them on the way.
Also, this is the only piece that cannot be moved backward.
b. Knight
The horse (N-Knight) has a L line, it will have two ways to go: left or right 2 cells and then forward or backward 1 cell and move up or down 2 cells then 1 cell to the left.
More specifically, the Knight is allowed to jump over the heads of the other chess pieces in the chessboard. In addition, it will be allowed to eat all of the opponent's pieces that are present along the way.
c. Mahout
The bishop (international symbol: B-Bishop), will move diagonally, it can move forward or backward depending on the player and this chess piece always follows the same color cells with the current position stand.
When moving, the bishop is allowed to eat the opponent's pieces in its path.
d. Military Vehicle
Unlike the bishop, the rook (international symbol: R-Rook) has the direction of moving vertically or horizontally. It can move forward, backward or left, right as many squares depending on the player's move.
During the move, Xe will be allowed to eat the opponent's pieces in his path.
e. The Queen
The Queen (international symbol: Q-Queen), its movement will be a combination of the path of the Bishop and the Rook, so that this piece can move diagonally, vertically and horizontally. as many boxes as you want.
When moving the Queen, it can eat the opponent's chess pieces in its path and this is the strongest piece, when it is in the middle of the chessboard, it has the ability to control 27 other checkers.
f. The King
The King (with the international symbol: K-King) is allowed to move one square to the surrounding square where he is. It will eat the pieces that are in the cells of its path. However, this piece cannot move to the cells it is occupying.
In particular, this is the most important chess piece on the chessboard, if we lose it we will lose and vice versa, if we eat the opponent's King, we will win.
2. Some golden rules when playing chess
- The first move to move is to move the Pawn on d4 or e4.
- Develop the bishop and the horse in one move and not hinder the move of the other pieces.
- Do not move Ma troops to the border.
- Should not go to Good countries nonsense.
- Do not go to the Queen too early because it is easy to be attacked by other pieces of the opponent.
- After each opponent's move, check which of their pieces they have attacked and quickly move the pieces at stake.
The above is a guide for playing chess for beginners, hope that the things in this article will help you can play this intellectual sport easily.
Wish you have moments of fun entertainment with this game!