This lecture delves into the homotopy theory of chain complexes, exploring the warm-up exercises related to retractions of acyclic cofibrations and sections of acyclic fibrations. The model category structure on the category of chain complexes over a field is thoroughly examined, demonstrating completeness and cocompleteness, the 2-out-of-3 property, and the closure under retraction of WE, Cof, and Fib.