Sunday, August 2
Let's learn chess.
FoundationsDay 1 · How the pieces move
The board
Squares, ranks, files, and the starting position
- ●Files are columns (a–h), ranks are rows (1–8).
- ●Squares are named by file + rank: e4, g7, h1.
- ●White always starts at the bottom of the board.
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
a1
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
How this works
One lesson a day. Each one is short — a concept, a couple of board examples, then a puzzle you solve on the board itself. Build a streak. By Day 30 you'll know how to think about a real game. No accounts, no signups — your progress is saved automatically to this browser.