Teaching my 4 year old son attacking chess

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Codysdad1

I got him the Magnus Carlsen app on his Ipad and he loves it.

He doesn't know most the rules but loves to attack here is a game vs Magnus age 5

 
Hopefully he plays it with dedication and learns a lot more.
Codysdad1

Level 1 stockfish beaten. Enjoyed watching him play this one. 4 years old I am shocked at how well he has picked it up in attacking.

eaguiraud

Congratulations, your son is doing great.

Diakonia

You would be doing your son a favor by showing him the basics first, instead of a game of giveaway.  All that game will do is give him a false sense of accomplishment.

eaguiraud

mn79 wrote:

Am I meant to believe your son at age 4 played this games while he also "doesn't know most the rules" ?

The app has takebacks and doesn't allow illegal moves. I don't see why a person would lie about this.

Codysdad1

Thanks all, Any advice on how to guide him in the right directions in chess? We have watched some of Ben finegold videos on youtube (mainly attacking ones) and watched a few basic videos on chesskids.com but I personally dont know the best source of enjoyable information for him on the internet. 

I wont pressure him into it at this early stage, I want him to enjoy doing it when he wants to.

 

Diakonia
Codysdad1 wrote:

Thanks all, Any advice on how to guide him in the right directions in chess? We have watched some of Ben finegold videos on youtube (mainly attacking ones) and watched a few basic videos on chesskids.com but I personally dont know the best source of enjoyable information for him on the internet. 

I wont pressure him into it at this early stage, I want him to enjoy doing it when he wants to.

 

Advice #1:  Forget about the word "attacking".  Your son is a beginner.  He needs to learn and understand the basics, not attacking.  

Advice #2: Tactics...tactics...tactics...

Advice #3: Opening Principles.

Control the center.

Develop towards the center.

Castle.

Advice #4: A great first book is "How to beat your dad at chess"

 

kindaspongey

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf

https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7192.pdf

Starting Out: Attacking Play by James Plaskett
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101549/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review467.pdf