BibleBeltCatholicMom Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Any ideas for free or really dog-gone-cheap resources for me to learn to play chess? I already pay a pretty penny for sewing and fiddle lessons so I'm just not willing to pay much at all for this. I'm also not sure what format would work best for me. I don't really think I'd like to spend MORE time online but then again, what else would be free? A book that could be got for cheap would be good, I guess. My husband and daughter can play but I just get frustrated playing with them. I'm still counting . . . one, pawn can go here, two, pawn can go here. One, two, three, horse can go here. My husband and his boss play at work and they play by the clock grabbing and flinging and clock smashing and I hate that. He can play like a normal person but he's still faster than anything I want to play. My daughter can play either way but somehow, if we have time for a game of chess, we have time for something else and never do it. I did ask my daughter to be my chess tutor and she was pretty excited about the idea but, as above, we'd probably never get around to it . . . unless we had a cool/interesting/really effective kind of book or lessons to follow. so, any ideas for mom to learn to play chess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 No Stress Chess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 ChessMaster - cd-Rom. The 10th edition is good enough and probably dirt cheap now that there's at least an 11th out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in VA Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 This is online, but it's pretty good, and it's free! ChessKids: http://www.chesskids.com/newcourse/index.htm. There are "lessons" where you play against the computer, and the difficulty and handicap levels change as you advance. Hope you find something that works! I played a little chess as a child, but just enough to remember the moves. Some of my kids did a chess "camp" last summer at the library, and there was nothing like the joy they had when they could start to consistently beat me! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljenn Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I got my daughter a computerized chess board online 5-6 yrs ago. You play with a real board and real pieces and it senses your movements and tells you where to move its pieces to play a "real" game with it. I think I paid $50 or so, sorry but I can't remember where I got it. Another option is to get a cd-rom chess game at Staples for $9.99 and play on the computer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtney.byrum Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 No Stress Chess has helped my parents learn how to play :) It starts off pretty basic and then can move up to playing regular chess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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