WEBVTT 00:01.050 --> 00:01.620 Hi there. 00:03.300 --> 00:07.320 Now that you know how the pieces move, I just want to say the board is said something like this. 00:07.710 --> 00:09.020 So we've got a one here. 00:09.030 --> 00:16.080 If you're playing whites, H1 one, so light on the right and the queen stands on the same color as 00:16.080 --> 00:16.710 her shoes. 00:16.710 --> 00:21.810 So the white queen is on a white square and with. 00:23.260 --> 00:29.530 This position, it's always white that goes first and a good first move, for example, is for another 00:29.530 --> 00:35.930 one is DeFore to try and control the key four central squares with chessboard. 00:35.950 --> 00:38.810 They're very, very important, as we'll discover later. 00:39.220 --> 00:41.410 So the plan with the white pieces goes fast. 00:41.710 --> 00:47.500 And if you're playing with a friend and you're one of the side who goes first, a common traditional 00:47.500 --> 00:53.200 way is to get a white pawn and a black pawn and put it in your face. 00:53.420 --> 01:00.610 Don't show which vest you put, which pawn in and offer to your opponents to sort of nod and choose, 01:01.540 --> 01:04.540 you know, if it's a white pawn in that that them play whites. 01:04.540 --> 01:06.850 If it's a black pawn, then you're playing white. 01:07.390 --> 01:13.810 So that's how you choose colors generally in unofficial games, casual games and tournament games. 01:13.810 --> 01:15.330 It's very, very different. 01:15.640 --> 01:20.430 The pairings, the so-called pairings are done by the tournament organizers. 01:20.650 --> 01:27.670 But in casual chess, you just grab a white pawn secretly in one fist and a black hole and another and 01:27.670 --> 01:29.980 offer to the opponents and conventioneers. 01:30.460 --> 01:34.520 To be fair, you know, on the next game, alternate the colors. 01:35.110 --> 01:39.460 So that's kind of nice thing for casual chess to practice. 01:39.460 --> 01:40.360 Cenziper friends. 01:40.900 --> 01:47.980 So offer a clenched pawn they choose and that decides who goes first. 01:48.400 --> 01:50.290 OK, as.