The Pawn School

Learn chess from the very first piece. Matt shows the way.

Next up: The pawn

  1. NextThe pawn
  2. The rook
  3. The bishop
  4. The queen
  5. The king
  6. The knight
  7. Capturing
  8. Check
  9. Checkmate
  10. Your first mate
  11. Castling
  12. En passant
  13. Promotion
  14. Beware of stalemate
  15. The fork
  16. The pin
  17. The skewer
  18. The discovered attack
  19. The ladder mate
  20. Back-rank mate
  21. Centre first
  22. Get the pieces out
  23. Castle early
  24. The queen waits at home
  25. Rook on an open file
  26. Save the piece
  27. Trade when ahead
  28. The escape hatch
  29. The passed pawn
  30. The rule of the square
  31. Scholar’s mate
  32. Smothered mate
  33. Mate with the queen
  34. Mate with the rook
  35. The fork with check
  36. The opposition
  37. The pawn goes home
  38. The double attack
  39. Perpetual check
  40. The combination
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