How to Spot Openings in a Chess Game

Series Summary

Chess is a strategy and logical deduction game between two players that is enjoyed by children and adults alike, from park benches to convention halls across the world. Though the game of chess has taken many variations over its long history, today's form involves black and white teams orchestrated by players and has even entered the digital age, as games and tournaments are played online and via email. Using a square board composed of grids and smaller squares, the game pits a queen's army against another's, and involves the use of strategic moves and techniques using the pieces to corner an opponent's queen. Using the king, rook, bishop, pawn and knight, players execute tactics to remove the challenger's pieces and restrict the queen to certain death.

In this free video clip series, our expert will explain the basic rules of the game of chess, explaining some basic moves and techniques to use when playing the game. Learn how to do moves such as the Queen's Gambit, Fool's Mate, and castling techniques. The game of chess is explained from the opening moves to the final pin in this informative online chess lesson.

Video Transcript

"Welcome back, this is John Livingstone again, for Expert Village. And discussing Chess, and we've gone through many facets of the game, but one important facet we haven't touched on yet is the openings. And as I mentioned in my previous sections, the openings are very important, because it is really the time when the basis of your game is being laid down. And some general concepts; the primary one is to get your pieces out there quickly, and get them out towards the center of the board. Now having said that, there are many different opening variations, and to make it more complicated, there are variations within variations. And masters study these things constantly; there's new concepts coming out, and so on. But what I want to do in this section is to show you some of the more popular openings in play today, and some of the main lines of play of the beginning of those particular openings."