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Has been playing it for hours

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My 7 yr old boy has been playing this program for several hours and loving it. He has some limited chess experience but I don't think any chess experience is necessary. The software tells an engaging story and has numerous "games" that seem to teach aspects of chess without him noticing. He just thinks it's fun.
No parental supervision necessary... he seems to be able to navigate the program on his own.
Good stuff.

Great game for kids and adults

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I searched around for a long time looking for a good chess game for kids. I wanted more than just another "chess" game that starts out with the board and you just make moves. I bought this one based on many positive reviews here and elsewhere.

This is by far one of the best games we own, and we own a lot. It has great graphics, sound, animation, and funny characters. It has lots of mini-games and strategy building sessions. As you complete sessions, you advance through the game and unlock rooms and harder players. Of course, you can always just play a great game of chess with it as well.

My 5 year old plays it by himself with no trouble at all. I find myself playing it as well after the kids go to sleep. It really is fun for all ages.

Innovative and fun. A real winner.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Overall, I give this product two enthusiastic thumbs-up. Its "navagability" is not quite as free-form as many other children's software titles. This might frustrate some older kids, especially those who already know the rules of the game and could get impatient. Probably won't be an issue to most users. My 7-yr-old had already been playing chess for a few weeks and didn't seem to mind very much. I regard this design strategy as kind of a trade-off. Some imposed structure is probably necessary in order to grasp the concepts adequately. She has defnitely improved her skills & awareness by going through what some might call "wordy" (mandatory) modules at the beginning.

We haven't gotten to the most advanced parts of the game yet. Still I can say without hesitation that this is a wonderful product, one especially good to to experience _with_ your child. Some of the built-in games (like smashing the toilets) are clearly a hit with kids. Who would have thought this would also teach you how a bishop moves?

Just a little more flexibility with navigation would have pushed my rating up to 5.

very okay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 19
Date: February 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Boo! This game is for BABIES. I have been studying chess for more than one year. I thought this game would be challenging. It's good for beginners though.

Play against the Machine(Chesster the Rat). 5 stars.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you have never played Chess before in your life please by this item. I learned how to play Chess in about a month with this CD-ROM program. It tells one(explains to one) how to play the game and when one is ready, then one may play against "Chesster the Rat." This game requires patience.

Please, don't listen to anyone out there(including old and young chessmasters from any country including this one:USA), this product is from Germany, and 99% percent of their products in anything (from the Rhineland) are awesome.

I recommend this product to home school parents, their kids, to public and private schools who are thinking of getting a new Chess program, to older adults who never learned to play the game because of complex Chess teachers. This will indeed help you to know what the pieces are all about, etc. Like i said, In about a month you will be ready to play the game.I always like playing against the machine;Thank God for this beautiful program.

Learn to play chess with Fritz and Chesster is worth it.

This is also available for MacIntosh as well as for XP Windows.

Practice is the best teacher!

play chess with fritz

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is wonderful. It tought my 6 and 7 year old to play chess. It has a very fun game like quality.

Get these programs before they are gone. They are Good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

these cd rom programs are a great teaching tool for one to learn how to play the game of chess. it does not get any easier than this. i actually ordered the first one again along with the second part to fritz and chesster. why? because everything explained is in easy steps along with being fun at the same time. there are some reviews on here which say that everything is slow. everything is slow in the beginning because it is a story, and the cd rom program cannot be fast forwarded at all. just go through the story and get practice then one will be able to go to the arena and challenge chesster the rat. so these cd roms are recommended-part 1 and part 2.

i got inspired to pick this up [this game] by reading on people such as pierre st. amant and howard staunton.

Great Trainer for New Chess Player

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: August 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Our 7-year old loves this program and is learning chess the fast, fun and easy way.

pretend You are Garry Kasparov going against the Machine

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If You Get tired of playing Online because of limited opportunity then get this product.
One can play as many games as one wants and the machine won't get tired at all. It is always there for one. I bought this and at times i play like around 10 games a day, while playing online is hard because at times there are some technicalities that human chess players bring to the table. You can not go wrong with this chess disc. The intelligence of the computer is so advanced that it will help you think and develop your skills.
Just do a Walter Mitty, pretend you are Garry Kasparov and you are challenging the IBM Super Computer Chess Machine. I think you will find this disc exciting! :-)

Good Lesson for youngster

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: February 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pretty good but not outstanding.
Clicks take time to respond.

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