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Useful lessons, chess combinations, terminology, and tools for chess players of all levels — from beginner to master.
Easy-to-understand lessons
Step-by-step explanations for easy learning
Daily practice
Exercises and quizzes to reinforce your knowledge
Skill development
Improve your tactics, strategy, and thinking
What You Will Find on Hetman Chess
Chess Pieces
Features and abilities of each chess piece. Learn how the pawn, king, queen, rook, knight, and bishop move.
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Chess Combinations
Simple and advanced chess combinations. Learn how to checkmate with a queen, rook, two bishops, bishop and knight, and much more.
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Chess Dictionary
Essential chess terms every chess player should know. Zugzwang, stalemate, castling, and other important chess concepts.
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Chess Tournaments
Previews and results of major chess tournaments. Stay up to date with the key events, favorites, and results of the most important competitions.
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Current World Chess Champions
2026 World Chess Championship
Why do chess, a game created many centuries ago, still fascinate people today? Why do millions of men, women, and children around the world spend hours every day thinking over a board with its small pieces?
Chess is a unique game that, despite its complexity, gives us an opportunity to take a break from work and forget about all our troubles for a while. It combines science, sport, and art, while offering enormous space for imagination and creativity. Ancient sages described the essence of chess in the following way: "Win through the power of the mind."
What Are the Benefits of Chess?
Chess does more than teach us to calculate moves in search of a winning combination. It develops strategic thinking, patience, flexibility, and a broader perspective on the world and the future of humanity.
Children who play chess tend to develop better memory, concentration, and the ability to find unconventional and creative solutions. Since every move has consequences, chess also helps develop self-control, resilience to stress, and a sense of responsibility for one's actions.
Who Is This Chess Blog For?
HETMAN CHESS is primarily created for people who do not yet know how to play chess but would very much like to learn. As a chess coach, my goal is to create a blog that provides answers to as many questions as possible that beginners may have.
On this website, you can learn about the features and abilities of each chess piece, simple and advanced combinations, the meanings of chess terms, the current FIDE ratings of the world's most famous players, and their biographies. You can also use the chess board editor to arrange pieces in any position you need. This can help you sharpen your skills or solve chess puzzles.
HETMAN CHESS as Part of Ukrainian Culture
Despite the difficult times caused by Russia's aggression against Ukraine, a huge number of Ukrainians continue to play chess and develop their skills. Many Ukrainian chess players compete at the highest level against the world's best players and quite often achieve victories at prestigious tournaments.
My goal is to create a chess blog that becomes recognizable both in Ukraine and around the world, attracts people's attention, and encourages them to immerse themselves in the beauty and wisdom of this ancient yet still relevant game.