This book aims to enable a novice chess player to obtain the necessary minimum of chess knowledge on the basic issues of chess theory and practice. Therefore, it is not necessary to think that the proposed book can give a complete chess education. It can also not be considered as a reference manual in matters of the theory of debut, endgame, etc. This is only a necessary stock of practical chess information, also set out in a compact form, which will allow a beginner to competently approach a further in-depth study of the laws of chess wrestling.