First patterns of chess -- The chess pieces: The king ; The rook ; The bishop ; The queen ; The knight ; The pawn -- Check, checkmate, and stalemate -- Chess notation -- Three special moves and the five ways to draw: Castling ; En passant ; Pawn promotion ; The five ways to draw -- Introduction to chess tactics: En prise ; Fork ; Pin -- Opening principles: Control the center ; Develop the pieces ; Shelter the king -- Two more tactics: Discovery ; Undermining -- The endgame: King and pawn endings ; Checkmate with a king and queen against a lone king ; Checkmate with a rook and king against a lone king ; Rook endings -- Middlegame lessons from the great Paul Morphy: Paul Morphy verses Count Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick ; Paul Morphy verses Daniel Harrwitz ; Pierre Charles de Saint Amant versus Paul Morphy.
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