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go for it kids

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a chess player myself, so I can endorse this even more. This software is well designed, it can get a little difficult to get to some exercises inside it, but kids can figure it out eventually. My son has improved his play quite a bit even though he takes hints sometimes :), but this is a good software to get the kids started and teach them all the requisite skills to become a chess player

This program led to many chess trophies

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is my first review but I just felt compelled to tell everyone about this terrific program. I bought this game when my children were in Kindergarten and second grade. Fritz and Chester's program is so engaging. There are rhymes and chants for each piece's moves as well as for some other "strategy-type" moves. For example, "A knight on the rim is ugly and dim." What a great way to teach kids to keep their knights in-play! This program teaches kids how pieces move and some simple strategies. I would recommend getting Fritz and Chester 2 now since you are going to get it after your kids learn to play! My boys both joined chess teams when they were in first and third grade. Their use of this computer game gave them the advantage to win several chess games in tournaments. Fritz and Chester 2 is also great and my boys, now in third and sixth grade, still play it!

Wonderful Way To Learn Chess

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: October 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Easy to load. Easy to understand. Allows one to gain immediate knowledge of how to play Chess. Highly recommend this package for anyone who has never played chess.

A very cool software for kids

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: October 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My kids love this program. It's really a fun program.

Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Both my kids loved this game and learned how to play Chess fairly well with it. (Ages 5 & 7) It is thoroughly enjoyable, has levels that get harder as you go. It keeps track of individual progress and doesn't let you go to the harder levels until you've mastered the lower levels. The first level is very easy and very entertaining. My 5 year old loved smashing toilets and looked forward to filling the trophy cabinet. This is a super kid friendly game and a very worthwhile purchase. (I did buy it through Scholastic at school for much less.)

GREAT way to learn Chess, even for LITTLE ones...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster is an effective way for kids to learn to play Chess. Our 7-year-old learned to play via this game. Our 4-year-old saw his brother's interest in this computer game and became instantly mesmerized with the animated Chess pieces and learned as well! Our little guy was playing Chess with friends within a couple of weeks, teaching other children his age how to play! He doesn't have a long attention span, but the way this software introduces the different moves of each piece in simpler mini-games designed to teach just one particular move at a time helped him focus long enough to learn the rules. Very much worth the money, and then some! HIGHLY recommended!

Can't keep the kids away

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Since receiving this game, my children have been playing it almost every day. They have learned so much about chess that they are already beyond their mother's chess ability.

I never knew learning chess could be so painless.

Excellent software

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: January 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is excellent stuff, unlike Chess for Junior book. Kids will stay entertained for hours with this software.

All in the middle, i have discovered. CDROM is treat.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this is a nice treat because everything is layered and simple to understand. i never thought this game would be so beautiful in understanding. great thing viva media created it. if this technology existed back then then the game would be very approachable to all. important message: if you can't move to middle weight in the chess rankings be sure to get a copy of howard stauntons match with pierre st. amant; i think that copy of that game notation will surely help you with your game. i have discovered that everything is in the middle. being in the middle has a great benefit when attacking[when playing chess]. even though this program is for kids this too is recommended to adults. i wonder if there will be a part 3 to this as well.

this cd rom is recommended[fritz and chesster]. i too recommend books on howard staunton, books on pawns, and fritz and chesster part 2 in case you want to get more knowledge on the game.

these are the characters you will challenge as you move onward in your quest: facing King Kleidoscope, facing King Black and Facing Chesster the rat. Once you finish the game then you can adjust the level of difficulty but if your not finished with the game, one has to beat those characters alot in order to master and control the level of difficulty. its fun.

thanks to the practice of this chess cd rom program[fritz and chesster] i was able to beat the computer chess machine on AOL, as well as getting a draw.

in case you want to play chess on the road i suggest you get a travel electronic chess machine[hand held item] so your practice betters....

A standard for children's software

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What an awesome program! Fantastic methodology for learning chess. Great story line and animation. First class. Great Christmas gift.

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