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| Posted by seagryphon ability-tw.com 7/25/2002 17:45:19 |  Subject: Teaching Children ChessMessage: Does anyone know any good books on teaching YOUNG children how to play chess? Or even better if you know of a web site. I have a very bright 6 year old who is interested. I know it's a little young but she smart for her age, and I have heard of 7 and 8 year olds playing. |
| Posted by seagryphon ability-tw.com 7/25/2002 17:52:52 | Sorry Message: After I posted this I realized it should be in "Chess Related". Feel free to vote it out of here. |
| Posted by v_glorioso12 ability-tw.com 7/25/2002 18:21:51 | there is a book.... Message: "How to beat your dad at chess" "Chess training for budding champions" You can also buy some books by Bruce Pandolfini. He makes books for beginner to intermediate players, and his books are easy to understand. |
| Posted by seagryphon ability-tw.com 7/25/2002 20:56:51 | v_glorioso12 Message: Thanks v_glorioso12. Your a pretty good player, only age 12 and a 1527 rating, you would kick my butt. How old were you when you started to play? Did you read any of the books you recomended? |
| Posted by calmrolfe ability-tw.com 7/26/2002 00:10:17 | Try this site for coaching hints Message: www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/coaching.html The site is well laid out and is run by real chess enthusiasts. It should help you with your task of teaching your child to play Chess. Have fun. Kind regards, Cal |
| Posted by absolutegenius ability-tw.com 7/26/2002 02:26:11 | me, i started young Message: i started to play chess when i was 4, and could beat my techer when i was 10, but i'm trying to teach my wee sister (9) to play, and she's hopeless!!! but i think that's cause i'm an awful teacher: anyone got any tips??? |
| Posted by dominoxxx ability-tw.com 7/26/2002 03:54:45 | What Message: is an ideal age my 5 and 6 yr old want to play....they know the basic moves but trying to give them stratedgy is proving really difficult Dxxx |
| Posted by bikerboy ability-tw.com 7/26/2002 05:22:33 | Message: Don't do it, my son beats me on a regular basis and boy does it hurt, I should have introduced him to table tennis! |
| Posted by v_glorioso12 ability-tw.com 7/26/2002 07:43:24 | i started like at 7 or 8. Message: i would have started earlier, but the chess club in my school wasnt open to 3rd graders and under until i went to 3rd grade, then it was open to 3+ grade. I havent read how to beat you dad at chess or the other one, but i here they are good. but i have read some books by bruce pandolfini. |
| Posted by kingofpawns ability-tw.com 7/26/2002 10:59:46 | electric shock system... Message: I was recently thinking about a high-tech training system based on negative reinforcement. This system could be completely automated so that a child receives a shock proportional too how bad he or she moved. What do you think of such a system and should we seek venture capital to get it going? |
| Posted by absolutegenius ability-tw.com 7/26/2002 11:35:49 | crule! Message: you get a plus for that! think of those innocent dumbasses... |
| Posted by kimbeldrv ability-tw.com 7/28/2002 12:43:20 | Another possible option... Message: Try "Chess Mates" software by Interplay! www.geocities.com/~reviewcorner/chessmates.html |
| Posted by adrianallen ability-tw.com 7/30/2002 09:10:20 | 6 isn't too young Message: I got well and truly beat in a tournament by an 8 Year old. My chess mates laughed at me for ages after that. I guess I took the game for granted. I was a rated played at the time and stood a good chance of doing well in the tournament. I was faced with an 8 year old who had brought his mum along. I assumed the win before I started and lost. Of course the next tournament I went too he actually won the whole thing and I discovered he was the County Champion for under 16's. |
| Posted by tulkos ability-tw.com 7/30/2002 14:53:26 | the first chess book I bought was Message: Brilliancies,by yasser.Of course you couldn't just give it to an 8 year old and expect him to learn,but you could play out the games with him and you would be able to comment on them meanwhile.and you would learn as well! |
Chess news: Russia wins World Women's Chess Championship -- Chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk ended a 44-year-old drought for Russia by clinching the World Women's Chess Championship after playing out a draw with Yifan Hao of China in the fourth game of the finals that concluded here. This was Kosteniuk's third draw on the trot and she was in fact winning on two occasion in the final game but opted for the safer route to ensure her maiden world chess championship title. The experience proved to be the key factor in the finals as Kosteniuk was already a finalist in 2000, when Yifan was just six years old. The chess victory for Koeteniuk brings 60,000 US Dollars in addition to a superb crown embedded with diamonds and sapphires. ... Victory with a crisp finish -- Nigel Short was the only winner on the top boards in round eight of the EU Chess Championship, now reaching the closing stages at the Liverpool World Museum. With two to play Short moved back into contention by defeating the 2008 British chess champion Stuart Conquest. The three leaders all drew. Michael Adams’ game against Jan Werle was very unclear when the chess players shook hands. Viktor Laznicka suffered for 77 moves but eventually held an endgame with knight v two bishops against Erwin L’Ami. Alberto David joined L’Ami and Short on 6/9, half a point behind the leaders who remain Adams, Laznicka and Werle. Round ten is likely to be the decisive one as ... Barden on chess -- England's Michael Adams and Nigel Short shared second prize behind Holland's Jan Werle at this week's European Union chess championship in Liverpool, but they reached it by very different routes. Top seeded Adams, ranked in the world top dozen, went through the 10 rounds unbeaten and was rarely in danger, though with five draws he could have pushed harder. Short's chess tournament was defined by an early-round disaster when his mobile phone rang during play. The world body Fide's stance is that a ring equals a zero. Short's Nokia Gambit was unlucky since he turned off his mobile at the start of the game, not realising that the switched off phone could ... | |