Best learning websites for complete beginners

[John Coleman]

Any suggestions? I'm thinking of kids who know how the pieces move, but haven't any idea of what to do.

[Hans Jung]

I cant believe you didnt get a response. How about chess.com

[Erik Malmsten]

It would be nice to hear from parents on what their kids liked. I did a quick search:

I think large sites like chess.com may be overwhelming at first.

They are many chess puzzle sites like:
http://www.ideachess.com/

This old website is simple:
http://www.chesskids.org.uk/chess.com/

I like the index of lessons, but cost will add up:
https://learningchess.net/us/courses?cid=3

A book of basic tactics:
https://www.chesstactics.org/

This looks nice:
https://www.chessity.com/en

This playing site keeps coming up in recommendations:
https://www.chesskid.com

[Larry Bevand]

Chess'n Math, Canada"s National Scholastic Organization, offers a FREE on-line magazine for kids...4 times a year written by NM Jeff Coakley (author of 4 exceptional chess books for kids...go to strategygames.ca and search for Coakley) ...the December issue is available at:

https://chess-math.org/scholars-mate

When was the last time that you looked at our mag Eric?

Larry

[Vlad Drkulec]

I would start with the CFC chess training manual that FIDE really likes or at least used to in the previous regime.

http://chess.ca/sites/default/files/teaching-manual.pdf

The chess.ca newsfeed always seems to have interesting games often nicely annotated by John Upper:

http://chess.ca/newsfeed/

I like Chess.com and chessbase.com which have lots of free material. Chesskid.com is very popular with the youngsters as well.

I enjoy the Elevate My Chess blog https://elevatemychess.com/

[Erik Malmsten]

Chess'n Math, Canada"s National Scholastic Organization, offers a FREE on-line magazine for kids...4 times a year written by NM Jeff Coakley (author of 4 exceptional chess books for kids...go to strategygames.ca and search for Coakley) ...the December issue is available at:

https://chess-math.org/scholars-mate
When was the last time that you looked at our mag Eric?

Larry

I actually read the December Scholars Mate yesterday and struggled to find one of the mate in ones. It has wonderful problems, but above basic lessons for beginners.

[Hans Jung]

A shout out to Jeff Coakley who does wonderful books and articles (have you seen one of his books? - its a treat - very appealing to kids) and has done so for 30+ years. Long may you run! (to quote Jude Acers)

[Erik Malmsten]

A shout out to Jeff Coakley who does wonderful books and articles (have you seen one of his books? - its a treat - very appealing to kids) and has done so for 30+ years. Long may you run! (to quote Jude Acers)

Unlike the snippets of wisdom in the Scholars Mate magazine, these great books are organized as a teaching manual and should be in every school's chess club.

An old review of Winning Chess Strategy for Kids:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708.../review332.pdf

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