ChessHere Academy

Learn chess with short, interactive lessons

Start with the board, master the pieces, and build real confidence through guided challenges that happen directly on the board.

Unit 1: Know the Board

Orientation, coordinates, and board geometry

Build board fluency first — every future lesson feels easier once the grid makes sense.

  1. A Field of 64

    See the alternating light/dark pattern and recognise diagonal color relationships.

  2. Every Square Has a Name

    Read and find any square using file-then-rank notation.

  3. Square Hunt

    Build speed and accuracy finding any named square on the board.

  4. The Armies Wake Up

    Recognise the starting position, queen placement, and White moving first.

  5. Checkpoint: Board Sense

    Confirm coordinates, colors, and starting position before studying piece movement.

Unit 2: Meet the Pieces

Rook, bishop, queen, knight, king, and pawn

Learn how each piece moves by guiding it around a sparse board.

  1. The Rook

    Move the rook along files and ranks; understand that it cannot jump.

  2. The Bishop

    Move the bishop along diagonals and understand that it stays on one color.

  3. The Queen

    Move the queen using both rook and bishop movement; recognise it as the most powerful piece.

  4. The Knight

    Move the knight in its L-shape and understand that it is the only piece that jumps.

  5. The King

    Move the king one square in any direction; understand why its safety drives the whole game.

  6. The Pawn

    Move pawns forward, capture diagonally, and understand the double-step and promotion.

  7. Checkpoint: Prove It

    Demonstrate correct movement for all six pieces in a mixed challenge.

Unit 3: Check & Capture

Capture, attack, check, and checkmate

Learn to capture pieces, read threats, and deliver — or escape — check and checkmate.

  1. Capture!

    Capture enemy pieces and know what they are worth.

  2. Is It Safe?

    Recognise attacked, defended, and hanging pieces.

  3. Check!

    Recognise and give check.

  4. Escape the Check

    Escape check by moving, blocking, or capturing the checker.

  5. Checkmate!

    Deliver mate in one and understand the difference between check and checkmate.

  6. Checkpoint: Defend the King

    Demonstrate threat-reading, check recognition, and escape in a mixed challenge.

  7. Boss: Mate in One

    Deliver three mates in a row across different patterns.

Unit 4: Special Rules & How Games End

Castling, promotion, en passant, stalemate and every draw — the full rule set.

The final rules every player needs: castle your king to safety, promote a pawn to a queen, capture en passant, and understand every way a game can end.

  1. Castle Your King

    Castle kingside and queenside; know when castling is barred.

  2. Promotion

    Promote a pawn to a queen; understand the choice of piece.

  3. En Passant

    Execute the en passant capture; know when it is and is not allowed.

  4. Stalemate!

    Recognise stalemate; avoid it when you are winning.

  5. Draws, the Clock & Giving Up

    Know every other way a game ends: repetition, fifty-move rule, time, resignation.

  6. Checkpoint: Rules Lab

    Apply castling, en passant, and promotion in one review session.

  7. Boss: Every Rule at Once

    Apply every special rule in sequence, then deliver checkmate to complete the course.

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