Highly recommended
My kids, ages
12, 11, 8, and 7, all love chess now! The cards make it easy for
anyone to learn, and it adds a bit of randomness to the game (which
gives the weaker player a fair chance at winning).
Highly recommended
anyone to learn, and it adds a bit of randomness to the game (which
Perfect for new chess players
Perfect for new chess players
Grandpa
and 7 year old grandson started with no stress.Next day the cards
were not needed. This game is the best introduction to chess I have
ever seen. You will not be disappointed!
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Grandma learns chess
It was my husband's idea to get “No Stess Chess”
for the grandkids as a Christmas gift…I've never played, so after one of my granddaughters had tried it out with her Dad, she and I played
together…She is 8 years old, and taught me as we went along by turning over the cards. I can't wait to try it again; This was a great learning
experience involving vocabulary, strategy, critical thinking, etc., for anyone who has always wanted to learn “chess.”
Tags: critical thinkinggreat way for both kids and adults
great way for both kids and adults to learn chess
Chess is a great game that
is not only a joy to play, but also one of those games that will make you a bigger and better thinker, since it will affect you “off the board” as well.
This is a great way to learn it. Very creative and quick to pick up. I played years ago, but am not a master by any means. This was a great refresher and
made it easy for me to find people to play with.
Definitely a great way to learn how to play this game and teach it to others!
phobes rejoice!
Chess-o-phobes rejoice!
I bought this to tie in to our homeschool unit on the Middle Ages. This is brilliant! I am one of the few non-chess players in my family and for years I wanted
to learn but was intimidated by their greatness. My husband, father and two brothers all played at tournament level and one brother is master class. I felt like such a dope when I tried to learn. For years I knew how the pieces moved and how to set up the board and that was all. NO MORE! Tonight I BEAT my husband at our very first game! HAH! It was so fun. This levels
the playing field completely but remains fun for both players. I then played against our ten year old daughter and again claimed a narrow victory. Great fun for everyone!
When I played against my daughter, a total novice, it was just as much fun as playing against my husband. My daughter didn't know a thing about the game – not how to set up the board or how to move
– but the cards explain it all!
I recommend this to anyone who has an interest in learning or teaching chess. Good chess players could do well to keep the set of cards with their set for a fun variant or to have as a teaching tool anywhere, as the cards work with any standard chess set.
In closing this may be the best family purchase we have made in years!
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As great as everybody's saying
My oldest daughter first “played chess” when she was about 3 and wanted to move around the pieces on one of my fancier fantasy sets. Later her younger sister would say, “You taught her to play chess, when will
you teach me?” They're now 8 and 6 (with a 4yr old brother) and I bought this set to introduce them to the rules of the game, rather than just pieces on a board.
The difference with regular chess is simple enough, and you could practically make your own set – on any given turn, instead of moving whatever piece you want, you draw a card that tells you what piece to move (or the somewhat wild, “Move same type as last piece” card). This cuts down the choice from “what should I move”
to “where should I move it”, and eases the learner into how the pieces are able to move. Each card offers a description of how the piece moves, though honestly I still have to explain pawns and knights repeatedly. I've taught my kids terminology like how to “threaten” or “skewer” a piece. Unlike in regular chess where you'd go out of your way to avoid threatening situations (including check, of course), here it is not a guaranteed capture because the other person may not be able to
move the capturing piece. It's risky, but it makes the game go faster. It also makes moving into check a valid position, something that traditional chess players may find annoying.
The advanced version of the game is simply “hold several cards in your hand”, either 3 or 5. So you move from “only move this specific piece” to “you have a choice of several pieces to move.” The extension to “Now just put down the cards and move whatever piece you want” is obvious.
Learning Chess Easily
Learning Chess Easily
A
good product for teaching chess moves. Can be used
for standard chess, as well. Makes the challenge
of learning chess manageable.
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The Perfect Solution
Ever wanted to figure out how to teach your pre-teens how to play chess? And younger? All they need to do is know how to read, or you can help them read the cards. Even our 5 year old learned to play chess,
something that would have been more difficult to show them on my own. Older chess players have all of the rules and moves in their mind, but this game works so well because it gives your young people something very tangible and visual (the cards) to help them play the game. The cards simplify each move to allow them to focus on only a single type of piece. This made learning chess easy and fun for most of our younger children (and a couple of the older
ones who hadn't tried before). You can later transition to full chess either directly or this game has rules that step you there a little at a time. My five year old now plays regular chess against the computer after only a month with this game! (To be complete, my seven year old is not as interested in either reading or games. He does play this game but has not shown an interest in regular chess yet.) All of my older children tried this a couple of
times and are now playing regular chess. We will probably introduce our toddler in the next year or two. When your children are comfortable with this game and ready to move on to regular chess, you just have to show castling and en passant–easy. And if needed, you can always delay those rules if they feel too advanced for your child (that's what we did at first). They will still have a lot of fun and learning with the strategies of chess.
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Great way to learn how to play Chess
I
bought this so that my 5 year old daughter could learn to play chess. It's a
easy, fun way to learn the game. After just a few games my daughter knows the
names of all of the pieces and how to move each one.
Fun for kids to learn with.
Fun for kids to learn with.
My seven and five year old boys always
want to play chess with me and honestly it's a lot of work teaching them with a standard chess set. This game makes it simple for them
to play and they both love it, especially when they beat me. They are both learning the various ways the pieces move and are picking
up basic strategies quickly. I highly recommend no stress chess to anyone interested in teaching or learning the game.
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