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> you can learn every single rule in about 5 minutes That might be true for the game of Go with its much simpler rules, but for Chess I reckon it takes at leas
by tromp 5y ago
> you can learn every single rule in about 5 minutes
That might be true for the game of Go with its much simpler rules,
but for Chess I reckon it takes at least an hour for someone to absorb all rules.
- platz 5y agoadd in scoring for go and it will take an hour
- andytratt 5y agoYES. This is the point of the book! Chess rule absorption is quite a painful, boring process for most people. It can take a very long time, especially for children and/or folks who are not intrinsically motivated but being forced to learn to indulge a family member, friend, or something. Ideally the learning process can be both fun and high-utility, through minigames and the other activities laid out in the book! It took me 3+ weeks of multiple hour-long classes each week to get a classroom of smart 4th graders to absorb the knight movements and play Knight Battleship competently. In the end, they did enjoy it... and once they felt mastery, they wanted to learn more.