How to teach chess to children? No books have been written on this topic yet. Meanwhile, children's thinking has its own peculiarities, which the teacher must take into account. In children, concrete thinking prevails over abstract thinking.
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One of the ways to organize children's attention is to teach them chess notation, requiring them to write down and analyze each game they play.
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It is especially important to analyze combinations, not only those that occurred in the game, but also those that went unnoticed.
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This is another example of the care with which abstract concepts should be taught to children. This is not a “star”. This is a reaction to a “flank attack”.
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Most parents tend to overestimate their children's chess abilities. This is probably also due to the emotions that others experience when they see a child playing an adult.
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There have been cases where six to eight year olds have been declared chess prodigies.
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It should be noted that one should not rush to conclusions about the “promise” or “lack of promise” of students.
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However, children's decisions are subject to their own laws.
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A game calculated on the opponent's mistake usually consists of bad moves and is justified in sports terms only if the opponent falls into a “trap”. Creatively, it is not justified at all, because because the opponent has “gone down”, the winner's bad moves do not become good ones
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“If you touch, move” is the immutable law of the novice chess player.
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It is known that theory and practice are one. A theory that is not based on practice is an empty sound.
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A special difficulty is caused by showing the basics of the endgame, which seems boring and uninteresting to children.
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Classes are lively when the endgame under study is played on the demonstration board by two representatives of the training group, who evaluate it differently.