I want to teach my 47 year old mother chess.

My mom is 47 years old and is very forgetful and recently got a concussion.  It's basically a forgone conclusion that at some point in the future she is going to have some memory problems (Alzheimer's) runs in her family.  I have been doing research on the benefits of playing chess and found a study that says adults who play chess regularly have a lower rate of Alzheimer's and Dementia.  She has literally zero knowledge of the game, but has agreed to let me teach her since I am doing it not for selfish reasons.  Does anyone have any suggestions for teaching adults chess?

Possibly of interest:

A COMPLETE CHESS COURSE by Antonio Gude

http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Complete_Chess_Course.pdf

Journey to the Chess Kingdom
https://www.chess.com/blog/Natalia_Pogonina/book-review-quotjourney-to-the-chess-kingdomquot
Winning Chess:
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

you need a person to teach you first

you need a person to teach you first

Chess Steps is a famous Dutch curriculum that's used in the school system in the Netherlands. There are six Steps, 1 through 6. I suggest you start with the entire Step 1 course.

The full Step 1 consists of:

• Step 1 manual
• Step 1 workbook
• Step 1 plus workbook
• Step 1 extra workbook
• Step 1 mix workbook

Get one manual (for you, the instructor), and two copies of each of the four workbooks so that you can work along with her.

Two additional notes:

1. If your mom is a slower learner, then replace Step 1 workbook with the two Stepping Stones workbooks. The content of Stepping Stones 1 + Stepping Stones 2 is the same as Step 1 workbook except presented in a way that's more suitable for very young children (K-3). The diagrams are bigger so it's easier to see if she has poor vision.
2. If your mom is computer literate, also purchase the Step 1 Chess Tutor software. It's supplementary to the workbooks but the exercises are different. It's an excellent companion to the workbooks.

You can purchase all of them at chess-steps.com