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ChessForNovices.com is a guide for fresh beginners and aspiring novices. We publish easy to follow materials that help chess amateurs learn about the game and improve their play.

We'll teach you how to play chess, how to read chess notation, and about the basics of chess strategy.

We'll equip you with an arsenal of tactical weapons - the basic fighting maneuvers in chess.

We'll reveal the critical strategic principles that lead to chess victory - and give you a flair for the various opening systems that help you start out the game.

We'll show you where you can play - online and face-to-face.

We'll provide you with the plans and resources you need to begin the journey to becoming a chess master.