https://chesskite.com/learn Free chess lessons with boards you can step through: the rules, tactics, checkmate patterns, openings, endgames and famous games, for beginners and up. en https://chesskite.com/learn/essential-chess-endgames https://chesskite.com/learn/essential-chess-endgames Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Endgames Opposition, the rule of the square, key squares, and the Lucena and Philidor rook endgames - the endgame knowledge that saves and wins the most games. https://chesskite.com/learn/famous-chess-games https://chesskite.com/learn/famous-chess-games Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT History The Immortal Game, the Evergreen Game, Fischer's Game of the Century, Kasparov's Immortal and the Opera Game - replay every move on interactive boards. https://chesskite.com/learn/checkmate-patterns https://chesskite.com/learn/checkmate-patterns Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tactics The back-rank mate, smothered mate, Anastasia's, Arabian and Boden's mates and more - the checkmate patterns that keep coming up, with boards to step through. https://chesskite.com/learn/castling-en-passant-promotion https://chesskite.com/learn/castling-en-passant-promotion Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Basics The three special moves in chess explained with boards: when you can castle, how en passant works and why it exists, and how pawn promotion works. https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-opening-principles https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-opening-principles Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Openings Ten simple chess opening principles - control the centre, develop, castle early, move each piece once - for a good position without memorising lines. https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-piece-values https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-piece-values Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Basics The point value of every chess piece - pawn 1, knight and bishop 3, rook 5, queen 9 - when to trade, the bishop pair, the exchange, and when the numbers lie. https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-tactics-guide https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-tactics-guide Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tactics The chess tactics that decide most games - forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, double checks and deflection - each with a board to step through. https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-terms-glossary https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-terms-glossary Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Basics A plain-English glossary of chess terms - from algebraic notation and Armageddon to zugzwang and zwischenzug - with links to guides that go deeper. https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-time-controls https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-time-controls Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Basics Chess time controls explained - bullet, blitz, rapid and classical, what 3+2 or 15+10 means, increments and delays, and how to use a chess clock. https://chesskite.com/learn/draws-in-chess https://chesskite.com/learn/draws-in-chess Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Basics Every way a chess game can end in a draw - stalemate, threefold repetition, the 50-move rule, insufficient material and agreement - explained with examples. https://chesskite.com/learn/how-chess-ratings-work https://chesskite.com/learn/how-chess-ratings-work Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Improve How the Elo rating system works, with a worked example - plus FIDE K-factors, what a good rating is, title thresholds, and how puzzle ratings are calculated. https://chesskite.com/learn/basic-checkmates https://chesskite.com/learn/basic-checkmates Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Endgames The three basic checkmates every player must know - two rooks (the ladder), king and queen, and king and rook against a lone king - step by step, with boards. https://chesskite.com/learn/how-to-get-better-at-chess https://chesskite.com/learn/how-to-get-better-at-chess Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Improve A practical plan to improve at chess at any level - daily tactics, playing slower games, reviewing your losses, endgames and openings in the right amounts. https://chesskite.com/learn/how-to-play-chess https://chesskite.com/learn/how-to-play-chess Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Basics Learn how to play chess step by step - the board, how every piece moves, check and checkmate, and how a game ends - with boards you can click through. https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-notation https://chesskite.com/learn/chess-notation Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Basics Learn to read and write chess moves in algebraic notation - squares, piece letters, captures, checks, castling, symbols like !! and ?! - plus FEN and PGN. https://chesskite.com/learn/how-to-solve-chess-puzzles https://chesskite.com/learn/how-to-solve-chess-puzzles Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Improve A step-by-step method for solving chess puzzles - checks, captures and threats, looking for the opponent's best reply, and the clues hidden in every position. https://chesskite.com/learn/scholars-mate https://chesskite.com/learn/scholars-mate Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Openings The fastest checkmates in chess - Fool's Mate in two moves and Scholar's Mate in four - how they work, how to defend, and how to punish the early queen attack. https://chesskite.com/learn/best-chess-openings-for-beginners https://chesskite.com/learn/best-chess-openings-for-beginners Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Openings The best chess openings to learn first - the Italian, Ruy Lopez, Queen's Gambit and London for White; the Caro-Kann, French, Sicilian and more for Black. https://chesskite.com/learn/italian-game https://chesskite.com/learn/italian-game Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Openings Learn the Italian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4) - the Giuoco Piano, the quiet d3 lines, the Two Knights, the Fried Liver and the Evans Gambit - with boards. https://chesskite.com/learn/london-system https://chesskite.com/learn/london-system Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Openings How to play the London System - the setup, the plans against ...d5 and the King's Indian, Black's main tries like ...Qb6, and why it is so popular online. https://chesskite.com/learn/world-chess-champions https://chesskite.com/learn/world-chess-champions Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT History Every undisputed world chess champion from Steinitz to Gukesh - when they won, who they beat, and how the title passed down - plus the split FIDE champions.