# Learn the rules - Beginners - [Learn chess - by playing! • lichess.org](https://lichess.org/learn) - [Chess - Wikibooks, open books for an open world](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess): Learn by reading the rules & tactics # Learn by practicing - All levels - [Chessable - Where Science Meets Chess](https://www.chessable.com/) - Space repetition platform for chess - Someone even wrote a blog post on how he learned chess with Chessable and became good at it: [How To Learn Chess As An Adult (or, how I went from 300 to 1500 ELO in 9 months) — Alex Crompton](https://www.alexcrompton.com/blog/how-to-learn-chess). - Chessable is owned by Chess.com. - [LearningChess - from Beginner to Advanced Levels for Free](https://learningchess.net/us/index) - [Chess.com - Chess Lessons](https://www.chess.com/lessons) # Good recaps on openings - [Popular Chess Openings - Chess.com](https://www.chess.com/openings) - [Every First Move Ranked (From Worst To Best) - Chess.com](https://www.chess.com/article/view/every-chess-opening-move-ranked) - [Chess Opening Theory - Wikibooks, open books for an open world](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory) # Practice ## Practice end games - [CheckmateChamp.net: chess tactics trainer (v1.4)](https://www.checkmatechamp.net/): 800+ situations to practice finding the next few moves to checkmate. - [Chess Endgames - Chess.com](https://www.chess.com/endgames) ## Play online versus real people - [Chess.com - Play Chess Online - Free Games](https://www.chess.com/): Chess.com also offers puzzles, lessons, etc.