Learn How To... Play Chess: A Beginner's Guide to Rules, Strategy, Tactics, and Confident

Play Chess begins with the board, pieces, legal movement, and notation, then develops the habits that make those rules useful in play. You will work through opening principles, tactical patterns, positional ideas, essential endgames, mating technique, and practical decision-making, with clear diagrams and explanations that connect what you see on the board to the move you choose. Inside this book: - First principles explained without unnecessary jargon - A clear progression from foundations to practical use - Worked examples and visual guidance where they add value - Chapter recaps to reinforce essential ideas >Learn How To... is The MentCraft Project's practical learning collection for curious adults who want a clear way into a new subject. Each volume starts with first principles, develops them in a deliberate sequence, and connects explanation with practice so that unfamiliar ideas become understandable, useful, and easier to build on. Learn at your own pace, pause over examples, and return to the recaps when useful. The goal is a sound framework you can continue practicing and extending on your own.