How to Play Chess for Beginners: strategies, combinations, tactics

Playing chess for beginners is not an easy task. Most often, chess for beginners are presented as entertainment and a pleasant pastime. To learn how to play chess really well, you need to take it seriously. It is necessary to spend a lot of time both on studying the chess theory, and on fixing knowledge in practice.

Anyway, the general concepts of chess strategy, tactics and basic combinations should be known to every person respecting chess game.

Strategy and tactics in chess

For the game of chess, tactics for beginners play a key role. Basic tricks: double blow, fork, bunch, exchange, sacrifice. It is worth saying that the attack, defense and even the move are also tactical tactics.

Let us analyze the least obvious of them.

Double punch.

The situation when several figures attack several enemies.

Example:

The starting position. The boat of whites is under the blow of a pawn.

White's move. The black pawn is under the blow of the rook and the white elephant.

So, a double blow occurs when the figure makes the attacker and the other. In this case, the rook made the attacking figure of the elephant.

Fork.

It is a kind of double blow. The difference is that the fork ensures the loss of at least one enemy figure.

The black horse put a fork. White is guaranteed to lose the rook.

A bunch.

A situation in which one or more pieces have an unfavorable position for an attack.

The White King is attacked by a rook. In this case, White's horse cannot take a rook, because the king will be under the attack of an elephant: such a move is prohibited by the rules. White horse "bound".

Exchange. A move in which both players lose one shape: they are exchanged.

Victim. It’s A situation where a player intentionally concedes one or more of his pieces, a very important technique, used as a distracting maneuver.

The main combinations and traps in chess

A successful chess game for beginners involves knowing the basic types of combinations: overlapping and blocking. Such traps will allow you to win a lot of rivals at the initial stage.

Overlapping.

It’s The essence of this winning combination in the interruption of communication and the withdrawal of maneuver from the opponent's figures.

Consider the situation:

The King of Black is under the secure protection of the queen and the elephant.

White makes an unexpected move:

At this stage, Black surrenders. Why? The fact is that the course of the rook completely limited the possibilities of the enemy queen and the elephant.

There are two possible cases:

1. Black takes the queen with the queen.

Outcome:

2. Black takes the rook with an elephant.

Outcome:

In both cases, the enemy queen was blocked and ceased to defend the king.

Blocking.

The essence of this combination: attracting an enemy figure to deprive her of space. With the help of this combination it is easy to put the mat.

Everything becomes clear by the example:

The black king is cornered. The White's goal: to deprive him of the field a7 and put a checkmate.

White's progress:

Black does not have any other options than to take the horse with an elephant.

Having deprived the king of the move on a7, White easily put mat horse:

Conclusion

We examined the basic chess combinations and tactics.  

It is also known that information is not held in the head without practice. It's time to play chess, fixing the knowledge gained in a real game!