https://www.chess.com/lessons/playing-the-game
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess...a book review...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/bobby-fischer-teaches-chessa-book-review
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Try the link given by justbefair above, it will explain the basics to you, once you understand checkmate then you can start to put a plan together and see how it works in a game. You have only been playing for a week so it will take time to learn, analyse your lost games and that should help you to see any mistakes you have made and where you can improve. Enjoy your games 🙂
Start with 3 men: KQ vs. K, KR vs. K, KP vs. K
Then 4 men: KBB vs. K, KBN vs. K, KQ vs. KP, KQ vs. KR, KR vs. KP, KR vs. KN
Then 5 men: KNN vs. KP, KQP vs. KQ, KRP vs. KR
Firstly, it is important to understand the difference between a checkmate and a stalemate.
An example of a checkmate:
An example of a stalemate:
These lessons may also help: https://www.chess.com/lessons/winning-the-game. They go through the common checkmates you will come across in your games. Some, like knowing how to checkmate with just a queen and king versus your opponent's king, are essential to know if you are to win a game of chess.
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