How to play chess from basic to advanced, good tactics

In addition to basic instructions on how to play blind chess , TipsMake also provides advanced instructions on how to play chess and chess strategies so you can win when challenging people or playing online.

How to play chess from basic to advanced, good tactics Picture 1 Basic to advanced guide to playing chess
 

Instructions on how to play blind chess

1. Rules of playing chess

For the chess board it is divided as follows:

- Chinese Chess uses a rectangular chess board with 10 horizontal lines and 9 vertical lines intersecting each other, creating 90 intersecting points on the board.
- River: The space dividing the board into 2 equal parts.
- Palace: Each side will have 1 palace made up of 4 squares in the middle and on both sides and marked with a cross showing that the general can move straight or diagonally.

As for the chess pieces, they are divided as follows:

- Each side will have 16 pieces including general, mandarin, elephant, horse, chariot, cannon and pawn. At the beginning of the game, there must be 32 pieces on the board.
 

2. Name and function of each chess piece

Both sides need to have enough of these types of troops:

- General : This is the only piece that will be revealed from the beginning on the board. The general can move horizontally or vertically in the general's palace. The two generals cannot see each other's faces. If they look back, they lose.

- Mandarin: This piece has 2 pieces. This piece moves diagonally one square at a time. Mandarins are also allowed to cross the river to fight, so people call them "Warring Mandarins".

- Elephant: This piece has 2 pieces, moving 2 squares diagonally. Elephants are allowed to cross the river, called Elephant War. When there is a piece blocking the way, the elephant will not be allowed to move.

Depending on the position of the statue, it is divided into two types: statues used to checkmate the general and statues used to lock the general.

- Knight: This piece has 2 pieces, moves straight 1 square and moves diagonally 1 square. When there is a piece blocking, the knight is not allowed to go that way but to another way.
- Chariot : This piece has 2 pieces, moves horizontally, vertically as desired, especially can run through many steps if not blocked by any piece.
- Cannon: This piece has 2 pieces and moves horizontally, vertically like a chariot. However, to capture the opponent's piece, this cannon needs to pass another piece.
- Pawn : The pawn moves one square at a time, can only go straight. But when crossing the river, the pawn can go straight, go sideways.
 

3. General principles when playing blind chess

Prioritize moving the fake pawn first.

Prioritize the fake pawn first, which means you need to move the piece in the first row first. Once you have done that, you will be able to move to the next row. This is a very important step, it can control the opponent's pieces so that the opponent cannot open his pieces. Besides, you need to pay attention not to capture the piece in the "forbidden" position.

If you are banned from the cover, you should save the cover by sacrificing small pieces, such as bishops, knights, pawns.

Do not use fake fireworks and cars indiscriminately.

Chariots and fake cannons are used for defense and should be used in endgame or emergency situations. Avoid using them at the beginning.

It's best to calculate what the cannon is so that when you open the cannon it will be beneficial for you, making it easier to attack the opponent.

Link to protect the troops

The Mandarin and the Elephant are not strong in chess, but in hidden chess, they have great destructive power. Therefore, when you open your army, you should attack quickly if you can turn over a knight or a chariot. But you should defend firmly if you can turn over a pawn, a Mandarin or an Elephant.

How to play chess from basic to advanced, good tactics Picture 2 Rules when playing chess you should know
 

4. Basic way to play blind chess

Unlike Chinese chess, playing blind chess requires a lot of thinking and a little luck to win this intellectual game. If you guess wrong or make a wrong move, you can lose the game miserably. The side that can checkmate the king will win.

Start the game of blind chess

Each side will receive 16 pieces with 7 types: general, pawn, mandarin, elephant, cannon, chariot, horse with different colors. For example, one side is black, the other side is red. Arranged exactly like Chinese chess. However, only the General piece is turned face up, the other pieces will not be turned face up and will be arranged randomly in each position on the Chinese chess board.

First move

The chess piece moves according to its position. For example, if a chess piece is in a good position, it will move like a pawn, only going straight.

After making the first move, the Chess piece

After moving, the piece will be turned face up to see what piece it is. From there, the piece will move exactly as its name. For example, move the piece in a good position and turn it up to be a knight, then in the next step, you move according to the rules of the knight.

Note: Moving a face-down chess piece is different from moving in Chinese chess in the following ways:

- The soldiers are not limited to the palace but move across the board according to the diagonal rule.
- The Bishop can move to the opponent's field.
 

5. Common terms in playing blind chess

Common terms in up flag are:

- Capture : When a chess piece moves to a position that is occupied by an opponent's piece, that piece will be captured and removed from the board.
- Checkmate : Just like in Chinese chess, when you make a move that causes your king to be captured, that move is called checkmate.
- Checkmate : One side checks the king, the opponent has no more moves, that move is called checkmate.
- End of the game : Means when you or your opponent gives up, is checkmate.

When you have the way to play chess and play regularly, you will gain experience to win against your opponent. At the same time, when you have the strategy to play chess, you can easily become a chess master, winning every battle.

Or playing chess is also a chess game that requires thinking and high concentration. Let's learn How to play chess in the previous sharing article to be able to learn this interesting chess game.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 09 December 2024