Chess: Complete Basics for Beginners- 2023 Updated Course

This lecture gives an introduction to what you will be learning in upcoming lectures in this section.

In this lecture, we will see how the King moves and what are the rules and restrictions for it, what are its usefulness with demonstrations.

In this lecture, we will see how the Queen moves and what are the rules and restrictions for it, what are its usefulness with demonstrations.

In this lecture, we will see how the Rook moves and what are the rules and restrictions for it, what are its usefulness with demonstrations.

In this lecture, we will see how the Bishop moves and what are the rules and restrictions for it, what are its usefulness with demonstrations.

In this lecture, we will see how the Knight moves and what are the rules and restrictions for it, what are its usefulness with demonstrations.

In this lecture, we will see how the Pawn moves and what are the rules and restrictions for it, what are its usefulness with demonstrations.

In this lecture, we will see value assigned to each piece in chess and how to properly evaluate a position and guess who will have advantage or disadvantage given any position with demonstration.

In this lecture, positions are setup & you are asked to determine which all pieces can be captured using one of your piece to reinforce the "movement of pieces & capturing technique of pieces" concepts we learnt in this section. One example is shown on how to achieve this.

In this lecture, we solve the position exercise given in the previous lecture with an explanation.

This lecture is just a recap of all the lectures from this section, with important highlights & key points.

In this lecture, we talk about the rules of chess that will be discussed in coming lectures.

In this lecture, we will be discussing on what is check definition, how to get out of check, what is checkmate definition, rules of it, how to recognise these concepts in chessboard with demonstrations.

In this lecture, we focus on understanding what are central squares and its importance in chess, how to control the center of the board and why its needed with demonstrations.

This lecture talks about active squares to place our pieces for controlling the squares better & for increasing the mobility of the pieces, it links it with previous lecture & tells us the importance of active squares & also about speedy development of pieces with demonstration.

This lecture goes in depth about the fundamental rule called Touch and Move rule in chess. It also talks about various scenarios with demonstrations. It also teaches us how to bypass the touch and move rule in certain situations.

This lecture talks about promotion in general and how the same is applied in chess. It talks about the complete rules of pawn promotion with demonstrations.

This lecture talks about what is castling, the key pieces involved, how to do it & shows the demonstration of two types of castling.

This lecture is the continuation of the previous lecture, which talks about special rules involved to do the castling. Each rule is explained with demonstrations & also talks about work-around when we cant castle.

This lecture is the continuation of the previous lecture, which talks about the advantages of castling with demonstrations.

This lecture shows basic checkmate patterns formed by each of the pieces in chess with explanation and demonstration.

This lecture is just a recap of all the lectures from this section, with important highlights & key points.

This lecture talks about the detailed explanation of algebraic notation with each square and piece representation with explanation and demonstrations.

This lecture is the continuation of the previous lecture, which talks about the detailed explanation of algebraic notation. We will see how to record the moves for all the pieces with explanation and demonstrations.

This lecture is the continuation of the previous lecture, which talks about the detailed explanation of algebraic notation. We will see how to represent: capture, two pieces potentially moving to the same square, castling, pawn promotion, check, checkmate with explanation and demonstrations.

This lecture is the continuation of the previous lecture, which talks about the detailed explanation of algebraic notation. We will see how to read the written algebraic notation & also the benefits of using notation with explanation and demonstration.

This lecture talks about what is Opening, Middle game and Endgame & how to recognise these phases with demonstration.

This lecture talks about what are supported & unsupported piece, how to identity them with demonstration.

This lecture talks about different results of the game & different ways to get to the result with notation representation.

This lecture talks about what the concept of attack and defense in chess, tips to create powerful attack and defense & their importance.

This lecture talks about what is one move mate with example & explanation, then exercise problems are given to find one move mate for the positions for which the answers are in the next lecture.

In this lecture, we solve the one move mate puzzle position exercise given in the previous lecture with an explanation.

This lecture is just a recap of all the lectures from this section, with important highlights & key points.

This article talks about the importance of opening principles and how they can help us develop a strong foundation for our game.

This lecture demonstrates Fool's Mate trap, with notation reading & talks about other expressions used in notation. It also tells us how to avoid it.

This lecture demonstrates Grob's Mate trap & also with notation reading.

This lecture demonstrates Bird's Mate trap & also with notation reading. It also talks about how to avoid the trap.

This lecture demonstrates Dutch Defense Mate trap & also with notation reading. It also talks about how to avoid the trap.

This lecture demonstrates Scholar's Mate trap & also with notation reading. It also talks about how to avoid the trap.

This lecture demonstrates Smothered Mate trap & also with notation reading. It also talks about how to avoid the trap.

This lecture talks about the tactic Pin, two types of pin, how to use pin concept for our advantage, how to get out of pin, how to use pin for defense in dire situation & importance of pin with demonstrations & explanation.

This lecture talks about the tactic Fork, Using Knight & pawn to show Fork, how to use fork concept for our advantage & importance of fork with demonstrations & explanation.

This lecture talks about the tactic Double Attack, which is similar to Fork, how to use a double attack concept for our advantage & importance of double attack, how to save ourselves from it with demonstrations & explanation.

This lecture talks about the tactic Deflection, how to use a deflection concept for our advantage & importance of deflection with demonstrations & explanation.

This lecture talks about the tactic Discovered attack, the difference between previous tactics and discovered attack, how to use discovered attack concept for our advantage, how to get out of discovered check & importance of discovered attack with demonstrations & explanation.

This lecture gives exercise problems to find one move mate for the positions for which the answers are in the next lecture.

In this lecture, we solve the one move mate puzzle position exercise given in the previous lecture with an explanation & also mention the concept used to solve the puzzle.

This lecture is just a recap of all the lectures from this section, with important highlights & key points.

This lecture talks briefly about chess, its history, about chess tournament, chess club/community, chess advantages & life skills & job opportunities in chess.

This article talks about what all you can expect from a chess tournament.

This article talks about different ways we can get involved in chess community for our growth.

This article talks about what should be our next steps to grow in chess.

This article lists out the benefits we get from joining a chess coaching center.

This article talks about pros and cons of playing chess.

This article talks about various scholarships and job opportunities we can attract through chess.

This lecture talks about the resources we can use to brush up on what we have learnt so far and also to continue for further studying.

This lecture motivates you to continue the learning with some tips you can use.

This article urges the students to leave reviews in udemy course section so that the author can be more motivated to come up with more courses in the future.

This lecture gives reminder on the topics that appear in the exam, number of questions and duration of the exam and about the exam instructions to be followed during the exam.