In this article, I will be explaining chess. This is a game of strategy where you can’t just move pieces randomly and expect to win. There are many ways to checkmate someone or how to start an offense or defense. There are ways to stop someone attacking one of your pieces. For example, using a defense can help you protect your king, or stop someone from taking a piece and giving them an edge on you. Even if someone only takes a pawn, this piece is at the very front of every other piece and it’s probably the worst piece, but it will still cost you if you lose it in some way. I had an interview with my neighbor and he agreed with everything I have said so far. He also said  “Some defenses have weaknesses,” so defense won’t always work.

There are many defensive strategies like the Sicilian and French defense. There are also things called openings like the Ruy Lopez opening. Also, an opening is what usually leads to a defense like the Sicilian or French defense. There are other moves in chess that are rare so no one really uses them, like En Passant, when two pawns are side by side, one can take another as long as the enemy can take one to. En Passant is just a fair trade pawn-for-a-pawn. Chess can sometimes be frustrating because you make a move but you don’t see the other player’s piece. In order to play chess with the least stress, you must take your time and think of the best moves possible, or you will accidentally give the enemy a free pawn.

Chess is a really complicated game. It takes focus and dedication to get good at. You will need to learn defenses and know what to do in certain situations. Overall chess is a really hard game that takes a massive amount of skill that will also take a lot of time to learn, but once you learn it, it really feels good.