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A bit of an aside, I love chess because it forces you to think several moves ahead including game-theorizing what your opponent will do. I want to teach it to m
by xyzelement 5y ago
A bit of an aside, I love chess because it forces you to think several moves ahead including game-theorizing what your opponent will do. I want to teach it to my kid for this reason.
I never got into timed chess but I can see it be valuable because it forces you to trade off between over-thinking and running out of time and under-thinking and making bad moves. This is also a real life skill.
But I know that my personal game will always stay amateur because once you're in the timed game space, you can't get too far without memorizing opening and to me that crosses the line from "fun and overall developmental" to "work."
- mrbungie 5y agoNot to tell you how to raise your children, but please only teach your kid if you see he likes it. Disclaimer: I was a kid that lived my mother's dreams/hopes for a time and now I dread every second of that period.
- xyzelement 5y agoI don't need my kid to live my dreams but it's my job to teach him life skills and chess is a good way for teaching what I just talked about.
- retzkek 5y agoMaybe you'd like 960 aka Fischer Random Chess, with 960 starting positions there's no opening theory to memorize, just principles and tactics from move one. Not as popular as regular chess but usually no problem finding a game.