Chastity’s Chess Chapters is now published as a paperback on Amazon and as an ebook on Smashwords and many other platforms.
The main benefit of buying the book in these formats is reading offline without an internet connection. This is something that cannot be done with the same chapters on my blog. You are not obligated to buy the book if you prefer to read on this blog. This is just a way you can support me as a writer.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Basic Rules of Movement
Chapter 2: Chastity’s Recommended Openings
Chapter 5: The Best Chess websites
- lichess is the main site for standard Chess and variants like Crazyhouse
- lishogi has Shogi, also known as Japanese Chess
- pychess has more variants than lichess, including Duck Chess
- pychess_alternates is the place for Coffeehouse and Coffee Shogi!
- playstrategy has not only chess but also games like draughts and go
- chessvariants for learning more about Chess variants.
Chapter 6: How to Improve at Chess
- The Meaning of Chess Ratings
- Keep a Database
- Take Notes
Chapter 7: The Value of Chess Notation
- Names of the Squares
- Letters of the Pieces
Chapter 8: Too Long. Didn’t Read.
Chapter 9: The Making of the Paperback
Chapter 10: The Making of the Ebook
Copyright
Chastity’s Chess Chapters © 2025 by Chastity White Rose is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
What this means in plain English is that although Chastity White Rose, which is known as Chandler Klebs legally, is the author of all the text and artwork in this book (except for Chess pieces from the public domain). She has the final say in what went into this book and future editions.
At the same time, you have the right to share this book, copy it, or reformat or convert it to whatever digital or print form is easy for you to read. Chastity stands opposed to DRM (Digital Rights Management) because the game of Chess is free to play for everyone. In the same way, this book should be free (libre) for everyone!
This license means that while you certainly can buy copies of this print and/or digital book to support the author, your rights to read it never expire. Chastity wants people to learn to play and enjoy Chess. This book is merely a means to that end.
What you may not do is try to sell it as if it were your book because Chastity put her time, energy, and money into making this book with the goal of helping people play Chess and teaching it in her style. You can share and adapt it to help others learn, including translating it into other languages, but you must make it clear that it is not the original work.
Chapter 0: Introduction
This chess book is an ongoing project for those who have falsely heard that chess is hard to learn. It will be updated as needed for the most effective teaching! This book, Chastity’s Chess Chapters, is the official guidebook of what my business, Chastity’s Chess Challenge, is all about. I will be a chess teacher to the LGBTQIA+ community and people with disabilities.
By meeting in person, recording videos, or through some Creative Writing, I will do my best to make sure that nobody goes through life never learning how to play chess, the world’s most popular board game sport!
I learned to play chess when I was 9 years old. My friend Patrick taught me, and I won the third game. He said he created a monster. Up to that point, I had always heard that chess was complicated. After learning the game, I struggled to find other people to play with. You have to remember that at that age I didn’t have the internet.
The internet changed the game because you no longer need to wait for another human in your town to play with. You can set up matches with random people on lichess.org, chess.com, and even Facebook. If all else fails, you can download a chess program and play against the computer using some of the best chess engines available.
However, I will warn you that playing against a computer comes with pros and cons. Most computer programs will tear apart a player new to the game unless they are set to the lowest level AI. It can be discouraging to new players who lose twenty games in a row and then think, “I guess I am really bad at chess,” and then get discouraged and quit playing.
Chess is a game where you are going to lose half the time because it’s a game of pure skill where anyone can win if they can outsmart their opponent. You don’t need to be a genius to play chess, and you certainly don’t have to know math or memorize opening theory to get started playing today. You only need to know the rules of chess, which can be learned in less than half an hour.
The book you are reading now is meant to teach the rules and be a reference to look back on if you forget. I will also include some common suggestions on a few good ways to get started playing and what your first moves should be as a beginner.
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