How to play Chess (2024 rules)

Learn the rules to Chess quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.

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RULES:
The object of the game is to checkmate the other king. Checkmate happens when the king is in a position to be captured and cannot escape from the capture.

Layout an 8x8 checkered board between two players with a lighter colored space in the bottom right. Setup the second row with white’s pawns. On the first row, from left to right, setup: Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King, Bishop, Knight, Rook. On the opposite side of the board, mirror this setup for the black pieces. Each player picks a color and the player playing as white moves first, then turns alternate. On your turn you must move one of your pieces that is on the board, even if you don’t want to.

Pieces may not share a space, instead, you may move your piece to the same space as an enemy piece to capture that piece and remove it from the board. Pieces capture the first enemy piece they move into, and, with the exception for the knight, pieces are not allowed to move through any other piece.

The queen can move any number of spaces in a straight line in any direction. The rook can move any number of spaces horizontally or vertically. The bishop can move any number of spaces diagonally. The knight jumps over all pieces and moves 2 spaces either horizontally or vertically, then 1 space at a right angle from the last one, so the move resembles the letter “L”.

Pawns can only move 1 space forward, toward their opponent’s side of the board, but can only capture 1 space diagonally forward. A pawn may not capture a piece directly in front of it. A pawn’s first move of the game, it is allowed a double step move, and can move 2 spaces forward instead of one. However, if a pawn performs a double step move, and in so doing moves passed a space that an opponent’s pawn could have captured if that pawn had only moved one space. Then the opponent may choose to perform “En Passant” on their very next turn and capture to the passed over space with their pawn and remove the double step pawn from the board. En passant may only be used the very next turn, it cannot be saved for later, and only a pawn may perform it.

When a pawn reaches the farthest row of the board, it is promoted to either a knight, bishop, rook, or queen; the owner of the piece decides what it is promoted to. The choice is not limited to previously captured pieces. Remove the pawn from the board and replace it with the promoted piece. Promoted pieces move as a normal piece. There is no limit to the quantity of any type of piece you can promote to, other than when running out of pawns.

The king can move 1 space in any direction, but it may never move to a space that an opponent’s piece could capture. The king can perform a special move called “castling”. To castle, move your King two spaces towards either rook, then move that rook to the other side of the king. To castle, it must be the King’s very first move. It must be that Rook’s very first move. There cannot be any pieces in between the king and the rook. And the King may not be in check, pass-through check, or end on a space in check; but the rook can pass through a threatened space or be threatened.

Whenever a move threatened to capture a king, the attacking player must say: "Check". The other player must then use their turn to protect the King by either:
• moving the king out of check.
• Moving a different piece to block the path of the attack.
• Or by capturing the piece that threatens the king.

If the king cannot escape the threat and there is no move to protect the king. Then it is Checkmate, and the game is over and the attacker wins.

A draw occurs in one of the following ways:
• Players at any time may agree to end the game in a draw.
• If your king is not in check and you cannot legally move any of your pieces.
• There is an...

[evank]

We finally found the refresher of those rules

[nuclear_wizard]

"The rules are the same as regular chess, except for this brand-new chessboard :)"

[Mr.Magnetix]

Also huge props for actually sitting through and manually editing each info card for all previous Chess Variants that referred to the old video.

[yoman]

"Chess, also known as regular chess; how to play. The rules are the same as regular with no changes. For a refresher of those rules, keep checking out this video."

[TroyVan]

Finally someone acknowledged that the threefold-repetition draw and the 50-move draw are not automatic; they must be claimed by a player.

[smudgycat]

'The rules are here, you've found the refresher'

[wbl_unlimited]

The rules are the same as regular chess

[paj]

"The rules are the same as normal chess"

Video ends

[guywhoateallthepizza]

Weird for the creators to have a flashback/retcon episode in the middle of the season as the main characters are traveling to the villains lair but seeing all these past scenes redone with the better artstyle was worth it.

[deltamico]

The rules are the same as regular chess, except for these changes/ video ends

[RanDix]

You can only castle horizontally. Before this rule was implemented you could technically castle with a pawn promoted to a rook.

[SishId]

Idk if you take requests at all, or if you do in another format than a YouTube comment but I think a how to play mahjong series would be amazing. I think it would take a long time to film, prepare and edit, but even just the Japanese version would help a lot of people and introduce a fun and most of the time free game to a lot of new players.

[dixcico]

"How to play Chess"
"The rule is the same as regular chess, have a good day"

[indiegamerred]

The thing with chess is that there are so many versions and rulesets to the point where no two people will have played the same version of chess. How they deal with this in chess tournaments is to have a single ruleset for all professional matches and have all the players learn that ruleset. That way all professional chess players are on the same page as to what the rules are. Honestly it's one of the things I love about chess. There is so many ways to play the game that you will always learn something new about the game and you may find a new ruleset you like more than the one you've been playing and try to add it to future play sessions. God I love chess.

[KurtyHorty]

Finally! A remaster of the original chess video you uploaded years ago.

[rafiqstarline]

The new version of (How to play chess)
The new chess board and wooden disc
looks great.

[SexyPug]

The rules are the same as regular chess except for.... Well actually nah it's the same

[BobChess]

You can just make it more simple like this:

Chess, how to play. The rule are the same as regular chess except from this change. For the one who want to refresh the rule. Check out this video! (End)

[Abci-pb]

''How to play chess. The rules are the same as regular chess totally. For the refresher of these rules check out this video.''
*Video ends*

[snappie]

But how does my Rook travel through time? I'm confused.