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📖 Chess openings for kids

An opening is the first few moves of a game. These twenty are the ones you will meet first. Each page shows the moves one at a time, says what White and Black are trying to do, and most have a trap to watch out for.

Names and moves from the Lichess openings list (CC0), checked . The explanations are Peabody's own.

Starting with 1. e4

The king's pawn jumps two squares into the middle. Most games for beginners start this way.

Starting with 1. d4

The queen's pawn goes first. The games are often slower and more about squeezing.

Starting with 1. c4

A pawn from the side looks at the middle.

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