Chess Resources for Kids

Below are a few links to recommended resources for scholastic players:

• Kids Games: A Guide to Playing Chess | AAA State of Play

• ChessKid.com How to Play - http://www.chesskid.com/video/player/the-magic-of-chess.

  • Fritz and Chesster online http://fritzandchesster.chessbase.com/ - webified version of premier software for learning chess for elementary age students.

• Coach Jay's Chess Academy workbooks - http://coachjayschessacademy.com/ 

• ChessMagnetSchool.com - a great web-based training course for kids (Java plug-in required).

• ChessKid.com - child-friendly website for playing chess plus videos, articles, tactics training other learning resources.

• Chess.com - parent of ChessKid.com but appropriate for older kids.

  • Free chess mentor lessons on Chess.com - http://www.chess.com/blog/webmaster/free-chess-mentor-courses

  • Chess.com youtube site  - lots of good playlists but maybe focus on the "Everything you need to know" and "Learn to play chess" playlists. Some key videos include:

    • Castling - http://youtu.be/4jXQyGaeUV8

    • En passant - http://youtu.be/4jXQyGaeUV8

    • Scholar's Mate - http://youtu.be/xFQjoWaJtjk

    • How to play (good intro/refresher for adults) - http://youtu.be/4s4Ajmba9o4

Of course one of the best things to do is to play lots of chess, preferably against a person but a computer/phone/tablet is OK too.