| Topic: Pawn Movement | |
| Description: A pawn moves forward one square, but it captures diagonally. On its first move, a pawn can move forward two squares. | |
| Topic: King Movement | |
| Description: The king moves one square in any direction: horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. | |
| Topic: Knight Movement | |
| Description: The knight moves in an L-shape: two squares in one direction and then one square perpendicular, or one square in one direction and then two squares perpendicular. | |
| Topic: Castling | |
| Description: Castling is a move that involves the king moving two squares towards a rook on the player's first rank, then the rook moving to the square over which the king crossed. | |
| Topic: Check | |
| Description: A check is a situation where a king is under threat of being captured on the next move. | |
| Topic: Checkmate | |
| Description: A game of chess is won by checkmating your opponent's king, which means the king is in a position to be captured and cannot escape. | |
| Topic: Stalemate | |
| Description: A stalemate occurs when the player whose turn it is to move has no legal move and their king is not in check. It results in a draw. | |
| Topic: En Passant | |
| Description: En passant is a special pawn capture that can occur if a pawn moves two squares forward from its starting position and lands beside an opponent's pawn. | |
| Topic: Chess Clock | |
| Description: A chess clock is used to track the total time each player takes for their moves. If a player's time runs out, they lose the game. | |
| Topic: Fork | |
| Description: A fork is a tactic where a single piece attacks two or more of the opponent's pieces at the same time. | |
| Topic: Bishop Movement | |
| Description: A bishop moves diagonally any number of squares, but cannot jump over other pieces. | |
| Topic: Pin | |
| Description: A pin occurs when a piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable piece, like the king or queen, to attack. | |
| Topic: Discovered Check | |
| Description: A discovered check happens when a piece moves, revealing an attack on the opponent's king by another piece. | |
| Topic: Rook Movement | |
| Description: A rook moves any number of squares along a row or column. | |
| Topic: Gambit | |
| Description: A gambit is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a subsequent advantageous position. | |
| Topic: Fifty-Move Rule | |
| Description: The fifty-move rule allows a player to claim a draw if no pawn has been moved and no capture has been made in the last fifty moves by each player. | |
| Topic: Difference Between Check and Checkmate | |
| Description: Check is when the king is in danger but can still escape, whereas checkmate is when the king is in danger and cannot escape. | |
| Topic: Queen Movement | |
| Description: The queen can move any number of squares along a row, column, or diagonal. | |
| Topic: Perpetual Check | |
| Description: Perpetual check is a situation in which one player can check the opponent's king continuously, resulting in a draw if it occurs three times. | |
| Topic: Phases of a Chess Game | |
| Description: The three phases of a chess game are the opening, the middlegame, and the endgame. | |