Father receives directions to make chess piece (4)
I believe the answer is:
pawn
'chess piece' is the definition.
(pawn is a kind of chess piece)
'father receives directions' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'receives directions' becomes 'wn' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pa'+'wn'='PAWN'
'to make' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pawn that I've seen before include "Chess piece; hock" , "Person used to gain an end" , "Chesspiece" , "Get ready for" , "one used by another" .)