Basic endgame strategy

The endgame begins when many of the pieces have been exchanged and few remain on the board.

In the endgame, ...

Basic middlegame strategy

The middlegame begins at the end of the opening, and continues until the endgame, when most of the pieces have ...

Basic opening strategy

The opening of a chess game consists of the first 10-15 moves of the game.

During the opening, the basic ...

Basic rules

Chess is a board game, played on a board with 64 squares.

Each side (White and Black) has 16 pieces ...

Club etiquette

Our club is very casual, with lots of kibitzing and joking around, which is part of the fun.

But there ...

How the pieces move

Each side has 6 different kinds of pieces:

Pawn (8) Knight (2) Bishop (2) Rook (2) Queen (1) King (1)