*AD – the item in this review was gifted to our household for this post. All opinions, as always, are our own.
The game of Chess is one known to be a bit tricky. There are lots of different pieces, all with their own movements and ways about them. This barrier to entry is something that everyone struggles with, especially when new to the game. Kai has been particularly interested in Chess, as his friend plays quite a bit of it, and even joined an after school club, but the rest of us aren’t as knowledgeable in the game. When we got Chess Teacher, we knew it would help both us remember the movements and Amelia learn to play without hesitating as much.
Chess Teacher isn’t some sort of app or something, it’s actually just a Chess board, that is slightly modified to help beginners understand the game better. Chess Teacher has all of the basic chess pieces, however, on their base there is a little diagram which shows who they are and how they move. These diagrams make sense, especially as when you are viewing them, they show the movement from that space. They are easy to remember and use, and provide a visual clue as to how the pieces move. Apart from the diagrams on the base, this is otherwise a normal Chess board.
The pieces are quite simply made of plastic, they aren’t heavy like some of the other Chess sets on the market, and the board is a simple blue tiled board, that folds out. It’s an easy set for the children to set up on their own and play without any help. With the added diagrams, it is easy to tell how many spaces a piece can move, and in what way, which really helps the learning process. It also really helps whoever is teaching the other person, as they have something to reference to help make their point. Though Kai does seem to be great at actually beating other children at Chess, he isn’t the best at explaining things, so these little nudges have helped a lot with Amelia!
Looks great. Chess is wonderful for strategic thinking but not an easy board game to learn so having this to teach children is excellent.
Yes, we feel exactly the same!
I love this! We love chess. My kids went to a school that taught chess every year from kindergarten.
Oh wow! I was never taught it in school
This looks great, I think I need to learn. Partner and son play chess.
It’s always good to have more people to play against!
This would be great for my Godson.
My granddaughter Shaylen would love this
my grandson would enjoy this
Perfect for my son, who wants to learn!
Yes, it is a great tool.
my family would like to learn how to play this
It is a great game to learn.
My daughter would love to learn how to play chess. I believe it is good for the mind too.
It is such a good activity for the mind.
fantastic giveaway
My husband wants to teach our 3 as he has no one to play against. I will have to show him this comp!
Having someone to play against makes it all the more fun.
I love to play chess with my niece. She loves board games like this. A great gift idea too!
It is such a good idea as a gift.
I’ve never played chess and don’t actually know how to, so I’m sure this would be great for me!
It is such a good set for beginners!
This looks great – I’d love to relearn how to play Chess, alongside my children!
It is so helpful when learning!
this would be lovely!
My daughters love chess, they’d absolutely love this!
It is so much fun to play!
I would love to win this for my daughter, as we’ve been trying to learn but struggling lol x
I got my granddaughter a chess teaching set (she’s almost 3) and also got one of my grown children a beautiful chess set. It’s just a game that we never, never outgrow!
It is one of those classics that sticks around.
Learning chess has a lot of benefits for children. My child’s school has a Chess Club.
So many schools do have Chess Clubs!
This is definitely something I am looking into. I have tried to learn to play Chest in the past, but this looks learnable!
It does really help!
Our little boy would love to lean this, he is very clever and has taught himself so many things, especially science and maths, he is a little genius and at 10 knows far more than we do. He would love this
Oh wow, what an amazing child!
Great for teaching the children chess
It really is!
I’ve never played chess once in my life. I have no idea how to play it
A tool like this would really help you!
This is pretty cool, i’ve tried teaching my son how to play a couple of times, but he’s not quite cracked it.
Maybe something like chess Teacher would help!
This looks like such a fun game to play. I think I might get this for my nephew.
I hope he enjoys it.
My son loves games so this would be perfect for him
My nephew would love this, I might even take a look as never been able to play chess
I think I need to teach my son Chess, I remember loving it when I was younger, but haven’t played in a while!
Looks like a great book to start chess
I’ve not played in years, I’d love to teach the children how to play and remind myself!
It is so good for that! Classics, you know?
This looks like a great tool, chess is a great game to learn
It really is!
This game looks perfect for my daughter, we love board games and use them in our learning. This is one we both want to learn
This does do both!
This looks super cool and makes me think that I could learn how to play chess!
You probably could!
Looks like a great board game. I’d love to teach my kids chess so we could play together. Mummy doesn’t do it right apparently lol
That’s always the way, isn’t it?
This looks great. My husband is currently teaching our son to play this sounds such a great idea to help.
Yes, it is very helpful!
World’s best game – hope to win
my bertie would love this
Everyone should learn chess, I think my boys would take to this extremely well
It is such a good, classic logic game.
My son has been wanting to learn to play chess, I bet this set would help him along!
It is a very good set for learning.
This is so cool my daughter has recently become really interested in Chess
It is so good that she is interested!
This would be awesome to win for my nephew who is just getting into chess.
Looks like a perfect first chess set. My son wants to learn and this looks perfect
It would be so good for learning!
fab, id love this for my nephew
I’ve never really understood chess so this would be great so I could learn also.
I need this- the pupils are always playing chess and I don’t know how to!
this looks great
this looks funfor the kids
This is terrific. At times, my kiddos have wanted to learn how to play chess but I don’t know to play! What a great tool.
This looks perfect to help teach my little gang to play!
I would love this for my grand daughter who is really keen to learn
My son would absolutely love this. Thanks for the competition.
This would be lovely to win for my grand children. Fingers crossed.