Questions about the Rules of Play poster

What’s on the Rules of Play poster?

11 entries in 3 groups. The rules that apply in club and tournament play. Touch-move: Touch your piece → you must move it if legal, Touch theirs → you must cap…; Illegal moves: Must be taken back, Touch-move still applies to the piece, Repeated of…; Etiquette: Press the clock with the same hand you moved with, Do not talk during the…. Announcing 'check' is optional and not required in tournament play. Most strong players do not.

Who is the Rules of Play poster for?

Rules of Play belongs to the Chess section rather than to a school year, because games is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning fundamentals can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Rules of Play poster?

Touch a piece and you must move it. Release it and the move is made. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Rules of Play belongs on the wall where that games work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Rules of Play?

Setting Up the Board, Check, Mate & Stalemate and Chess Clocks sit alongside Rules of Play in the Chess section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Setting Up the BoardCheck, Mate & StalemateChess Clocks

Is the Rules of Play poster free to download and print?

Yes. Rules of Play downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chess section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Rules of Play poster print at?

Rules of Play is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Rules of Play loses nothing.Printing guide