How To Play Chess: Learn All The Rules Of The Royal Game

Learn how to play chess, one of the most popular games on the planet! In this video, IM Danny Rensch will teach you all the rules of the game.
Chess does not need to be complicated. This video will show you all the rules you need to learn to start playing chess. From setting up the board to how each piece moves, Danny will give you hints to remember every rule. Here's a summary of what you'll learn in this video:
The pieces
Rooks: rooks move up and down, left and right, for as many squares as they want;
Bishop: bishops move diagonally as many squares as they want;
Queen: queens move to all directions, as many squares as they want;
Knight: knights move like a capital L and jump over other pieces;
Pawn: pawns move up the board one square (or two on their first move) and capture diagonally one square. Pawns also have a special capture called "en passant."
King: kings move one square in every direction and can't move into check.
Checks and Checkmate. Draws
When a king is under attack, the king is in check. If the player under attack can't move their king out of the way, block the attack, or capture the attacking piece, the king is in checkmate, and they lose the game. The game ends in a draw if a king is not under attack and can't move anywhere (because it would move into check), and there are no other legal moves to make.
Castling
There's another special rule in chess called "castling." That rule allows players to move their king and one of the rooks at the same time. The king goes two squares to the side of the rook, and the rook jumps over the king and lands next to it. However, players can only castle under certain conditions.
Setting Up The Board
Finally, Danny will teach you how to set up the board, so you can start playing chess over the board!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 The rook
01:05 The bishop
01:44 The queen
02:23 The knight
03:44 The pawn
04:56 Pawn captures
05:30 Pawn promotion
06:25 En passant rule
08:34 The king
09:39 Check
10:30 Getting out of check
11:50 Checkmate
13:27 Stalemate
14:31 Castling
15:54 Two final notes about castling
16:59 Setting up the board
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[@calumfairweather]

It’s so nice to be able to refresh our brains on the basics of playing chess every so often

[@madhujyaboruah063]

Yes

[@user-fc1zs1wh9g]

he keeps saying black but his black pieces look Mexican

[@sawfish9253]

This is the best guide for beginners I found so far

[@fireywolfa]

True

[@soisaus564]

yeah, its kinda short and it covers the en passant rule essentials more than some others

[@philj9594]

Hey, I already knew the rules of chess, but I just wanted to leave positive feedback. This is one of the best tutorials I've seen for the rules of any game, ever. The way you speak is clear and concise. The pacing is absolutely perfect. The idea to progress with ascending levels of complexity was also genius. The hand movements to demonstrate possible moves as well as the visual overlay with those arrows was a perfect touch that aids in cementing your understanding. Really, I am just chuffed because of how impressive the quality of this video is. I've honestly never used the youtube comment section to leave positive feedback before and I wish I could pay you to explain the rules of any board game I may want to learn. Great job!

[@neilpatrick1553]

True chess players know that the pieces are called juicers.

[@riteshbansode64]

Juicer>>>>pawn

[@sirishapydimarri7845]

And the reason behind it is because of GM Hikaru

[@sanukayjayawardana9786]

@@riteshbansode64 pawns are not pieces

[@GamerSytheYT]

Indeed

[@Exiled_Q]

great tutorial. Thank you so much! about to start my chess journey at 30. never too late

[@wongiemanda3827]

joining you now

[@thierryaragao3380]

These types of videos are great for the beginners, with such great quality it can reach and teach a lot of people. Great work!

[@dhananjayyadav_]

Agreed 👍

[@dhananjayyadav_]

They are really helpful because they have curated everything in a single video that a chess beginner would ever need.

[@asdfoifhvjbkaos]

if you still don't get en passant, here's how you can understand it with gamer terms: when a pawn moves 2 spaces forward, it leaves an extra hitbox behind it that can only be attacked by enemy pawns and lasts for 1 turn

[@cestmoi4532]

An excellent video for demonstrating the game! 40 years ago, my dad brought chart paper home from work to draw out all this information; he worked so hard to try to help me master the game. I'm still a beginner, but this video has helped refresh my understanding of en passant and castling. Thank you!

[@darklviper3179]

Damn 40 years 😅

[@joyjoy442]

Chief chess officer!

[@CharlesLumia]

What a cool title

[@foltask4628]

Chief chess officer 2

[@nunj4263]

chess title thing 0:00 intro 0:28 the pieces v 00:39 the rook 1:05 the bishop 1:44 the queen 2:23 the knight v 3:44 the pawn 4:56 pawn captures 5:30 pawn promotion 6:25 en passant rule v 8:34 the king 9:34 check 10:30 getting out of check 11:50 checkmate 13:27 stalemate 14:31 castling 15:54 two last notes about castling 16:59 setting up the board

[@karsonlee3543]

Ty:D

[@kathrynd7516]

Great instruction! I am looking forward to getting started! Now let's hope I remember everything!

[@MartinLutherMP]

almost three decades of playing experience and yet the most effective explanation to have. Two thumbs up!

[@peckerdecker]

Thank you very much for the explanation. Last time I played chess was in a primary school 1986! Now In 2023- I m tempted to order a chess board:)

[@rusdirashid8381]

Ke2!!

[@user-wt5vo3xh7d]

**Bongcloud Intensifies**

[@artkid9279]

Great tutorial, ive been trying to learn and play chess for years but on and off due very little tutorials for beginners and just youtubers rambling on about strategies. I kinda wished they taught this at school

[@taibaakhtar2463]

Love this . I cannot wait to start playing and learning more :)

[@banijssen01]

Very clear explanation, well done!

[@leslyfallen9833]

Really helpful, great explanation, amazing visuals. 10/10 would watch recommend.

[@Hi_Bestie]

If your confused about En passant, this is my conclusion: En passant can be done when your opponent’s pawn passed beside your pawn on their pawn’s first move. by then, you can capture their pawn while moving forward.

[@a_random_soul_on_the_internet]

I will never call Tower a Rook or Horse a Knight. Rook comes from the persian "rukh" meaning chariot. Knight was the european rename of the horse because knights in royal courts usually mounted a horse. However, persians and arabians called it a horse in their respective languages. Aside from english, msot countries call it Tower in their respective language as well. Aside from the ridiculous piece english renames, I really enjoyed the video. Very useful to help explain the game to my cousin since she was having a hard time udnerstand it. Keep up the good work!

[@preetikshirsagar6190]

Magnus! I am coming for you!!

[@1motesfamily]

Best explanation I have seen. Thanks

[@cloudy21264]

Does anyone else already know the basic rules, but are watching this? I am! 😂😅

[@thenexusagency]

best video so far on this - great job

[@-GIGI-TY]

Thank you for teaching me

[@AbhishekAditya1982]

Amazing explanation !!👍

[@zara-oo2im]

This is the best beginner tutorial ur not actually talking about randon things and then go to the subject instead u just make it sense!

[@Rogy_Edits30]

insane tutorial man really easy to understand

[@soumyajitroy5239]

All newcomers just one advice , play Ke2 to draw

[@iusegnulinuxbtw]

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Ke1 Ke8...

[@ourdailybread8874]

Or for stalemate, run to the corner and pray

[@musangmlbb]

I bet you, play e2😎

[@dazknight9326]

It is good to know the knight can jump pieces, but it can also move one up and two over as well as capital L as you say. One up two over, or two up ond one over.

[@bc1173]

Also note that you can only capture En Passant on the next move after your opponents pawn tries to pass you. If you do not capture with en passant on your very next move you will no longer be able to capture via en passant.

[@Adam-lw5mr]

He did say that

[@TheJoeFanclub]

And it should be mentioned that if you don’t capture en passant when you have the opportunity, you automatically lose

[@Adam-lw5mr]

@@TheJoeFanclub thats what the comment said and he literally said that in the video

[@TheJoeFanclub]

@@Adam-lw5mr Sorry I meant you lose the game if you don't capture en passant when you have the opportunity, but I realized that my comment could be taken as repeating what was said in the video lol.

[@TheBoyBanditKing1911]

Thank you 😊

[@marinvedris1155]

Honestly I have no idea why I'm watching this after playing hundreds of games...but I am still watching

[@mahdikhawari411]

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[@mahdikhawari411]

@@piololuisdanao7439 4:20

[@gynandroidhead]

Superb tutorial

[@JonathanBaileyn2u]

Thank you sir.

[@xolone9907]

Thank you

[@usamaaliabbasi]

you explain better than all other videos i watch on yt

[@humanaesthetic]

7:24 Holy Hell!

[@vandanarai248]

thank you so much I didn't know about en passant

[@ManishKumar-vq2th]

great tutorial 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@caionascimento4234]

7:31 - are you sure it's not an obligation? Lol

[@cantyoms]

great!

[@vedantsonje5934]

THE BEST !!!🔥🔥

[@actualrealbozo]

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2!!

[@iThinkWhoisit]

I agree Ke2 is Brilliant

[@brfjuniper9883]

Ke7

[@yesmymajestybut898]

@@brfjuniper9883 the only move to get equality

[@Phurngirathaana]

e4 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Ke2 is the bg Scandinavian

[@Quandale4207]

Thank you for explaining on how to set up a chess board whenever i play on a chessboard we play a game of rock paper scissors to see who moves first.

[@ftoomalkwiatem8982]

I am sending it to my friends so we can play together in the school, Although we are all beginners it is better than being bored in the last class 😃

[@Pizzageek-jc4xp]

thanks

[@Right_all]

Thanks bro now I can play chess very good

[@cptazstudios7952]

I’ve grown up knowing all the rules to chess, not until now do I realize… dang this is complicated

[@abhiwastaken]

Well this is bound to blow up😅

[@lengwengvillakazi5193]

Best teacher ever

[@vertigo0105]

I think I've got the basics of what the pieces can do/move and how to win (checkmate). Good thing the pieces and rules are simple and not complicated at all, lol. But yeah, there are a lot of rules, movements to understand, and that is just the basics...understanding all that, and having advanced strategies, plus being able to see numerous moves ahead makes a complex game exponentially more complex. I think this would require a great death of knowledge on the game, the strategies, and both a super awesome memory & insight. Not having a great short term memory, having anxiety & panic disorders, and having a form of dyslexia whereby sometimes digits get reversed in your head might make this game even that much more difficult, as moving the wrong way by accident could cause you to have pieces captured unintentionally. I think wrapping my head around this would take some time, although it would likely become fascinating/exciting once I got the hang of it a bit more, got past the basics and started learning more advanced strategies. I'll think I'll stick to checkers for now, but I am quite curious and may give chess a try at some point...I definitely respect the game more now. The Queen's Gambit series started my curiosity with the game & watching this and other videos keeps my interest peaked. I wish they would slow down and show what the move was, or where the checkmate is, as I don't see it when they play. It would also be nice if when they have checkmate that they follow through, make the final move with the piece and knock the opponents king down, thereby showing the actual checkmate in action! I'm not sure why they don't do that in any video, and it just leaves people like me who are curious (& don't really know the game) not knowing what happened in the end, nor be able to see where the checkmate is (maybe pausing and studying the board pieces I might be able to figure it out slowly)...it would just be great to actually see them move the piece to perform the checkmate and knock the king down, which I think is how/when the game is won...

[@fawzikamal8528]

Bishops and rocks are the sane because a bishop needs to moves to move like a rock and a rock needs to moves to move like a bishop this is a secret

[@Mindset_Motivation0]

So let's se if i understand. So you can take the precise only if there on the square your about to do the next move?

[@asmaasouadi806]

when he said "any time" at 4: 42 it means we can choose to not play two squares the first time but leave it an other time

[@Linkincage]

cant the black or the white do the vice versa when castling, as in short end castling for the black and the long end for the white?

[@mahdikhawari411]

TYYY

[@san_cho2560]

The beauty of chess,i played 6 games and won 4,drew 1 and lost 1 in school,i placed second in an interschool competition

[@shivakeshav2964]

Very nice exanation.

[@trinlindaryntathiang-qo4qj]

Thank you for explain it, it's make me more improve to play than before .

[@OfficiallyUltrakilling]

Pawn promotion can be anything, from being knight, bishop, rook and a queen. And a pawn to can kill diagonally, and a pawn can do a secret technique, it's called en passant. So a to pawn is standing right at eachother, the other pawn can capture the pawn diagonally when its formed a two pawn beside eachother, if you move any piece in the board the en passant is illegal or its forbidden. And a pawn to can move two square in a starting potition, u can decide to move the pawn one move or two move. And after that you cannot move two square, and a pawn too has a secret rule, of when the pawn reach the end it can transform into four different pieces [Disclaimer that i already mention it on the beggining of this essay] So that is all i know about the pawns in chess, thank you so much if you like this comment, and if you think this is helpfull too please like or subscribe to my channel. And have a good day bye! btw this is a reminder ok :D

[@almex0822]

Can your pawn move two square forwardon first move and take an opposition juicer off

[@leesweets4110]

Correct me if Im wrong, as you didnt explicitly mention it. But if a pawn moves two squares beside the opposing pawn, that opposing pawn can only capture en passant on the very next move. No delay. Your "if pawns have ever faced off, keep your hands off" rule does not cover the full truth.

[@myms9681]

I have a question about pawn promotion: If your pawn has reached the end and let's say you want to make another knight for example, but you already have 2 knights, is this possible? It seems unlikely to me you can have 3 rooks/3 knights/ 3 bishops. Most chess sets also come with only 2 rooks, 2 knights and 2 bishops. so this is very confusing to me.

[@dontbanmerage416]

Yes you can even, in some crazy games, have 3 knights and 2 queens if you have promoted 2 pawns, one of them making a 3rd horse and the second making ab extra queen. If you are playing over the board and don't have the extra prices you usually have to find a random small object such as a pebble or some coins with a paper rolled up to stand on it (it's a little bougie but I like to carry a paperweight and some DND dice to signify my extra prices)

[@vandanarai248]

I once was playing online against myself and I got 9 queens lol

[@senseiadam-brawlstars9465]

Yea, you can have as many of one piece as you want. There's been a famous game where both players had 3 queens. Basically just make something that represents those extra pieces like two pawns on one square, or an upside down rook being an extra queen

[@zerotsu8701]

For castling, if the king or the rook moves and comes back to the original place, is it still playable?

[@andrewsgamingvids]

no

[@JG-dancing]

In the beginning can I move 2 ponds in a same time ?

[@khoiminhla1063]

good

[@peterlee9691]

14:48 Castling? But I thought the expert players don't call a Rook a Castle? Should't it be called Rooking?🤔

[@andrewsgamingvids]

XD

[@user-nk6dc2wk6p]

touching the rook first in castling is illegal right? why he did not mention that? and also a player cannot castle if an enemy piece attacking those squares in between the rook and king..

[@MillerTheOriginal]

Can the king take any piece that's always within its movement range? Whatever the circumstance

[@terrylap6132]

Yes, but not if the piece is defended.

[@jacob.overturf]

With En Peasant, can another piece take the pawn or does it have to be pawn on pawn? My dad and I came across this and we didn't know.

[@infernalgnu]

It has to be a pawn

[@laju]

And the en passant capture has to be made on the move right after the opponent moved their pawn two squares forward. Danny forgot to mention it.

[@madilynwilson1834]

Chess ♟ love ❤️

[@LeventK]

You forgot en passant is forced

[@DanielGuan7]

Anarchy chess is op

[@Azarashi.]

Holy hell!!!

[@tank.4496]

Umm no.

[@LeventK]

@@tank.4496 Ik

[@KajuTheRudeMonke]

@@tank.4496 Umm yes?

[@bizarrenewyorker949]

my first chess game was over 20 years ago

[@opendoorchess]

I meet a lot of folks who are coming back to chess after years of absence. Kudos to you for keeping at it..

[@Arshnur]

Yah achcha hai❤

[@NickMaovich]

horsey goes BRRRRRR

[@user-rn7rm2xi7e]

هل يوجد ترجمة للفيديوهات 💔

[@pakhtoonincanada8918]

This was the only video that i find easy to understand.

[@davemathew]

Shocked Danny didn't mention his crossfit workout program.

[@soniyagavade9249]

🔥🔥

[@babbisp1]

Nts 2:30 6:03

[@ouasselbentahar6566]

En passant is not optional If there is an en passant on the board you must accept en passant even if it looses you the game

[@nunj4263]

optional*

[@ouasselbentahar6566]

@@nunj4263 NOT**

[@dontbanmerage416]

Additionally if you can mate with a pawn you must play that pawn mate or it is an automatic forfeit of the game and your opponent wins on the spot XD

[@Vetrily_W]

Trap potential huh? But I am guessing that its not gonna be an effective one

[@minojason2401]

Can the kings both white and black castle both ways or only to the right?

[@williamsweeney5249]

Both ways

[@foltask4628]

Chess has been my favourite game ever. .. I used to play this game with grandfather. . Have you ever played it with your elders. .. Let me know

[@smartwise9612]

Yess! my grandfather is the one who taught me how to play chess i miss those days

[@MO-fg2cm]

My father taught me and now I beat him every time I play with him

[@MO-fg2cm]

@@smartwise9612 grandparents give the warmth which parents lack ... Lovely experience 🥰

[@subhankardutta8141]

Can anyone kindly explained to me if one side of the king remains only in the board with many pieces of the opponent, then how does the only king move? Normally or does it acquire any special move...happy pawning😊

[@kennethwoods6525]

The king does not acquire new powers when it is your final piece on the board after all your other pieces have been captured.

[@Captain-Cardboard]

Horsey to King Bish Three.

[@shashankshirsat9779]

1. b3

[@2kgodwannabe571]

Abort

[@g-page645]

Can anyone tell the actual name of the pawns when they were invented. These knights rook are all western names try finding them out.

[@CymonKurtChessYT]

The Queen have a Combined move of Rook and Bishop

[@myroflcoptergosoisoi]

It may be redundant to state... But one rule you forgot to mention is that the starting player plays white first.

[@aaronn1130]

I just wanna know how to play chess on cool math games

[@thetunebella6675]

🤣

[@tanishksrivastav502]

Is pawn promotion allowed in tournaments?

[@strangebrew1231]

Yes. In fact that’s usually how games end at the tournament level

[@caionascimento4234]

I don't know why I'm watching this because I play since I was a kid

[@Zohdiak]

I always thought the whole point of castling is to get out of check?

[@terrylap6132]

No, it’s usually to develop the rook and move the king out of the way. You can not castle if your king is in check, if castling puts your king in check or if any of the squares between the rook and the king are attacked.

[@theshield2207]

Its also usually to get the king to safety because the middle is like walking head on to a pit full of snipers

[@oakhillclassroom4827]

Physics + Chemistry leading to time travel chess is a practice to understand atoms and energy transfer .... again who gave us chess? dogone tribe ... who gave them chess? The sky people ...... hope that makes sense to who and what they are preparing us for ......

[@rohanrajput_9]

Oh now I unterstood stalemate, if the king is not under attack or checked and the player doesnt have any move left then it will be stalemate

[@mehmetpehlivan5940]

Actually you didn't show all the rrules. What is the max number of moves in particular cases to avoid a draw? Or in what circumstances the game is called a draw?

[@Seach0]

Hi me kristian

[@iPhone.Factory]

danny ranch

[@RhemaNkematiah-ez4uy]

I don't know anything about chess even though I watched the video