Smirnov Igor. Chess Rules: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners

Remote Chess Academy, 2016. — 47 p.About the Author. Grandmaster Igor Smirnov is a chess Grandmaster, coach, and holder of a Master’s degree in psychology.
He’s the founder of the “Remote Chess Academy” company that has helped thousands of students worldwide to improve their results.
GM Smirnov has developed lots of chess video lessons, articles, webinars and training courses, including the famous courses “The Grandmaster’s Secrets”, “The Grandmaster’s Positional Understanding”, and “Calculate Till Mate”.Evolution of chess rules
The chessboard
Symbols of chessmen
Arrangements of pieces
Nature and objectives
Naming of squares
Colour classification
Movement of the pieces
Special moves
Promoted Pawn
Check and Checkmate
Draw
Values of chess pieces
Three stages of chess