This documentation covers all related templates. Chess 101: All the Chess Piece Names and Moves to Know Written by MasterClass Last updated: 4 min read Though forms of the board game now known as chess have existed since the sixth century, it took nearly a thousand years for the pieces used in the game to reach their modern form. The default template for a standard chess board is. (November 2013) A Flank openings White first moves other than 1.e4, 1.d4 (A00A39) 1.d4 without 1.d5, 1.Nf6 or 1.f5: Atypical replies to 1. Note: In chess, a gambit refers to an opening move in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, in return for a compensating advantage. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items. You can analyse a game more effectively if you can quickly recognise coordinates. First select the opening, which you want to train if it is not selected by.

It makes it easier to talk to your chess friends, since you both understand the language of chess. trained positions or go in a systematic way through your opening to name a few. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Knowing the chessboard coordinates is a very important chess skill: Most chess courses and exercises use the algebraic notation extensively.

These templates shows a chess diagram, a graphic representation of a position in a chess game, using standardised symbols resembling the pieces of the standard Staunton chess set. This is a list of chess openings by the ECO classification.

Chess position names