Is there a Basic or proper way to teach a 5 year old boy to play well?

Is there a Basic or proper way to teach a 5 year old boy to play well?

My son (5 year old) knows how to play,

• Know how the place the pieces on board on starting position

•Know how the pieces moves

•

Know how to play against an oponent

My querry is, what can i do or  what/how is the basic or proper way to improve his skills....?

Thanks,

iAN

My grandfather began teaching me at 6.

When I understood how to move, he would show me chess puzzles.

He would explain when I made a move it was good/bad.

Each puzzle was a long process at the start but as I began to understand threats and long term goals I became faster and could continue a strong ish game after using basic openings.

Well I am teaching a 4 year old girl, I'm not sure if you deliberately chose to mention gender to imply it makes a difference, but I am just playing simple games with her and if I win I remove a piece/pawn for the next game, if she wins I add a piece/pawn for the next game. This way she doesn't get demotivated by losing all the time and generally the games are challenging to her.

I also give her simple advice about moves she makes, I think it it just a case of laying the foundations and teaching slightly more complex concepts gradually once the child has learnt the simpler stuff. I'm not sure there's a massive difference between teaching a child and an adult really.

There is a forum here on chess.com called "Scholastic Chess".

The forum description is:
Talk with others about the best ways to teach kids and promote scholastic chess!

You should take a look at the threads there, and maybe move your question over to there.

I have been told (I don't know whether this is true or not), that when teaching chess you should start with the endgame first. Only when they have learnt K+Q vs. K, K+R vs. K, etc, do you move onto full games.

I'm currently letting my almost eight year old nephew beat me in basic mating positions.  I started with king and queen vs. king, now I'm going to have him do two bishops vs. king and then knight and bishop vs. king. 

Check out chesskid.com --it's run by IM Danny Rensch, and is sort of chess.com for kids. I'll bet there are lots of resources there for you, and it's something you could get him into much earlier than chess.com.

Thanks for the idea sir, will try it.....

For now, the important is my son was seriously interested to play chess, hoping he will not cahnge someday..

(sorry for my english :) )

Again thanks to all of you guys, will try and apply your advice/ideas...

Thansk,
GOD Bless!!

iAN

http://www.chess.com/download/view/chesskidcom-curriculum is a great start for teaching chess to childrens and complete adult beginners.

Thanks sir...

Please, just call me philidor.

I am currently teaching my 5 year old brother to play chess. I have been playing for 2 years, and I started teaching him about a week ago. We have played a game every day for the past few days, and he has already beaten me quite a few times! It's crazy how quickly he grasped the concept. I started off by teaching him the names of the pieces and quizzing him on them, then the starting position, followed by how all of the pieces move and their values (to teach him what to protect). Then I kept checking him, so I taught him about CPR (Capture, Protect, Run) when your King is in check. Now, he is just figuring out all of the strategies on his own, and finding things that I just pass over. The way his mind works in the future the whole game is crazy!

There are so many different ways. I taught myself chess. I did not follow any chess coach's advice.

With a child that young, it will be helpful to use short and very concrete lessons, with guided practice. For example:

How to mate with K+Q, K+R

Simple checkmate positions

Short games that include checkmates

Simple tactics (pin, fork, discovered attack) with examples from short games

When you play, the emphasis should be on fun and learning the rules, not winning.