ShutterBug Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Hi all :) Just wondering if anyone else here has kiddos that love to play chess :) . Chess has been a wonderful outlet for ds (8) and he plays often with adults online but would really enjoy having some other kids to play with as well. He plays mostly at chess.com but has been wanting to play an old fashion correspondence game as well (either via email or snail mail). Just thought I'd throw the idea out there :) . ~Jenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 We would be interested in a snail mail game. My son is almost 7, and we are still learning. But we could study up! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 My daughter wants to learn how to play, so maybe in the future we can play online with him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisaj Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 My daughter wants to learn how to play, so maybe in the future we can play online with him! My older son recently started playing, and I know he'd also love playing with other younger kids!! I'm not a chess player myself, so I'm not familiar with the ways we could make that work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamasojourner3 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hi all :) Just wondering if anyone else here has kiddos that love to play chess :) . Chess has been a wonderful outlet for ds (8) and he plays often with adults online but would really enjoy having some other kids to play with as well. He plays mostly at chess.com but has been wanting to play an old fashion correspondence game as well (either via email or snail mail). Just thought I'd throw the idea out there :) . ~Jenn Hi Jenn~ I just joined the forum this morning and noticed your post because my son loves to play chess, too! He has been playing since November 2009 when we gave him a chess set for his birthday. (He'll be 8 this November). He and his brother participate in the local Chess League and he likes going to tournaments. I'm not familiar with "correspondence games" via email or snail mail. How does that work? We may be interested! Thanks~ Maria.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofuscramble Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 My 7yo plays and would definitely be interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Both of my kids play tournament chess. Dd for sure would be interested in an email/snail mail game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaraHen Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 My son, 5, is a Chess fiend these days! He's mostly been playing with my dh, but I bet he'd love to play a either correspondence or online game with another child! We're home and about settled after our summer travel-- and (other than the mad dash dh and I are making to give the schoolroom a head to toe makeover (woohoo!)) we're laying low. So we'd be happy to pair up with any of you for a game. We'd be fine with playing by correspondence or online. Just give a shout. Now-- off to finish painting the schoolroom... Tara :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShutterBug Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 Thanks for all the responses everyone! I sent pm's out to those interested, hope to hear from you soon :) . Ds is very excited at the prospect of getting to play with some other homeschooling kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonian Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I am a chess master, and my boys each learned how to play before they turned 5. If kids are going to play each other by email (or read a chess book), learning something called "algebraic" chess notation is useful. There are explanations online. A typical game could start 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 White started by moving his king's pawn two squares, Black reciprocated, White moved his king's knight, and Black moved his queen's knight. There is a U.S. Chess Federation with a web site and a junior membership that includes a magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Are we planning to share user names at chess.com? Dd really enjoyed playing with Shutterbug's ds and keeps asking if any other homeschoolers are signed up so she can accumulate a bunch of homeschool "friends" to play :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShutterBug Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 I am a chess master, and my boys each learned how to play before they turned 5. If kids are going to play each other by email (or read a chess book), learning something called "algebraic" chess notation is useful. There are explanations online. A typical game could start 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 White started by moving his king's pawn two squares, Black reciprocated, White moved his king's knight, and Black moved his queen's knight. There is a U.S. Chess Federation with a web site and a junior membership that includes a magazine. Thanks for the info. :) . Ds is "fluent" in both algebraic and descriptive notation and is a member of the USCF as well. Most of the tournaments he plays in require both a membership with the USCF as well as notation during games. He loves getting his Chess Kids magazine in the mail too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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