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Sadly, this year due to Covid-19 we have not been able to welcome
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 CONTENTS
This booklet serves as a basic introduction to chess. Keep as your guide and ready
reference. The topics are listed in the contents along with their appropriate page
number.
All diagrams assume that the person with the white pieces is at the bottom of the
diagrammed board. Black is at the top.

Andrew Martin - Editor

4 INTRODUCTION
5 THE CHESSBOARD
6 COLOUR QUIZ
7 CHESSBOARD COORDINATES
8 THE PIECES AND THEIR MOVES
9 THE KING AND QUEEN
10 THE ROOK AND BISHOP
11 THE KNIGHT AND PAWN
12 CHESS NOTATION
13 CHESS NOTATION EXAMPLE
14 SPECIAL RULES
15 PAWN PROMOTION
17 CHECK AND CHECKMATE
19 CHECKING PRACTICE
20 GETTING OUT OF CHECK
21 SPECIAL MOVES
22 STALEMATE
24 -25 DIFFERENT FORMS OF CHECKMATE
26 SNAP MATE IN THE OPENING (FOOL’S MATE)
27- 28 CHECKMATE QUIZ
30 ENDING THE GAME
31 DRAWS
32 KNOWLEDGE TEST
33-40 QUIZ QUESTIONS 1-20
42 SUMMARY

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O nce upon a time these World Chess Champions
were beginners!

Emanuel Lasker (L) & Wilhelm Steinitz,

world champions between 1886 and
1921!

Boris Spassky (1969) talking to Mikhail

Tal (1960), world champions with
Candidate Challenger Lajos Portisch
in the background.

Bobby Fischer, a champion who

rose to the top and who beat all
his challengers without the aid of a
computer or a team of analysts.

INTRODUCTION
W elcome to the second edition of this
booklet, fully updated and modernized,
which introduces the basic rules of chess.
We will help you to start playing and enjoying
chess as quickly and as simply as possible.
Chess is a great game for everyone to learn at
any age.
We hope that this short course will encourage
a new generation of players to come forward
and begin a rewarding journey towards chess
mastery.

Andrew Martin, February 2021

Your understanding of chess will become crystal clear by the

time you have finished reading this booklet.
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 THE CHESSBOARD

THE CHESSBOARD

White on
the right!

Here we see the chessboard. The chessboard has 64 squares, 32 of which are
‘light’ and 32 of which are ‘dark.’

Note that a white corner square should always lie on White’s RIGHT HAND.
Hence the saying: ‘White on the right!’

Each square has a number and a letter attached to it. This helps us when we want
to read chess books or magazines and when we want to record our own games!
The system is meant to be as easy as possible to understand.

Thus the green coloured squares are, in turn: a1, c1, c5 and h6.

The yellow-coloured squares are: a2, b6, g7 and h3.

Finally the red squares in the above example are: a8, d3, d7 and f5.

We need some practice recognizing squares before we go on.

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THE CHESSBOARD

COLOUR QUIZ

Q. Can you name the coloured squares?

ANSWERS:
Green: e5, g2

Yellow: a8, b4

Red: h1, h8

If you are not sure about this, have another go until you have mastered the idea.
I’m sure you will pick it up quickly.

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 THE CHESSBOARD

CHESSBOARD
COORDINATES

The chessboard is made up out of:

RANKS
Ranks run HORIZONTALLY and an example is marked by the RED
arrow.

FILES
Files run VERTICALLY and an example is marked by the GREEN arrow.

DIAGONALS
Diagonals run DIAGONALLY and example is marked by the ORANGE
arrow.

We talk about files using the letters so you can have an ‘a’ file, a ‘b’ file, etc.

We talk about ranks using numbers and so each player has a first, second, third
rank etc.

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THE PIECES AND THEIR MOVES

THE PIECES AND THEIR

MOVES

You may feel lost in a thicket of explanations, but study the

diagrams, carefully read the text and it will make sense. Really.

Grandmaster Boris Spassky

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 THE PIECES AND THEIR MOVES

THE KING

The King is the MOST

IMPORTANT PIECE.

The King moves one square in any direction. The King is a slow-moving piece.
The King may not move into check. Check is a direct attack by an enemy piece on
the King. The King is your MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. The moves of the King are
illustrated in the diagram.

THE QUEEN

The Queen is your strongest

piece.

The Queen is your STRONGEST PIECE. The Queen moves any number of squares
forward, backward, sideways, and diagonally. The Queen cannot jump over other
pieces. The Queen is an awesome, attacking piece. The possible squares that the
black Queen can move to are illustrated in the diagram. From the centre of the
board, she can move almost anywhere!

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THE PIECES AND THEIR MOVES

THE ROOK

The second most powerful

piece on the board is the Rook.

The Rook is the second strongest chess piece.The Rook moves in straight lines,
horizontally and vertically any number of squares.The Rook cannot jump over
other pieces and dislikes obstacles in his way. The squares that the Rook can move
to in the current position are marked by red arrows.

THE BISHOP

The Bishop only moves

diagonally.

The Bishop moves DIAGONALLY. Each player has two Bishops. One patrols the
light squares and the other the dark squares. The Bishop stays on its own colour
square throughout the game. The Bishop is a mobile piece but cannot jump over
the other pieces. The Bishop does not like to be obstructed. Bishop moves in the
current position are clearly marked.

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 THE PIECES AND THEIR MOVES

THE KNIGHT

The Knight’s manoeuvres may

look eccentric— don’t let that
fool you.

The Knight moves in an L-shape. The Knight can move in any direction. The
Knight changes colour squares as he moves. Keep in mind the numbers one and
two or two and one. These are the number of squares that he moves. The Knight
is the only chess piece that can jump over other pieces. Thus the moves of the
white Knight are marked in the diagram. As you can see, he can jump over the
pawns. The Knight is excellent in the centre of the board, less good on the side. As
you can see the black Knight controls and can move to eight different squares.

THE PAWN

Pawns, the foot soldiers of

chess, are valuable. Don’t pitch
them away for nothing.

The Pawn is the humble footsoldier of chess and yet he has a most important
role to play. Rules for the pawn: The pawn can move one or two squares on the
first move ONLY. After the first move the pawn only moves one square forward at
a time. The pawn only moves forward. The pawn captures DIAGONALLY.

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CHESS NOTATION

CHESS NOTATION

RANKS (horizontal: 1-8)

FILES (vertical: a-h)
DIAGONALS (45˚ angle)

Every square has a name on the chessboard.

The Ranks are HORIZONTAL and numbered 1 to 8.
The Files are VERTICAL and given the letters “a” to “h.”
In order to find the name of each square, join the letter and number together
Thus the red squares marked are, in order: a4, b8, d3, f5, g7.
The pieces are identified by their first letter:
K = King
Q = Queen
R = Rook
B = Bishop
N = Knight (can’t use “K” again!)

For pawn moves we only use the name of the square the pawn goes to.

Other symbols used are:

0–0 = Castles Kingside
0–0–0 = Castles Queenside.
e.p. = en passant
+ = Check
# = Checkmate
x = Capture
!/? = Good/Bad move
!!/?? = Brilliant/Horrible move.
Now get your chessboard out and try to follow this simple game.

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 CHESS NOTATION

EX AMPLE

1.e4 We could also write e2-e4.

1...c5 or ...c7-c5.
2.Nf3 or Ng1–f3.
2...d6 ...d7‑d6
3.Bb5+ Bf1–b5+
3...Bd7 Bc8-d7 and so on.
The second form of notation is called LONG ALGEBRAIC NOTATION.
Usually we try to shorten the notation as much as possible, so as to make the
actual writing of the game simple.

4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nf6 6.d3 g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.c3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 0–0–0
10.a4 h5 11.Nf1 h4 12.a5 Qg4 13.Be3 h3 14.a6 Qxg2#

How did you get on? The finishing position on your board should be the same
as the diagram.

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SPECIAL RULES

SPECIAL RULES

THE PAWN CAPTURE

If it is White to move he can capture the black pawn. 1.exd5

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 SPECIAL RULES

PAWN PROMOTION 1

When a pawn reaches the other end of the board it changes shape and form. The
pawn PROMOTES into a piece of one’s choice. Normally one would take a new
Queen: 1.g8=Q+

It’s quite difficult to get a pawn all the way up the board without getting taken,
but sometimes you will be able to do that. You can have more than one Queen
on the board as pawns begin to promote. In fact, you could make the promoted
pawn a Rook, Bishop, or Knight of your colour.

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SPECIAL RULES

PAWN PROMOTION 2

Sometimes it’s important not to promote to a Queen. Look what happens here!
1.f8=Q

STALEMATE! Don’t let this happen to you.

Instead 1.f8=R! See next diagram.

Checkmates quickly: 1...Kh6 2.Rh8#

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 CHECK & CHECKMATE

CHECK &
CHECKMATE
The term ‘check’ describes a direct attack on the King.
The average chess game usually contains many ‘checking’ moves. If the King is
attacked, the King must get OUT OF CHECK. There are three ways to get out of
check.

1) The piece that is giving check is TAKEN.

2) The King simply moves to another square where he is not in check.
3) The check may be BLOCKED. If the King cannot get out of check, it is
CHECKMATE , the end of the game!

CHECKMATE is the ultimate aim of the game of chess.

CHECKMATE is the most important idea a young player can learn about. Let us
examine the ideas of check and checkmate in a bit more detail.

If you aren’t careful you could end in a fragile position. Learn the checkmates and
watch for them.

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CHECK & CHECKMATE

CHECK ONE CHECK T WO

In the following diagram the black King is in CHECK from the
white Rook. This is not dangerous as yet because the black
King can move out of check, as indicated. A game begins:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Bxf7+

CHECK THREE
White is being checked by the black Knight. White’s KIng
MUST MOVE OUT OF CHECK.

Black is in check from White’s Bishop. He is a little

uncomfortable here and only has two squares to
move to.

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 CHECK & CHECKMATE

CHECKING CHECK PR ACTICE T WO

PR ACTICE Find at least three different ways for the white Queen to
check the black King safely
1)

CHECK PR ACTICE ONE 2)

3)

Now I would like you to find a move for Black which puts
White in check. 1...Rb1+!.
CHECK PR ACTICE THREE
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nb5 a6

I hope you found this excellent move by Black’s Rook. The white Knight can check Black’s King. In how many
different ways?

5.Nxc7+
5.Nd6+ TWICE is the correct answer.

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CHECK & CHECKMATE

GET TING OUT OF CAPTURING THE

CHECK CHECKING PIECE

White has just put Black in check using his Bishop. This is
BLOCKING THE CHECK no big deal.
Black just CAPTURES the Bishop: 1...Nxd4!

Black is in check from the white Queen. Look out for CAPTURES in your own games, particularly
when you are in check.
He BLOCKS the check.
1...Bf6

The game continues.

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 SPECIAL MOVES

SPECIAL MOVES

EN PASSANT
This is a special move involving pawns. In the earliest
form of chess the pawns could only move one square
at a time and so to speed the game up the rule of two
squares forward on the first move was introduced.
However, in order that a pawn should not be able to
avoid an enemy pawn by means of the double move,
‘en passant’ was also introduced.
En passant describes a situation where a pawn moves
forward two squares from the initial position, past
an enemy pawn on the fifth rank. The enemy pawn
may then choose whether to capture ‘en passant’ Black may capture en passant:
(pronounced: on pah-san) or not, and can only
1...bxc3
capture ON THAT MOVE, AT THAT TIME.
Let’s illustrate.

Suppose in the diagram White plays. Like this. Note that a pawn can only be captured en
passant by another pawn and not by a piece.
1.c4
Note also that Black had a choice: HE DID NOT HAVE
TO TAKE EN PASSANT IF HE DID NOT WISH TO.

The enemy pawn may then choose whether to capture ‘en passant’ or not, and can only
capture ON THAT MOVE, AT THAT TIME.

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SPECIAL MOVES

STALEMATE
Stalemate is where the player TO MOVE has no legal
moves left.

Here White is winning easily but if he plays 1.Qc7??

Black’s King is stalemated.

In this position, any move by the black King would put his
King in check.

Stalemate crops up all the time in

games between beginners through
simply overlooking that the possibility
exists.

Stalemate means that the game ends in a draw. ½–½

Instead 1.Qb7# would have been CHECKMATE, a big
difference.

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 SPECIAL MOVES

CASTLING

Castling is a special move which each player can play IF 1.0–0–0 then White is said to have castled on the
ONCE in a game. Castling brings the King to safety and Queen’s side. The “Queenside” is the side of the board
introduces a Rook into the game. where the Queen stands at the beginning of the game.

The King always goes TWO SQUARES to the right or left

and the Rook JUMPS OVER the King.
1.0–0
Castling is a special move which each
player can play ONCE in a game.

RULES FOR CASTLING

Here are the important things you should know about

castling:

1) Only the King and a Rook are involved;

2) There must be no other pieces between them
on the first (for White) or eighth rank (for Black);
3) Neither the King nor Rook should have moved
beforehand;
4) The King cannot castle INTO CHECK;
5) The King cannot castle THROUGH CHECK;
6) The King cannot castle OUT OF CHECK.
White castled on the King’s side. The “Kingside” is so
described due to the starting position of the King. It sounds complicated but you will soon get used to it.
All good players usually castle in their games, giving their
King added protection.

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SPECIAL MOVES

DIFFERENT
CHECKMATES

BACK R ANK MATE PAWN CHECKMATE

Black plays and checkmates White in one move. White checkmates in one move with the humble pawn.
1...Rd1# 1.b7#

This is called a BACK RANK MATE. It is very common. From this example we see that any piece or pawn on the
board can deliver checkmate, with the exception of the
King.

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 SPECIAL MOVES

SMOTHERED MATE

Here White has a chance to execute a beautiful

‘smothered’ mate:
1.Nf7+ Kg8 2.Nh6++
Double Check. Very strong.
2...Kh8
If 2...Kf8 3.Qg7+ checkmate. Once experienced, never forgotten.
3.Qg8+!!

A superb move. Black must take the Queen.

3...Rxg8 4.Nf7#

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SPECIAL MOVES

SNAP MATE IN THE

OPENING
FOOL’ S MATE
There now follows the shortest game of chess possible.

1.f3
An awful move. White blocks in his Knight and weakens
his King position.
1...e5 2.g4??
Even worse.
2...Qh4#

Don’t let this happen to you!

CHECKMATE!
Don’t weaken your Kingside in the opening!

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 CHECKMATE QUIZ

CHECKMATE Now it’s your turn. Find the mating moves.

QUIZ
QUIZ ONE QUIZ T WO

White to play and mate in one. Black to play and mate in one.
1.Qh8# 1...Qxf2#

The Queen on h8 cannot be captured because it

is protected by the Bishop on b2. Note that 1.Qg7
would NOT be checkmate, as Black could then TAKE
the white Queen with his Bishop on f8.

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CHECKMATE QUIZ

CHECKMATE Now it’s your turn. Find the mating moves.

QUIZ
QUIZ THREE QUIZ FOUR

White to play and mate in one. White plays and mates in one move.
1.Re8# 1.Ba6#

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 CHECKMATE QUIZ

CHECKMATE Now it’s your turn. Find the mating moves.

QUIZ
QUIZ FIVE QUIZ SIX

A tricky position. Black to play and mate in one. This is a very useful example as it features a mate
which crops up time and again. White plays and
1...0–0–0#
mates in one.
1. Ra8 checkmate

Consider yourself an expert solver if you got that one!

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ENDING THE GAME

Grandmaster Mikhail Botvinnik

ENDING THE GAME

OTHER WAYS IN WHICH

THE GAME CAN END
We’ve already seen that a chess game can end in
CHECKMATE or STALEMATE.
There are other ways too:
1) One or other player RESIGNS the game and loses
immediately. Your position should be hopeless
before you resign. In general, all young players
should fight on until checkmate, however strong
players resign in totally lost positions in order to
show respect to the opponent.
2) A game can be DRAWN. This can happen in
several ways:
2a) The two players AGREE to draw the
game.

2b) Neither player has enough

MATERIAL left to checkmate.
2c) Fifty moves have gone by without
a PAWN BEING MOVED or a PIECE
BEING TAKEN. This is very rare.
3) If the players are using a chess clock, a LOSS
ON TIME can occur. In a timed game, both
players have a set number of moves to make in
a set amount of time. If they don’t make those
moves, they LOSE ON TIME.

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 DRAWS

DR AWS
GAME ONE

The game is drawn. White cannot checkmate with a

lone Knight.

GAME T WO

Another drawn position. Black cannot checkmate

with only a Bishop. The white King simply stays on
the dark squares, keeping out of range.

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KNOWLEDGE TEST

KNOWLEDGE TEST
It is now time for a test to see what you have learned so far. The answers lie alongside
the problems, although do try hard to solve the puzzles before consulting the answers.

Fifteen correct answers is a good score and anything over eighteen is an excellent score.

Grandmaster Mikhail Tal

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 KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q1 It’s White to move. How many Black pieces are

under attack from the White pawn?

ANSWER:
Two. The Rook on f5 and the Bishop on d5.

Q2 How many squares is the white Queen controlling?

ANSWER:
27

Q3 Is the black King in check?

ANSWER:
Yes, by the N on d4.

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KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q4 The squares marked in RED are b2, d6, g5 and h1.

True or False?

ANSWER:
True.

Q5 White to play and mate in one move.

ANSWER:
1.Ra8#!

Q6 Black to play and checkmate White in ONE move.

ANSWER:
1...Qg2# A neat checkmate where the black Queen was
PROTECTED by the Bishop on b7 .

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 KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q7 White to play and checkmate in one move.

ANSWER:
1.Qe7#

Q8 Which is the most powerful piece on the chessboard?

Q9 Which is the most important piece on the chessboard?

ANSWERS:
8) The QUEEN.
9) The KING. Don’t forget the King CANNOT BE TAKEN,
but if he is CHECKMATED, the game is over.

Q10 Can White CASTLE QUEENSIDE in this position?

ANSWER:
NO! His King would move into CHECK on c1 from the
Black Bishop on h6.

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KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q11 A Pawn PROMOTES when it reaches the other

end of the board . Which piece should the pawn
normally promote to?

ANSWER:
The QUEEN in 99 cases out of 100. Why not get an extra
Queen, which can help you to win the game quickly and
easily?
1.f8=Q

Q12 What happens if White promotes to a Queen?

ANSWER:
1.f8=Q A terrible mistake, when the game would end in
STALEMATE, which means the game is drawn.
Instead, if White played 1.f8R!

it’s checkmate next move. After 1… Kh6 then 2.Rh8#.

What a difference!

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 KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q13 It’s Black’s move. How can he win immediately?

Answer: In this position Black plays 1...Rd1#

QUESTION: What do we call this kind of checkmate?

A) A BACK RANK mate?
B) A SMOTHERED MATE?
C) A FOOL’S MATE?
Answer: (A)

Q14 The chessboard is made up of RANKS,

FILES and DIAGONALS.
In the Diagram you see red, green and
orange arrows. Which coloured arrows
represent:
A) RANKS
B) FILES
C) DIAGONALS

Answer:
A) RANKS = RED
B) FILES = GREEN
C) DIAGONALS = ORANGE

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KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q15 Black plays 1…f5. Can White capture en passant

with 2.exf6+ ?

Answer: Yes! 2. exf6+

Q16 How many pieces is the white Bishop attacking?

Answer:
Two! The black Rook on a3 and the black Bishop
on f6.

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 KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q17 How many squares does:

A) the white Knight CONTROL?
B) the black Knight CONTROL ?

A) The white Knight controls 8 squares

B) The black Knight controls 4 squares.
Thus the white Knight is twice as powerful as
the black Knight, simply by being in the middle
of the board. Both Knights control the square
c5, marked in red..

Q18 The game begins: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Qh5 Nf6.

White to play and checkmate in ONE. Answer:

4 Qxf7 checkmate!

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KNOWLEDGE TEST KNOWLEDGE TEST

Q19 Black to play and mate White in one move.

Which is the right move?:
A) 1...Ra2
B) 1...Rd2+
C) 1...Nb2+

B) 1...Rd2 checkmate!

Q20 In chess notation, what is the symbol for CHECK?

Is it:
A) ”+” or
B) “x”?

What is the symbol for CAPTURE? Is it:

A) “+” or
B) “x” Answer:
CHECK is “+”
CAPTURE is “x”

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 PHOTOGR APHY &
DESIGN CREDITS
J ohn Upham is photographer and founder of
Britishchessnews.com and an accredited chess coach
and writer.
Some of the photographs used in this publication were
either taken by John or sourced by John from historical
archives.

L aura Hirons, School Photographer at St Catherine’s

School, Bramley, took the photographs of St Catherine’s
students featured in this booklet.

T his booklet has been designed by Hannah Walsh,

Graphic Designer at St Catherine’s School, Bramley.

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 SUMMARY

I hope you did well in the quiz and got all the answers right.
If not, please re-read the booklet until you have thoroughly
absorbed the contents. Hard work will allow the secrets of
chess to gradually reveal themselves to you.

Hard work allows us to master our subjects,

such as chess. Chess is fun — when we learn
how to win it is even more fun!

We have now reached the end of Booklet One. Time to move

on to Booklet Two, which will increase our knowledge and
understanding of chess.
Andrew Martin, February 2021

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