Chess is not hard it is easy and fun!!
1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 Kc6 3 Qh5 Kf6 4 Qxf7#
This is called 4 move checkmate. You have checkmated your opponent with just 4 moves!! Isn’t this great?? It always feels nice to win a game fast😊
Now lets move on to
2. Beginner Openings
Openings might be hard to remember but it is very helpful when playing chess. Here are some openings that are easy to memorize. I will be showing 4 of them .
The Spanish
The Italian
The Caro-cann
The Scotch
Next let’s go to
4. Puzzles
Puzzles are very important and I do mean very very important. These are also known as tactics. By learning these it can improve your chess skills!!
Now let’s see if you can solve these puzzles 🧩
Number 1
Number 2
Number 3
Number 4
Please write your answer in the comments. The person who gets all of these right gets a cheer!!!!
Last let’s get to
Bonus: Famous Chess Players
Magnus Carlesen
GM Magnus Carlsen is the current world chess champion. To many people, he’s the best to ever play the game, although GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer remain in the conversation. At any rate, the clear and remarkable point is that before turning 30 years old, Carlsen has already earned a spot at the top.
It’s easy to see why. The 13-year-old Norwegian prodigy drew Kasparov and defeated GM Anatoly Karpov at the same event in 2004, one month before he became the second-youngest GM in history (and still eighth-youngest as of 2021). In 2009, he became the youngest player to break the 2800-rating threshold (a record only broken by GM Alireza Firouzja in 2021).
Then Carlsen transitioned from young world-class player to all-time great. He captured the world number-one ranking in 2011 and still hasn’t let go of it. He won the world title in 2013 and has successfully defended it four times (2014, 2016, 2018, and 2021). Additionally, he has won multiple world titles in rapid and blitz time controls, achieved the highest rating ever, and racked up several elite tournament wins, including four Norway Chess victories and seven in Wijk aan Zee.
The amazing part is it seems like there’s much more ahead for Carlsen. In October 2020 Carlsen's 125-game undefeated streak came to an end (he scored 42 wins and 83 draws during this streak), setting yet another world record. If he continues performing the way he has, Carlsen could create something truly legendary. In an era of chess that’s more competitive than ever, he’s far ahead of the opposition.
Ian Nepomniachtchi
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (“Nepo” for short) is a Russian super grandmaster who won the 2020-21 Candidates Tournament and challenged GM Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship.
Nepomniachtchi has a terrific overall record against world champions. At standard time controls, he has positive scores against GM Vladimir Kramnik (+5 -4 =4), GM Viswanathan Anand (+3 -2 =5), and even had a winning record against Carlsen (+4 -1 =6, with two wins coming during their youth careers) before their 2021 match. Nepomniachtchi also has positive records against GM Anatoly Karpov (+2 -0 =0 in 2013) and GM Garry Kasparov (+2 -0 =3 from 2017-21) in rapid/blitz, the only formats he has played them in.
A Chess.com member, Nepomniachtchi plays under the account lachesisq. In 2021, he signed a sponsorship deal with Chess.com.
Ding Liren
Ding Liren is a Chinese super grandmaster who will play against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Championship.
Ding won his first Chinese Chess Championship at the age of 16, making him the youngest to ever do so. In the 2017 and 2019 Chess World Cup, he became the first player in history to reach the finals twice in a row. The latter result means that Ding would play in the 2020 Candidates Tournament, which decided who gets a shot at the world title.
Having only turned 30 in October 2022, Ding has already amassed an impressive chess resume. His three Chinese titles are joined by two team gold medals and one individual gold medal at the Chess Olympiads (plus one team gold medal at the World Team Championships).
From August 2017 to November 2018, Ding held a 100-game unbeaten streak in top-level chess competition—the longest in history until GM Magnus Carlsen broke it in October 2019. In 2018, Ding entered the world’s top-five chess players (May) and broke the 2800-rating mark (September), and he remains in those categories today.
Anish Giri
GM Anish Giri is a four-time Dutch champion and a world-class player. He has been ranked as high as number three in the world and reached his peak rating of 2802 on February 15, 2015. Giri has represented the Netherlands at the Olympiads since 2010. He won the 2012 Reggio Emilia tournament and the 2017 Reykjavik Open. He scored his first major victory at the Shenzhen Masters in the summer of 2019 and in March 2021 he won the Magnus Carlsen Invitational.
In 2023, Giri won the Tata Steel Masters for the first time.
Playing Style
Giri's playing style is flexible and universal (like most modern super grandmasters). He is notoriously difficult to beat because of his tight and solid play. Giri has a reputation as a drawish player, mostly because of his 14-draw performance at the 2016 Candidates Tournament.
In the following attacking example. Giri employs a historically slower and positional Catalan Opening. GM Alexander Morozevich, his opponent, decides to keep the Catalan gambit pawn, and the position turns sharp. Giri sacrifices multiple pieces to put the king in a mating net—Giri's precision is memorable.
Hikaru Hakamura
Hikaru Nakamura was born December 9, 1987 in Hirakata, Japan. His family moved to the United States when he was just two years old, and the Stars and Stripes are the only national banner he has known as a chess player.
Nakamura has been one of the world’s top players for well over a decade. He was clearly the top American player for much of that time and is now a key contributor to one of the strongest chess scenes in the world.
He is a five-time U.S. champion, claiming the title in 2005, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2019. Nakamura was also a participant in FIDE’s 2004 World Championship tournament and a candidate for the world championship in both 2016 and 2022. He was also the 2022 Fischer Random World Champion. As of November 2022, he is the highest-rated blitz player in the world with a 2909 FIDE blitz rating.
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