Crushed by Kindle Chess

Chess Titans has failed to garner positive reviews, AFAIK, from chess players familiar with chess software.

The OP likes his Kindle. I like my iPad. My nephew likes his Android. Some apps run on all these platforms.

Redbirdy is correct that the choice of which device is a personal matter that involves weighing the features of each against one's own needs. He fails, however, to recognize irony and demonstrates his lack of familiarity of the culture of Apple users. See http://www.cultofmac.com/.

My wife and I drank the Kool-Aid last summer and bought two iPads (now these are obsolete), and I've used mine daily. One glass leads to another, and she's getting the Air this week.

Redbirdy can post where he wants, but as long as members (paying or not) attack and then block those of us that do play chess here, I will advocate efforts to limit at least some discussions to chess players. In http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/human-vs-computers, Redbirdy displayed no ill manners. In this thread, he did.

Interesting...

Now, Chess Titans. One good thing about it, it comes free...unlocked and loaded (to paraphrase one of our gun terms)...with pcs.

I know you do more research than anyone I've ever known (except maybe Larry Evans). Here, bet you haven't seen this trick. I learned it back in the early fifties...it was a gem (and a caveat for the unsuspecting) in just about every chess book in that day.

This Chess Titans is the best. Even at level one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UhyyfB4WG8

Hint: We called it F___'_ M___

P.S.: Don't "let on" that I showed you this.

That's Scholar's Mate. Fool's Mate runs thus:

You are Larry Evans!!!

Chess Titans. Interesting.

I had completely forgotten how to play chess after playing a bit in elementary school, until in my late 40's when my wife purchased a laptop. I started fooling around with this free program called Chess Titans, and for some inexplicable reason, got hooked on chess.

I really did like how the program showed a complete beginner, me, all the squares a knight can go to, because when you click on that piece, a whole bunch of squares light up. I had never learned in my youth how to castle long, and even forgot how to castle short. Chess Titans showed me the way. When you click on the queen, a ton of squares light up!

Last, Chess Titan made a move that I thought must be a mistake. It made an en passant move. My pawn simply disappeared, and I was dumbfounded.

Chess Titans has proved quite useful to the first time chess players that joined my brand new chess club at one of the elementary schools where I teach music. I bring my laptop to every school and allow my students to use it for learning chess moves. It's a powerful visual aid, helping them see all of the squares that a piece can travel to. It frees me up to teach things about chess that are more advanced, like opening principles. "Play 1.e4, 1.d4, but not 1.e3!" 

Regarding Apple products -

Being a teacher, I got a discount years ago when purchasing my first Apple computer. I think it was called the LCII.  I absolutely loved it, and Apple still makes high quality products across the board. I have an iPod. I'd like to get an Apple or PC tablet someday, but with public education budgets being horrible, now is not the time.