Learn the rules
Set up the board, move every piece, understand check, castling, promotion, and your first-game plan.
Read the beginner guideFree chess lessons
Learn chess, one idea at a time.
Never played before? Start with the rules. Know the basics? Learn tactical patterns and simple checkmates, then practise what you learned against a bot.
Spot winning tactics
Learn forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, and a quick safety scan you can use before every move.
Learn beginner tacticsFinish with checkmate
Recognize mate-in-one patterns and learn how a queen or rook can work with your king to end a game.
Learn checkmate basics