The King is Helpless and the Sneaky Priest

introducing chess to children

Is there a finer game suited to homeschooling than chess? Maybe. Maybe lots of them. This is about chess though.

You can introduce young kids to chess by researching how castles and kingdoms work. You can introduce things like the power of government and war to older kids more easily by calling on their knowledge of chess.

Chess With Internet Strangers

Gameknot : Online Chess

You can teach chess by being an opponent, or by being an Obi-wan Kenobi’s ghost voice. All of a sudden this is a way more fun way to teach chess (a move here and there instead of a physical probably-to-be-unfinished-game-at-a-time is a big plus…and the cleanup is a lot quicker, too)