The basic rules of chess,

1. The king can move in any direction he wants but only one space at a time.
2. The Queen can move in any direction she wants and as many spaces as she wants.
3. The Bishop can only move diagonally as many spaces as he wants but only on their colour.
4. The Knight moves up two and across One or back two and across one or sideways tow and across one.
5. The rook can move forward, backward and side to side as many spaces as he wants.
6. The Pawn can move two spaces forward on their first go and only one for the remainder of the game. He can only attack diagonally.
7. Castling is when you switch the king and the rook around.
If you get a Pawn to the opposite end of the board you can turn it into any of the other pieces.
8. You can’t jump over your own pieces.
9. Check is when your king is threatened and you have to move your king out of check or block their attack. You can’t move your king into a check position.
10. Stalemate is when your opponent can’t move their king without moving into check.
11. Checkmate is when you’re in check and you can’t move out of it or block without still being in check or moving into another check position.