The Everything Chess Basics Book - Plot & Excerpts
While the board can be almost any size and the squares can be almost any color, it is best to keep within the standard size of about 16 to 22 inches to a side for the board with 2 to 2½-inch squares. The Battlefield Everyone has sixty-four squares to work with. Half of sixty-four is thirty-two. Therefore, a rule of strategy immediately springs to mind: If you control thirty-three squares, you will have an advantage. Thus you already have an idea of how to plan an attack before you know how the pieces move. Keep this strategy in mind as you learn more about chess, and the rewards will be gratifying. Here is a diagram of a chessboard. Note the checkered squares and the light square at the right-hand corner at the bottom. Light on Right When setting up the chessboard, always make sure a light square is at your far lower right corner. Your opponent, who sits opposite you, will also have a light square at his or her far lower right corner. (If you prefer, you can think of this as a dark square always being at your left; it works just as well.) There is perhaps no reason other than tradition for this rule, but it makes sense to always set the board up the same way for all chess games.
What do You think about The Everything Chess Basics Book?
