Chess Player

Openings, endgames, and the games worth studying.

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• How to Play Chess: Complete Rules for Beginners — the board, the pieces, check, checkmate, castling, en passant, and pawn promotion.
• Chess Openings: A Beginner's Guide — opening principles plus the Italian Game, Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, Queen's Gambit, London System and more.
• Chess Tactics: Forks, Pins, Skewers and More — the patterns that decide most games below master level, and how to spot them.
• Chess Ratings and ELO Explained — how the rating system works, and what counts as a good rating at every level.
• Chess Glossary — every chess term explained in plain English.
• Chess.com vs Lichess — which platform to actually use.
• Famous Chess Players Everyone Should Know — the players who shaped the game.
• How to Choose a Chess Set — a buying guide for your first set.
• Chess Notation Explained — how to read and write algebraic notation.
• Checkmate Patterns — back-rank mate, smothered mate, ladder mate and more.
• Chess Endgame Basics — king activity, the opposition, and the checkmates every player must know.