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Jose Sande

Beginner's Chess Manual
for Adults

Step by step: from the rules to the basic mates

A complete course for adults starting from scratch: the board, the pieces and all the rules; first games, keeping your pieces safe, the opening and basic tactics; and the three basic mates (two rooks, queen and king, rook and king).

18 units, 216 solved exercises and 5 teaching games. 170 pages.

Beginner's Chess Manual for Adults · Step by step: from the rules to the basic mates
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2. Exercises on Lichess

Each unit has its own Lichess study with the full lesson (arrows and squares) and its 12 interactive exercises.

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The 18 Lichess studies

Open the unit you are reading: first the lesson, with arrows and highlighted squares, then its 12 exercises to solve on the board.

  1. 1Your first look at the board
  2. 2The rook
  3. 3The bishop and the queen
  4. 4The knight
  5. 5The king and check
  6. 6Pawns
  7. 7Checkmate and stalemate
  8. 8The special rules
  9. 9Your first complete game
  10. 10Look before you move
  11. 11Capturing, defending and exchanging
  12. 12How to start a game
  13. 13Your first tactical moves
  14. 14Recognising mate
  15. 15Mate with two rooks
  16. 16Mate with queen and king
  17. 17Mate with rook and king
  18. 18Now you can play on your own