Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 11:07:56 03/02/04
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On March 02, 2004 at 10:54:33, KarinsDad wrote: >My 6 year old daughter recently got a relatively nice wooden chess set for >Christmas. > >So twice a week, we have been "playing chess" and she has slowly been learning >some simple game elements. > >Last night, I pulled out my laptop with Chessmaster 8000 on it and she started >playing on her board with me making the moves from the computer. I put the >program on its simplest setting which basically means that the opponent hangs >pieces right and left. The deal is that if Karin beats a given CM opponent two >games in a row, once as white and once as black, she then moves up to the next >higher rated opponent. She won rather easily last night. > > >My concern is that of potential frustration. Eventually, Karin will get lucky >against an opponent that is a challenge for her and then she will be facing one >which she cannot beat for a long time. > >I realize that I can lower her back down to a lesser powerful opponent, but I >also want her to feel that she is being successful and getting better (hence, >better opponents). > If she losses two games in a row, sent her back to the last opponent. Young children learn very quickly, so this should work provided that the strenght gaps between the chessmaster personalities you choose is not too big. >Any suggestions on how to do this? Maybe some type of more formalized tournament >once she basically gets up to an opponent level which is challenging? > >Also, has anyone else used a computer chess program in other ways to teach chess >to a child? > >Thanks. You can use a computer opponent for her to practice the elementary mates. Believe me, defending K+R vs K until a beginner masters it makes no fun for an experienced player, but a computer does not get bored. José.
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