Training Wheels

Short guided lessons on a real board. New to chess? Start with the basics. Know modern chess already? Each historical game has a guide to what is different.

Chess from scratchThe board, every piece, capturing, check and checkmate, castling, en passant, promotion and stalemate: everything the other games build on.Start

What’s different in each game

A few minutes each: the board, the pieces that move differently (try each one), how the game is won, and its special rules.

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