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Learn How to Play Chess in 10 Minutes

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How to play chess/Learn the rules of chess:
0:22 How to set up the chess board
1:18 How the rook moves
1:35 How the bishop moves
1:46 How the queen moves
2:03 How the king moves/Game objective
2:21 What is 'check'? / What does checkmate mean?
3:55 How the knight moves
4:36 How the pawn moves/captures
5:43 Pawn promotion
6:22 How does En passant work?
7:56 How to castle in chess
10:06 What does stalemate mean?
10:55 Draw by 50-move rule
11:18 Draw by Perpetual check
11:44 Draw by threefold repetition
12:27 Draw by insufficient material

A big thank you to those below who've offered to freely translate this video's English Captions. Each has played a big part in opening new doors to the game.

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