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I am a 1270 rated player : )
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They know the basics but don't really know simple opening theory like development of pieces
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Any information on how to help
Jan 21, 2024
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Just show them the basic principles that you've learned. In the openings teach them about development, central space, etc. The middlegames, piece activity, material, king safety and placement, even teach them pawn structure if you want. And for the endgame, show them some theoretical endings and play a couple with them. You can learn a lot yourself from teaching others.
First, do they want to improve their chess or do they play casual games once in a while? If they are wanting to improve there are copious free resources available to learn from. If they aren’t that interested then there isn’t much you can do. As you can play online at anytime with thousands of players who can give you good games why are you wanting them to get better to give you good games in person?
Jg2648 I would but i also want hard games over the board
I'm trying to teach my 4 year old brother to play right now and it's a lot more challenging than I thought, he understands how all the pieces move but he's having a hard time understanding the value of the pieces, and that *only* knights can jump over other pieces. If anyone has any advice specifically for teaching very young children, I would be very interested.
VeggieWater wrote:
I'm trying to teach my 4 year old brother to play right now and it's a lot more challenging than I thought, he understands how all the pieces move but he's having a hard time understanding the value of the pieces, and that *only* knights can jump over other pieces. If anyone has any advice specifically for teaching very young children, I would be very interested.
I taught my three boys chess between the ages of 5-6. It can take time. I focused on playing with pawns initially, then I added in the bishops, then I added the rooks, then I added the queens, and then knights. The goal was to be the first to get a pawn to a promotional square or capture all of your opponents pieces, whichever was accomplished first.
Then I introduced the king and played my king against their queen and king. They had to checkmate me within 50 moves or I’d draw. Same for king and rook. Then I cut it to 30 moves. Then 20. Finally I played complete games with them with queen odds, rook odds, knight or bishop odds, depending on who I was playing and as they improved. Eventually they switched to time odds, them having say 15 minutes to my 3 for example.
My oldest who takes chess the most seriously passed 1200 USCF recently. We still play training games and will review his OTB games along with his younger brother (who’s rated over 900 USCF).
Just keep it fun and do it as often as they want.
jg2648 wrote:
I focused on playing with pawns initially, then I added in the bishops, then I added the rooks, then I added the queens, and then knights. The goal was to be the first to get a pawn to a promotional square or capture all of your opponents pieces, whichever was accomplished first.
Then I introduced the king and played my king against their queen and king. They had to checkmate me within 50 moves or I’d draw. Same for king and rook. Then I cut it to 30 moves. Then 20. Finally I played complete games with them with queen odds, rook odds, knight or bishop odds, depending on who I was playing and as they improved. Eventually they switched to time odds, them having say 15 minutes to my 3 for example.
This is incredibly helpful and concise. I never would have thought to phase in the game like this, it's a really creative teaching method. Thank you so much for the ideas, I'm sure my brother will appreciate learning how to play.
Please help. I am only 700 rapid 500 bullet/blitz but I need help teaching some people at home as I really want to be able to have a tough game but all of them I would estimate to be 250-350 so I can never have a tough game which I have been wanting for a while.