How to Play: Rules of Chess Guide

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About The How to Play: Rules of Chess Guide

This handy beginner's guide helps anyone quickly grasp the rules and start playing chess. It's an attractive booklet with clear and concise explanation of the fundamentals.

It introduces how each piece moves, special moves like castling and en passant, and the objective of the game – checkmate.

The 16 Page How to Play guide by Chess House is an invaluable starter resource for anyone looking to begin learning the timeless game.

How to Get it Free: When you checkout online, you'll see the option to add this guide for free with any order of $10 or more. It can be added for a single click right now or at that time. When other items are in your cart that total at least $10, this booklet will be free.

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Richard Marcosek
Precise and informative

I feel this booklet covers everything you need to know in order to get going with chess. It's also very useful for translating the basics into another language.

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Bob Mayo
Handy when teachinh

This is the perfect little book for those visitors to our house who I’m teaching chess to. Thank you Chess House!

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Jeff Bremer
A Great Little Pamphlet

My wood club builds wooden toys, including chess board/sets, that are donated to charities that care for children in some form if need. This year we are happy to included the pamphlets.

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Eileen Terrell
Value Add Component...Very Much appreciated

I don't play as much as I use to, so have gotten rusty. This quick read was just what I needed to know the dust off.

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Nancy Stovall
Rules of Chess Guide

Appreciate thee Guide with my Chess Board. It is informative and helpful for a beginner!

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Joan W
Great Intro to the Game

Bought this for my grandson. It is very easy to understand and includes some fun activities to learn more about how the pieces move. A great resource!

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Jeffrey Sharrock
Nice synopsis of the rules and movement of the pieces

I appreciate that this was offered at no charge with my order, as I plan to give it to a new player that I come across. Written at about a teenager to adult level, this would not be the right guide for a child. I think the score sheets in the back are a nice touch too.

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lester james
Great booklet

Great Pamphlet for people new to chess!

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Rodger Chinery
stops the argument before it starts

its nice to see the rules written down concisely

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Curtis White
Pawn Order

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Awsome

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Charles W
The King Performance

I am very pleased with the design and finish of this chess set which arrived in perfect condition. Packaging and shipping time were first class. The push/move method of play is an enjoyayable way to play chess. A lot of enjoyment for a fair price. Thanks.

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J.
Concise and well made. Makes a great add-on for chess gifting.

When I buy a set for someone as a gift, I like to add this book to include with it. This book makes sharing the game with others easy.

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Erik

Good book!

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G.W.

Individual pieces are well designed and made. Very attractive set. Heavy and stable.

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Brian Nick
Great summary

It's a very nice and concise guide to the basic rules of chess.

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Stanley Thompson
Five Stars

Great little book!. Question about insufficient material in the draws section; are kings and one knight left on the board also insufficient material? If so, it would be nice if was in the book as well

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Curt Roeder
Thank you

My lab puppy grabbed the white bishop and shredded it. Your replacement was timely and matches perfectly. The free rule book was a bonus!

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Elizabeth Brown
Very Satisfied and Great Customer Service

The chess pieces arrived as ordered and in perfect condition. The Rules of Chess book was missing from the order, but they responded quickly and I had it within the week. Thank you!!

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David

Great product and service

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Rob Dennis
Pamphlet - Rules of Chess

The Guide is well organized into topics, i.e., Game, Board, Pieces, Promotion, Check(mate), Draws, Casting, en passant, and Point Value. It is well illustrated in a colorized version and includes two complimentary score sheets. Page 03 includes a challenge for a person to beat the Chess4Life team by 14 seconds to set up the pieces. They did not define how many persons were on a team versus an individual challenge!
Suggest offering cheaper copies (Guides) in black & white (keep the front colored version) to coaches who may want to give out copies to their students.

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Robert

Simply written guide to get started laying chess. Informative and easily to follow.

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William Tilghman
Beginners Reference

I received How To Play with a purchase I made from Chess House. Very helpful for a beginner, so I purchased seven more for my great grandchildren.

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Jian

Great guide for beginners, very succinct and informative

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Anna Hidvegi
Great Product

We bought this for our school chess club and it is a great product.

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Laura Smith
Great Customer Service and Great Product

I am so pleased with the chess piece key chains provided by Chess house for my upcoming event with a chess theme. They are good quality, good size and when they did not have as many as I needed in 1 color they fulfilled the order with different colors per my choice. If you find you are having any trouble - their phone number works and you get a real person who takes care of what you need. Great company to work with.

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Rebecca

A good, succinct guide with board illustrations. Suitable for both kids and adults.

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Robert

Not what I expected