JBW Chess Club

All lessons

Pick any lesson. New to chess? Start with Lesson 1.

• ♘︎ Lesson 1

  How the pieces move

  Click any piece and watch its moves light up. Start here if you have never played.

• ♛︎ Lesson 2

  Rules

  Castling, en passant and promotion.

• ✎ Lesson 3

  Notation & etiquette

  How to write down your moves, and how to behave at the board.

• ♜︎ Lesson 4

  Basic checkmates

  Finish the game. Back-rank mate, the ladder, king and queen, and the smothered mate.

• ♙︎ Lesson 5

  Openings

  The first ten moves. Three simple rules, then eight real openings to try.

• ♝︎ Lesson 6

  Strategy & tactics

  Forks, pins and skewers, plus the ideas behind good moves.

• ♔︎ Lesson 7

  Endgame basics

  Fewer pieces, bigger decisions. The opposition, the square of the pawn, and the active king.

• 🎯 Lesson 8

  Tactics puzzles

  Fifteen positions to solve on a real board. Your progress is saved on this device.