Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster (Mac) (Mac)

I purchased Fritz and Chesster for my 7 year old son, hoping that he would get a break from Pokemon. Within a week, he was a chess fan! And one morning, my 5 years old daughter who was watching my son practicing with sumo wrestlers the whole time, invited me for a chess match. She had all pieces set up correctly, and she proceeded to teach me how each piece moves! Very accessible training tool.

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It's a great game. The kids are learning. And they love it! We've got all sorts of cousins and friends kids and everybody loves this games! I think chess is great for helping kids see things a few steps ahead. So for a kid who may have trouble with planning or thinking sequentially I think chess could potentially really help. First you have to teach them to move the pieces around and accept the rules and this game is great for that. It definitely teaches strategy in a way kids can remember. It gives them words to describe strategies and act them out (on the board and in the yard!)

I specifically got this with an autistic kid in mind and it has been GREAT for him but everybody loves it! I highly recommend the board game "No Stress Chess" as well. These two go great together. As I'm telling the kids, the great thing about chess is that it is played and respected throughout the world so you will never want for a partner.

Oh yes, and it runs great with no problems on the pentium Macbook with OS 10.5. We will be buying the sequel very soon.

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This program has a slightly forced story line, but that doesn't get in the way of a wonderful multimedia learning experience. You don't need to know anything about the game to start, but you will be able to play as a competent beginner by the end. A good chess program is built-in for kids to play, even after they've completed all of the lessons. The mini-games (that teach principles of movement and tactics) are creative and fun. My daughters keep playing them, even after they learned how to play the proper game. I bought this for my 8 year old daughter, but the mini-games are fun enough that her 4 year old sister likes to play them! The later lessons are good continuing and repeating tactics practice. Between the fun mini-games and later practices, this CD can has high replay even after completing all the sections.

Works as it should on OS/X (not a bogus Windows port).

Highly recommended.

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