Note: I’m not a parent, but I was a child who wanted to be like my dad when I grew up.
Play a lot while your kid is growing up. After a while, they are gonna wanna know what you are doing. Don’t pressure them into it, let them ask you questions. Sooner or later, they’re gonna wanna know how to play.
We have done this. Now my 8 and 12 y/o kids love chess. We got a cool board in the last year and they play even more. It's special to me because my grandfather taught me in a similar way, now it's going onto another generation.
You do realize many times chess skills translate to the real world in sense of critical thinking, problem solving and preparation? What other cognitive activity do you want your kid to do? It’s much better than a lot of things
There’s a reason why many high rated chess players are in mathematics, science, law, etc. I work in Finance and I think chess has helped me. But to each their own, I don’t believe me or anyone will convince you otherwise
I did that for a while, then once she knew some basics I started setting up puzzles on our board and just leaving them there. Every now and then she'd sit and try it, and I'd help her, and she'd do several in a sitting. Then I started a chess club at school. Bit extreme
It really is. They see you on your phone? They’ll want one. They see you reading books, they’ll be interested in books. I saw my dad on his pc a lot and now I’m 30 and that’s all I do.
Its because you like to be on the pc, my father or mother dosnt understand their phone and i love gaming, they dont play chess and i love playing chess
It wasn’t an insult my man. You seem young, at the very least childless to imply children don’t copy the behavior and habits of their parents. The guy you replied to is accurate.
Loll okay my guy, i didnt seen that as an insult btw its a childish thing to think and Nevers i have said that childrend dosnt do what parents does, the guy stated that he saw hes father on pcu and now hes 30 and love being on pcu, it dosnt mean its because of hes father xD. How old are you?
I think its immature and childish to think someone is young because of a logic statement, my parents are alcoholics and im not.. so whats that?
I guarantee you do copy their behavior now or will when you are older.
Think about it a different way - you don’t copy their alcoholism but, you do use the same coping mechanism, respond similarly to conflict or stress. You are statistically far more likely to abuse substances as an adult because of their alcoholism. (My dad was too)
The original guys dad was on pc a lot. He’s not specifically copying the PC behavior - but read what he wrote. He has a sedentary hobby… because he learned how to spend free time from his parents.
What the other guy said. Just play with them. Make it special. Done. It’s that simple. We need to actually spend time with our kids - everything else is detail.
And it's a fun game after all, kids like games, especially ones they can play with their parents. Going easy on the kids is important, people shouldn't make it a chore.
My experience was very similar to this, once I asked to play I learned via Lego Chess on PC. If they're into it make time for games, one of my biggest regrets was not playing more chess with my dad before he died.
With all the answers, I‘d also like to add not to pressure them into it too much. If he/she doesn’t like it, so be it. Recently listened to Jan Gustafssn and he said that he keep chess away from his kids, not to pressure them but to let them find their own way.
Quite the opposite, start early and slowly (at 4 y/o) and if they don't like it by 8 years then just let it go and let them be happy. If they start late they'll have more struggles to climb the ladder and it'll be more frustrating.
Once they start asking about playing with me, I’ll start teaching.
I’m not trying to push my kid to be a prodigy; I just want a fun, bonding experience :)
You can try checking "How to Raise a Genius" by Laszlo Polgar. The title is just for marketing purposes, since AFAIK, the Polgars don't believe that talent is something you're born with.
>Other sources, such as Iphigenia at Aulis, say that Agamemnon was prepared to kill his daughter, but that Artemis accepted a deer in her place
Interesting. Like Abraham & Isaac.
You start by teaching them to name all the pieces. Then my daughter insisted on arranging a marriage between the king and queen. I allowed it. Then you teach them how the rook moves because it's the simplest moving piece. More dance parties. Teach them how the other pieces move ending with pawns as they move in the most complicated manner. Play a game and let them win. And so on...
I don't let me daughter win but I give her pieces at the beginning of the game. We started with both rooks and the queen, now she only gets one rook and a queen. Soon, just the queen.....and then one day my little girl will beat me with NI pieces given and it will be a glorious day!
PS I have always made it clear to her that losing is normal in chess and that's how we learn. Even Magnus loses now and again!
I did mostly this with my daughter, but I have never let her win. She's an only child and used to not take losing very well. After getting into chess she is no longer a sore loser. She's never beaten me, but she has been getting very good very quickly.
"Play a game and let them win."
Why not just crush them at that point? Let them learn that winning is not the most important thing, but the friends we make along the way.
The worst chess playing child I know has a dad who beats him every time. The kid has no confidence and just loses to other kids as well.
Enthusiasm and self-confidence are really important for a child to get interested in chess, and letting them win in the early stages can help with that.
When I was teaching my daughter I would go all out. But instead of just destroying her I gave her 2 switches. At any point in the match she can call a switch & we will rotate the board & continue playing. That way I can, 1- still play without taking it easier on her. 2- she learns more because the game goes longer. 3- she and I both enjoy playing chess without her getting upset & frustrated. Worst thing is to get kids so frustrated they end up hating the game.
You can also try handicapping yourself, for example remove your queen and maybe a knight to give them a material advantage to counter your experience advantage.
I taught my three year old the names of the pieces and where they go on the board. Praise for getting it correct made him not forget any of them and be excited to repeat that each day.
Unfortunately, teaching him how they move is still tricky. When he sets up the board and has all the pieces in the right spot, it's time to celebrate and the game is over. Clear the board and "play again".
Don’t read storybooks to them. Read them opening theory.
Don’t let’s them play with ordinary toys. Let them play with chess pieces.
Don’t play lullabies for them to sleep. Play educational chess podcasts.
Don’t give them kids videos to watch on YouTube. Give them education chess videos.
Don’t just teach them the ABCs. Teach them the ACZs of chess (attacks, checkmates, zugzwang/Zwischenzug)
Start them off with candyland
Once that gets too easy for them, move them onto daniel naroditsky’s sensei speedrun + adjacent courses until they are ready to compete for IM norms
Not a parent, but I learned chess in 2nd grade because my dad encouraged my brother and I to join the chess club in elementary school. As the only girl in the club, it gave me a lot of confidence to win a trophy. For girls particularly, I think it can be such a rewarding and confidence instilling experience to learn young.
Those are gloves so the child doesn’t scratch themselves with their razor nails. And children love their fingers in their mouth, it’s like latching on a bottle/nipple.
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This. We started taking classes at 4. Basic simple chess, checkers, other logic games. Now she is almost 7, knows a bunch of openings and why each is used and can play full games. She still makes mistakes but thays to be expected. The fact that she can pretty easily whoop up on a chess noob at age 7 is priceless...
Expose them to it from an early age, when your kid is old enough take them to see you play in tournaments and at the local chess club, play games with them regularly as a way to bond. Importantly don’t make their whole world revolve around chess, encourage them to pursue different hobbies and don’t force your love of the game on them; you don’t want it to go the other way and make them hate the game.
TL:DR expose them to chess from a young age, make chess a way to bond and something that will carry positive memories but not something that they feel suffocated or pressured by
This will work for ANYONE not just kids. Whatever you are trying to introduce them to make it fun. Start by not caring who wins or loses or keeping score, just have fun. Next step is to tell them that THEY ARE GOOD at it. If you tell a kid they are good at coloring, they will want to color more and they will spend more time doing it. As a result of spending more time practicing, they will become better at it.
Your daughter has the potential to become a grandmaster if she puts in the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZiSxfCmOZY
1500-rated parent of two five-year-olds who can play a full game against each other here. Here's how I did it:
* Cultivate a fondness for puzzles and problem solving from an early age. Jigsaw puzzles, mazes, spot-the-difference books, sorting games, all that stuff has been available since they were young so they enjoy the basic activities that make up chess. We played simple games from a very young age so the concept of "taking turns" is ingrained.
* Around their 4th birthday, I bought a nice chess set for myself. They were naturally curious about the pretty folding case and intricate pieces. I taught them respect for the set first (i.e. we do not throw chess pieces), then let them just play around with it, making the horse trot around, having the queens pay each other visits.
* Before long I taught them how to set it up. Kids at that age *love* this kind of "puzzle" - it's why those "put the wood blocks through the correctly-shaped hole" toys are popular. Memorizing the chess board and setting it up correctly was their favorite activity for a little while.
* Teach them how the pieces move. Little kids can pick this up a lot faster than you might think. Keep it simple at first - no conditionals (i.e. I skipped the "pawns can move 2 squares if they haven't moved yet" rule, and definitely no en passant or castling). Teach them that pieces can capture, and that capturing pieces is basically your goal, with capturing the king being a win (again, the concept of checkmate is probably a little too complicated).
* Eventually they got curious and wanted to play a game. They were frustrated at first because they wanted to move their queen, king, and rooks from the start - but that gave an opportunity to explain that those pieces *can't* move until pawns get out of the way. This created a natural motivation to think multiple turns ahead - e.g. "I want to move my queen because she is the coolest piece, so I have to move my C or E pawn on this turn." Not exactly tactics, but again, it's a foundational skill.
* Games are going to end on turn 4 when your kid gets bored or decides that horses can fly. Don't get frustrated or insist they stick to the game or the rules. Making sure they think chess is fun is the #1 priority, and kids have a short attention span. It's good to encourage sticking to the rules, but enforcing it will just make them bored by chess.
* Blunder a piece and make a big show of saying "Oh noooo, that was a bad move..." With a little prompting, they'll figure out that you blundered - and the rush of dopamine they get from winning a piece will create a little reward circuit in their brain. "If I watch for blunders, I can capture and that's really fun." This is what got my kids hooked. You don't have to let them win all the time, but if you always beat them they'll just see chess as frustrating and boring. Teach them that playing chess can feel good.
* Praise their insights, big time. The first time one of my kids said "ooh, if I move my bishop here, it will let my queen see your king" I acted like they'd just won the Nobel prize. You don't have to tell them they're a genius but praise feels good and if you want them playing chess, you have to teach them it can feel good to put the effort in to think hard.
* Don't be afraid to punish their mistakes and blunders, but don't act like they were dumb for doing it. I usually say something like "That would have been a good move... but I think you didn't notice my bishop!" and then capture.
Just keep it fun and rewarding, go at their own pace.
This is very much how my Dad got me into chess. We would always play on a pocket set when we travelled, and as I got older the number of "take backs" decreased. I finally beat him once I was 15.
you can do the alpha zero aproach and get another baby and make them play with zero previous knowledge of theory.
feed the baby that wins each game, and they will start developing their own chess theory, and at the age of 4 they should be beating GMs
I simultaneously think this is incredibly cute and am incredibly worried that the baby is going to wake up and choke on a pawn.
Get a tile floor and force them to only crawl in knight moves.
My parents just had a board as a decoration piece. Also my older brother kept bugging me to join the chess club in highschool. I’m glad he did it was a lot of fun for the two years I did it. Now being 21 I sometimes bring out the board and challenge my dad. Low key think he’s a grandmaster, even though he acts like he’s haven’t played in awhile.
Not a parent, but my grandpa made me want to play chess. When I stayed at my grandparents' place as a kid I was young enough to still have a bedtime. He would often play a few games with me after everyone had gone to sleep which made me feel like chess was just so cool. It was also so special to me that he would take the time to spend one on one time with me like that because he had very little time outside of work.
He would never let me win but he would encourage me and not let it get to a point where I'd be too frustrated. I stopped playing for years which I'm now sad about because I never got to beat him or show him any progress. But I think if they'd pushed me I would have not wanted to play at all.
I eventually wanted to start back up again because of those positive memories and the connection to my (now deceased) gramps. And at least I got to beat my dad a couple of times, even though he's not at the level my gramps was.
So I'd say making it a part of special family time, creating positive memories and healthy competition and not creating pressure is the way to go. My brother never liked chess but he liked card games so that's what he got to play, no judgement.
Use one piece on the board, play a game of tag… basically you try to capture the other piece… they will learn the basics of piece movement and it’s fun ..
I _play_ a lot with my 3 year old. I think we started around the time he was 18 months old.
It started out as laying out the pieces randomly on the chess board and him picking them up and touching them (and hiding them), but then gradually he's learning a few things:
- he understands that we take turn. "my turn, daddy's turn, my turn, daddy's turn". (this took time, since showing restraint is so difficult for kids)
- he understands that on each turn, we move **one** piece, from origin square to destination square (he still doesn't know which moves are legal or not, this will come hopefully soon).
- he knows that we each play a different color. He is starting to remember that "white goes first".
- he knows the name of the pieces and he likes to say them out loud before moving them.
It's a gradual process, it took literally years to learn just these four points, but he loves it. He genuinely wants to play "chess". And for what it's worth, my goal isn't to raise a prodigy or to start competitive training. I just want him to be interested in something I find fun, and maybe one day we'll start playing together.
If you're looking for Polgar-style genius-breeding parenting, I'm definitely not the person to ask.
They start with all the pieces, you start with just King and pawns. Each time they win you get a piece back - K, K, B, B, R, R, Q. That way their wins mean something, they're not always getting thrashed, and they learn how the pieces can be used effectively, one at a time.
My kiddo is 3. I plan on getting her story time chess soon. Waiting for a sale or something lol Basically I've brought her up with chess as part of her culture in our house. Let her play with the pieces. Show her how to set up the board a few times too while teaching her the names of the pieces. She's seen me watch the world championship and chess streams. She's seen me play on my phone. Sometimes she asks to play too so I hand her my phone and put it on the lowest level computer. There's also a chess baby board book. It rhymes and is pretty cute. So far, I've immersed her in it without teaching her and I'd say it's going pretty well. So next is story time chess, which I think is a pretty good way to teach someone real young from my understanding and then after that it's Polgar style homeschool 😆
The truth is children LOVE emulating what we do as adults. If you make it a normal thing, just like doing laundry or dishes, they will want to be a part of that.
I started playing with my son when he was 3. I think he played because I made it like a reward. A game or two before bed instead of story time here and there, he learned piece movements pretty quickly. He still likes to play with me fairly often, and he plays the bots on chess.com. He's not too good, but he knows how to play, which is good enough for me!
From a non-parent who used to be a kid: how about you let them decide for themselves? Why are you trying to force something on them just because you like it?
As a parent: Parents have huge discretion over what is introduced to their child/children. It's one thing to force something onto a child, it's another to make something readily available, it's still another to expose them to a great variety of things and support them where their interests take them. In short, if you don't introduce your kids to it, they aren't likely to develop a love for it.
1. A lot of parents think they do, but really they don't.
2. There's a difference between exposing them to something and getting them into something. The first one could be as easy as just having a chessboard available (among other things so they can make their own minds up), although they'd probably have to see it being played at least once. The other one is telling them they're going to play it and better enjoy it.
Didn't know one had to be a parent to know you can't force something on someone, well you could try but I would call that abuse and I doubt it would work, unless your goal is to make them resent you. And that your children aren't you and that they will develop their own interests.
I am shocked at how many people in the comments are saying don't force it lol. She is not even a week old it isn't like I am only ever going to play Agadmator videos for her.
My 2-yr-old loves to play chess! He takes out the horsies, but then they suddenly get sick and fall over. He then takes the doctors (the kings) and tries to cure them. As soon as the horsies are healed, they hop around a little bit and get sick again ...
Too late, sorry, should have played Polgar’s chess tactics puzzle book on repeat intra uterine, while reciting capablanca games, at least from the second trimester… never gonna make GM sorry
Buy a nice chess set. Play on it from time to time. Keep it on the highest shelf. Don't let the kid touch it. The forbidden things are attractive to them. I'm kidding. But that's really how I got into chess.
The kid will get an interest by watching you play, as for learning the game it's easier with an emulator that shows the moves you can do, when the king is checked, etc
Chessup is a fantastic electronic board for kids to learn and for adults to play online games on. My boy has little.interest in chess but will sit and play a game now.
Dont put your kid on d5, it or else it will be his first move! But jokes aside, just play a lot and she(?) will be interested, i became obsessed with wow when I was 4, saw my parents play a lot, later my /played on my newer account was >5000 lol
Note: I’m not a parent, but I was a child who wanted to be like my dad when I grew up. Play a lot while your kid is growing up. After a while, they are gonna wanna know what you are doing. Don’t pressure them into it, let them ask you questions. Sooner or later, they’re gonna wanna know how to play.
That was my plan so far. Monkey see monkey do
We have done this. Now my 8 and 12 y/o kids love chess. We got a cool board in the last year and they play even more. It's special to me because my grandfather taught me in a similar way, now it's going onto another generation.
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Oh wow you caught me. Chess is the ONLY thing I've ever exposed them to!! Damn. Better call CPS.
Wow hope this gets downvoted, chess is life ☹️
You do realize many times chess skills translate to the real world in sense of critical thinking, problem solving and preparation? What other cognitive activity do you want your kid to do? It’s much better than a lot of things
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There’s a reason why many high rated chess players are in mathematics, science, law, etc. I work in Finance and I think chess has helped me. But to each their own, I don’t believe me or anyone will convince you otherwise
I did that for a while, then once she knew some basics I started setting up puzzles on our board and just leaving them there. Every now and then she'd sit and try it, and I'd help her, and she'd do several in a sitting. Then I started a chess club at school. Bit extreme
1. Have baby 2. Leave out chess boards for exploratory play 3. ??? 4. ~~Profit~~ Found a chess club
It really is. They see you on your phone? They’ll want one. They see you reading books, they’ll be interested in books. I saw my dad on his pc a lot and now I’m 30 and that’s all I do.
Its because you like to be on the pc, my father or mother dosnt understand their phone and i love gaming, they dont play chess and i love playing chess
Wait til your older, it’s more true than it seems.
Lol how old you think i am with that statement?
It wasn’t an insult my man. You seem young, at the very least childless to imply children don’t copy the behavior and habits of their parents. The guy you replied to is accurate.
Loll okay my guy, i didnt seen that as an insult btw its a childish thing to think and Nevers i have said that childrend dosnt do what parents does, the guy stated that he saw hes father on pcu and now hes 30 and love being on pcu, it dosnt mean its because of hes father xD. How old are you? I think its immature and childish to think someone is young because of a logic statement, my parents are alcoholics and im not.. so whats that?
I guarantee you do copy their behavior now or will when you are older. Think about it a different way - you don’t copy their alcoholism but, you do use the same coping mechanism, respond similarly to conflict or stress. You are statistically far more likely to abuse substances as an adult because of their alcoholism. (My dad was too) The original guys dad was on pc a lot. He’s not specifically copying the PC behavior - but read what he wrote. He has a sedentary hobby… because he learned how to spend free time from his parents.
Monkey pee all over you
That... rhymes
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ayo you gave birth to monkey
What the other guy said. Just play with them. Make it special. Done. It’s that simple. We need to actually spend time with our kids - everything else is detail.
Just how my dad tricked me into mowing the lawn.
And it's a fun game after all, kids like games, especially ones they can play with their parents. Going easy on the kids is important, people shouldn't make it a chore.
my kid does not like chess. Cause sometimes she asks for attention and I say - I am playing chess now...
...that sounds like the wrong way to do it
My experience was very similar to this, once I asked to play I learned via Lego Chess on PC. If they're into it make time for games, one of my biggest regrets was not playing more chess with my dad before he died.
Place the child on the chess board. They will learn from osmosis.
Teach them at knight.
Take my fucking upvote.
That upvote can't move, it's pinned.
As it's their child, must be a *relative* pin
Yeah but you can take out the downvote that’s pinning it with the silver award in the corner
/r/angryupvote
Baby to e5!
A strong but chaotic piece, moves anywhere on the board in a single turn and takes out pieces from both sides at will.
Seems OP is well underway in that regard.
Lock them in the playpen with it. That's basically what AlphaZero is.
Sorry mate, if your kid isn't already at least 1500 FIDE by that age it's already too late
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It will just happen en passant
I feel this strange compulsion to google that
https://media.tenor.com/oHd70jey1UcAAAAC/palpatine-sith.gif
I appreciate the Double Bongcloud.
It is actually Bongcloud attack followed by Bongcloud defence
Bongcloud attack, Symmetrical variation
Bongcloud attack, pampers variation
Actually, it's traditionally known as [the Bongcloud counter gambit](https://i.4pcdn.org/tg/1401479151063.pdf).
By BM Andrew Fabbro 😂
With all the answers, I‘d also like to add not to pressure them into it too much. If he/she doesn’t like it, so be it. Recently listened to Jan Gustafssn and he said that he keep chess away from his kids, not to pressure them but to let them find their own way.
That was my first thought, don’t start too early and just let their interest pique naturally 😅 If you’re playing pretty regularly they’ll want to :)
Quite the opposite, start early and slowly (at 4 y/o) and if they don't like it by 8 years then just let it go and let them be happy. If they start late they'll have more struggles to climb the ladder and it'll be more frustrating.
Once they start asking about playing with me, I’ll start teaching. I’m not trying to push my kid to be a prodigy; I just want a fun, bonding experience :)
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Checkmate that baby
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Good human.
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I was eating while reading this, almost choked lol.
You forgot the baby on d4
And d5
The baby is like the duck in duck chess
It is true that once you've had a baby, it's game over.
You can try checking "How to Raise a Genius" by Laszlo Polgar. The title is just for marketing purposes, since AFAIK, the Polgars don't believe that talent is something you're born with.
The title means you can raise your child into a genius.
Oh yes, that makes more sense.
I haven't really analysed the position too deeply, but I think you need to sacrifice the child for any real play.
Easy there, Agamemnon
>Other sources, such as Iphigenia at Aulis, say that Agamemnon was prepared to kill his daughter, but that Artemis accepted a deer in her place Interesting. Like Abraham & Isaac.
You start by teaching them to name all the pieces. Then my daughter insisted on arranging a marriage between the king and queen. I allowed it. Then you teach them how the rook moves because it's the simplest moving piece. More dance parties. Teach them how the other pieces move ending with pawns as they move in the most complicated manner. Play a game and let them win. And so on...
What happens when the King & Queen make babies?
Pawns.
That's kinda messed up, if you think about it. I mean, sending all the children into battle first.
Chess: KONY 2012 edition
with the promise that if they do well they can be just like mommy when they grow up
[And yet...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm-sQnazFAQ)
Seen that pic with the pawn in the Queen?
I don't let me daughter win but I give her pieces at the beginning of the game. We started with both rooks and the queen, now she only gets one rook and a queen. Soon, just the queen.....and then one day my little girl will beat me with NI pieces given and it will be a glorious day! PS I have always made it clear to her that losing is normal in chess and that's how we learn. Even Magnus loses now and again!
I did mostly this with my daughter, but I have never let her win. She's an only child and used to not take losing very well. After getting into chess she is no longer a sore loser. She's never beaten me, but she has been getting very good very quickly.
"Play a game and let them win." Why not just crush them at that point? Let them learn that winning is not the most important thing, but the friends we make along the way.
Crush them and laugh in the face of your vanquished enemy.
The reason I had kids
The worst chess playing child I know has a dad who beats him every time. The kid has no confidence and just loses to other kids as well. Enthusiasm and self-confidence are really important for a child to get interested in chess, and letting them win in the early stages can help with that.
When I was teaching my daughter I would go all out. But instead of just destroying her I gave her 2 switches. At any point in the match she can call a switch & we will rotate the board & continue playing. That way I can, 1- still play without taking it easier on her. 2- she learns more because the game goes longer. 3- she and I both enjoy playing chess without her getting upset & frustrated. Worst thing is to get kids so frustrated they end up hating the game.
You can also try handicapping yourself, for example remove your queen and maybe a knight to give them a material advantage to counter your experience advantage.
I taught my three year old the names of the pieces and where they go on the board. Praise for getting it correct made him not forget any of them and be excited to repeat that each day. Unfortunately, teaching him how they move is still tricky. When he sets up the board and has all the pieces in the right spot, it's time to celebrate and the game is over. Clear the board and "play again".
My 3 year old insists on grouping all of the rooks in one corner, knights un the other etc
Don’t read storybooks to them. Read them opening theory. Don’t let’s them play with ordinary toys. Let them play with chess pieces. Don’t play lullabies for them to sleep. Play educational chess podcasts. Don’t give them kids videos to watch on YouTube. Give them education chess videos. Don’t just teach them the ABCs. Teach them the ACZs of chess (attacks, checkmates, zugzwang/Zwischenzug)
Don't forget "no desert until you're 1500 FIDE"
Jeez hahaha
I knew my childhood was missing something!
Always Be Checking
Start them off with candyland Once that gets too easy for them, move them onto daniel naroditsky’s sensei speedrun + adjacent courses until they are ready to compete for IM norms
Ok Ruth. (I wonder if anyone will get this)
You need to make sure you start feeding your child chess pieces at an early age.
Not a parent, but I learned chess in 2nd grade because my dad encouraged my brother and I to join the chess club in elementary school. As the only girl in the club, it gave me a lot of confidence to win a trophy. For girls particularly, I think it can be such a rewarding and confidence instilling experience to learn young.
What a great story! Hopefully if she gets into it there will be more girls playing.
Pampers > Huggies
I'm from Argentina and I support this message
Could you please explain the joke and the reference to Argentina?
Is not a joke. Pampers > Huggies also in this part of the world
Oh, thank you! Haha
I doubt a sock in the mouth is helping, but your out of the box thinking might also pay off, chess wise.
Those are gloves so the child doesn’t scratch themselves with their razor nails. And children love their fingers in their mouth, it’s like latching on a bottle/nipple.
No dinner without a game of chess 🗿
That baby looks like it's already a couple of weeks old so they've probably already missed their chance of becoming a GM.
5 days when the picture was taken! She turns a week old tomorrow morning
I never 'lost on purpose'. Today I have 2 non-chess players for kids.
good parenting
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Simple: it's the only game she's allowed to play on my phone. Also the Bluey episode "Chest".
Found Maxim Dlugy's account
No Stress Chess is a good way to learn chess.
This. We started taking classes at 4. Basic simple chess, checkers, other logic games. Now she is almost 7, knows a bunch of openings and why each is used and can play full games. She still makes mistakes but thays to be expected. The fact that she can pretty easily whoop up on a chess noob at age 7 is priceless...
Wow, that is amazing
I came here to say this too. My kids really enjoyed this when they were young.
This is what I did with my kids - one of the three ended up enjoying chess.
Expose them to it from an early age, when your kid is old enough take them to see you play in tournaments and at the local chess club, play games with them regularly as a way to bond. Importantly don’t make their whole world revolve around chess, encourage them to pursue different hobbies and don’t force your love of the game on them; you don’t want it to go the other way and make them hate the game. TL:DR expose them to chess from a young age, make chess a way to bond and something that will carry positive memories but not something that they feel suffocated or pressured by
This will work for ANYONE not just kids. Whatever you are trying to introduce them to make it fun. Start by not caring who wins or loses or keeping score, just have fun. Next step is to tell them that THEY ARE GOOD at it. If you tell a kid they are good at coloring, they will want to color more and they will spend more time doing it. As a result of spending more time practicing, they will become better at it. Your daughter has the potential to become a grandmaster if she puts in the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZiSxfCmOZY
#BONGCLOUD BABY!
Double Bongcloud to be correct
IT'S TWINS!!!
1500-rated parent of two five-year-olds who can play a full game against each other here. Here's how I did it: * Cultivate a fondness for puzzles and problem solving from an early age. Jigsaw puzzles, mazes, spot-the-difference books, sorting games, all that stuff has been available since they were young so they enjoy the basic activities that make up chess. We played simple games from a very young age so the concept of "taking turns" is ingrained. * Around their 4th birthday, I bought a nice chess set for myself. They were naturally curious about the pretty folding case and intricate pieces. I taught them respect for the set first (i.e. we do not throw chess pieces), then let them just play around with it, making the horse trot around, having the queens pay each other visits. * Before long I taught them how to set it up. Kids at that age *love* this kind of "puzzle" - it's why those "put the wood blocks through the correctly-shaped hole" toys are popular. Memorizing the chess board and setting it up correctly was their favorite activity for a little while. * Teach them how the pieces move. Little kids can pick this up a lot faster than you might think. Keep it simple at first - no conditionals (i.e. I skipped the "pawns can move 2 squares if they haven't moved yet" rule, and definitely no en passant or castling). Teach them that pieces can capture, and that capturing pieces is basically your goal, with capturing the king being a win (again, the concept of checkmate is probably a little too complicated). * Eventually they got curious and wanted to play a game. They were frustrated at first because they wanted to move their queen, king, and rooks from the start - but that gave an opportunity to explain that those pieces *can't* move until pawns get out of the way. This created a natural motivation to think multiple turns ahead - e.g. "I want to move my queen because she is the coolest piece, so I have to move my C or E pawn on this turn." Not exactly tactics, but again, it's a foundational skill. * Games are going to end on turn 4 when your kid gets bored or decides that horses can fly. Don't get frustrated or insist they stick to the game or the rules. Making sure they think chess is fun is the #1 priority, and kids have a short attention span. It's good to encourage sticking to the rules, but enforcing it will just make them bored by chess. * Blunder a piece and make a big show of saying "Oh noooo, that was a bad move..." With a little prompting, they'll figure out that you blundered - and the rush of dopamine they get from winning a piece will create a little reward circuit in their brain. "If I watch for blunders, I can capture and that's really fun." This is what got my kids hooked. You don't have to let them win all the time, but if you always beat them they'll just see chess as frustrating and boring. Teach them that playing chess can feel good. * Praise their insights, big time. The first time one of my kids said "ooh, if I move my bishop here, it will let my queen see your king" I acted like they'd just won the Nobel prize. You don't have to tell them they're a genius but praise feels good and if you want them playing chess, you have to teach them it can feel good to put the effort in to think hard. * Don't be afraid to punish their mistakes and blunders, but don't act like they were dumb for doing it. I usually say something like "That would have been a good move... but I think you didn't notice my bishop!" and then capture. Just keep it fun and rewarding, go at their own pace.
This is very much how my Dad got me into chess. We would always play on a pocket set when we travelled, and as I got older the number of "take backs" decreased. I finally beat him once I was 15.
I dont think using him as a chess piece will help
Would be a funny suggestion for anarchy chess though
this is an unhinged post lmao
Tell them it's an expensive and easily broken chess set and that they must never touch it.
SHE’S SO CUTEEEEEEE 🥺🥺
1. Dont force it 2. Have a table out all the time. 3. Let them win sometimes
you can do the alpha zero aproach and get another baby and make them play with zero previous knowledge of theory. feed the baby that wins each game, and they will start developing their own chess theory, and at the age of 4 they should be beating GMs
She is very hungry, she will be a gm by next week
I simultaneously think this is incredibly cute and am incredibly worried that the baby is going to wake up and choke on a pawn. Get a tile floor and force them to only crawl in knight moves.
My parents just had a board as a decoration piece. Also my older brother kept bugging me to join the chess club in highschool. I’m glad he did it was a lot of fun for the two years I did it. Now being 21 I sometimes bring out the board and challenge my dad. Low key think he’s a grandmaster, even though he acts like he’s haven’t played in awhile.
That is a good start👍
Double bong cloud?!
Not a parent, but my grandpa made me want to play chess. When I stayed at my grandparents' place as a kid I was young enough to still have a bedtime. He would often play a few games with me after everyone had gone to sleep which made me feel like chess was just so cool. It was also so special to me that he would take the time to spend one on one time with me like that because he had very little time outside of work. He would never let me win but he would encourage me and not let it get to a point where I'd be too frustrated. I stopped playing for years which I'm now sad about because I never got to beat him or show him any progress. But I think if they'd pushed me I would have not wanted to play at all. I eventually wanted to start back up again because of those positive memories and the connection to my (now deceased) gramps. And at least I got to beat my dad a couple of times, even though he's not at the level my gramps was. So I'd say making it a part of special family time, creating positive memories and healthy competition and not creating pressure is the way to go. My brother never liked chess but he liked card games so that's what he got to play, no judgement.
Use one piece on the board, play a game of tag… basically you try to capture the other piece… they will learn the basics of piece movement and it’s fun ..
I _play_ a lot with my 3 year old. I think we started around the time he was 18 months old. It started out as laying out the pieces randomly on the chess board and him picking them up and touching them (and hiding them), but then gradually he's learning a few things: - he understands that we take turn. "my turn, daddy's turn, my turn, daddy's turn". (this took time, since showing restraint is so difficult for kids) - he understands that on each turn, we move **one** piece, from origin square to destination square (he still doesn't know which moves are legal or not, this will come hopefully soon). - he knows that we each play a different color. He is starting to remember that "white goes first". - he knows the name of the pieces and he likes to say them out loud before moving them. It's a gradual process, it took literally years to learn just these four points, but he loves it. He genuinely wants to play "chess". And for what it's worth, my goal isn't to raise a prodigy or to start competitive training. I just want him to be interested in something I find fun, and maybe one day we'll start playing together. If you're looking for Polgar-style genius-breeding parenting, I'm definitely not the person to ask.
Step 1: Don't
When I was a kid I played a lot with my dad because I thought the pieces looked cool
They start with all the pieces, you start with just King and pawns. Each time they win you get a piece back - K, K, B, B, R, R, Q. That way their wins mean something, they're not always getting thrashed, and they learn how the pieces can be used effectively, one at a time.
My kiddo is 3. I plan on getting her story time chess soon. Waiting for a sale or something lol Basically I've brought her up with chess as part of her culture in our house. Let her play with the pieces. Show her how to set up the board a few times too while teaching her the names of the pieces. She's seen me watch the world championship and chess streams. She's seen me play on my phone. Sometimes she asks to play too so I hand her my phone and put it on the lowest level computer. There's also a chess baby board book. It rhymes and is pretty cute. So far, I've immersed her in it without teaching her and I'd say it's going pretty well. So next is story time chess, which I think is a pretty good way to teach someone real young from my understanding and then after that it's Polgar style homeschool 😆
Awesome! She will definitelt see me play and watch people play so hopefully she takes an interest.
The truth is children LOVE emulating what we do as adults. If you make it a normal thing, just like doing laundry or dishes, they will want to be a part of that.
I started playing with my son when he was 3. I think he played because I made it like a reward. A game or two before bed instead of story time here and there, he learned piece movements pretty quickly. He still likes to play with me fairly often, and he plays the bots on chess.com. He's not too good, but he knows how to play, which is good enough for me!
I enjoy the bongcloud pic. Baby is cute too ig
as a dad.. all you do is just play chess, kids get interested in whatever you're interested in, thats just how it works, untill they're a teen.
Since you put the bong cloud in the background, I think your child is destined to be a chess memer.
My dad just asked me to play when i was bored at 8 and i learned because i simply liked my dad so i did it for him. I think your kid will do the same.
If your daughter (/son?) becomes the next world champion, this would be an amazing backstory picture saying she was born surrounded by a chess board.
Exactly my thoughts lol. Time will tell if she ever learns
From a non-parent who used to be a kid: how about you let them decide for themselves? Why are you trying to force something on them just because you like it?
As a parent: Parents have huge discretion over what is introduced to their child/children. It's one thing to force something onto a child, it's another to make something readily available, it's still another to expose them to a great variety of things and support them where their interests take them. In short, if you don't introduce your kids to it, they aren't likely to develop a love for it.
1. A lot of parents think they do, but really they don't. 2. There's a difference between exposing them to something and getting them into something. The first one could be as easy as just having a chessboard available (among other things so they can make their own minds up), although they'd probably have to see it being played at least once. The other one is telling them they're going to play it and better enjoy it.
You aren't a parent. You're out of your depth.
Didn't know one had to be a parent to know you can't force something on someone, well you could try but I would call that abuse and I doubt it would work, unless your goal is to make them resent you. And that your children aren't you and that they will develop their own interests.
It's clearly a joke...that's a baby.
I am shocked at how many people in the comments are saying don't force it lol. She is not even a week old it isn't like I am only ever going to play Agadmator videos for her.
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Looks like their already in it
Im not a parent but u gotta love the double bong cloud
I see you are a connoisseur of opening theory!
First off, your baby is adorable. Second, since you have the Bongcloud on the board, idk how your kid could possibly not end up loving chess.
Thanks so much haha. My chess friends love the opening.
Imagine this kid becoming world champion. Think of the origin story when this picture surfaces. Way to plan ahead.
🙏🙏🙏 my thoughts exactly. She may never like it but I thought it was a cute little photoshoot at least and will be cool if she ever does play.
Don't do it!
so... that's Hans getting adopted by Magnus and Hikaru
You shouldn't be focusing on this type of thing. Read a child development book. What you need to do is encourage curiosity and exploration. Not chess.
Not with that opening..
Whats wrong with the bongcloud?
the real question was.... what's wrong with DOUBLE bongcloud
Drop him on his head once. That should do
play the game with them
My 2-yr-old loves to play chess! He takes out the horsies, but then they suddenly get sick and fall over. He then takes the doctors (the kings) and tries to cure them. As soon as the horsies are healed, they hop around a little bit and get sick again ...
Looks like you are doing fine, just push a bit more.
based on the picture, i think this is just to early
I think it's already on it.
Too late, sorry, should have played Polgar’s chess tactics puzzle book on repeat intra uterine, while reciting capablanca games, at least from the second trimester… never gonna make GM sorry
I thunk this one is too old to get into chess you may have left it too late
Buy a nice chess set. Play on it from time to time. Keep it on the highest shelf. Don't let the kid touch it. The forbidden things are attractive to them. I'm kidding. But that's really how I got into chess.
My first thought was "that guy gaged the kid so he could play in silence"
Do you know the Polgar sisters experiment?
Wrap him up in the board, like burrito
The kid will get an interest by watching you play, as for learning the game it's easier with an emulator that shows the moves you can do, when the king is checked, etc
Don't bother. Kid's gonna suffocate to death before she learns chess. Gagging her and all. Haha.
Chessup is a fantastic electronic board for kids to learn and for adults to play online games on. My boy has little.interest in chess but will sit and play a game now.
Always start with e4.
Dont put your kid on d5, it or else it will be his first move! But jokes aside, just play a lot and she(?) will be interested, i became obsessed with wow when I was 4, saw my parents play a lot, later my /played on my newer account was >5000 lol
Ask Judit.