Keeping chess kings and queens

Did you know that in many countries the subject of "Chess" was introduced into the school curriculum? And rightly so: Chess makes a child attentive and collected, train memory, learn to compare and generalize, as well as to predict the outcome. Young chess player instead of being upset in case of failure, continues to move toward the goal, to seek a way out of any situation.

Optimal to start learning chess is considered the age of 3.5-4 years. Many well-known chess players learned the basics of the game in that age. However, it is possible to start later.

Life Stories. Parents famous chess player Garry Kasparov was fond of chess and solve chess problems, published in the newspaper. The boy often watched the game and once prompted the decision - he was five years old. After that, his father taught Harry game.

The first winner of the prize "Chess Oscar" Nona Gaprindashvili older brothers learned to play chess when she was 5 years old.

The only world chess champion, who died undefeated Alexander Alekhine learned to play chess mother when he was 7 years old. He often played with his brother Alex, who later also became a chess player. In 12 years, Alekhine became interested in chess seriously.

In 12 years, met with chess sixth world champion Mikhail Botvinnik.

Familiarity with chess begins with figures. Tell your child about the people of the kingdom of chess: the king - the most important and at the same time the weakest figure, so the guards (the other figures) must protect it.

Front row - it infantry (foot), the edges of the board are towers with archers (rook), then placed the cavalry (horses), war elephants and the queen (queen), standing on the left hand of the king. As befits the nearest royal entourage, it is - the most powerful chess piece.

Once your child masters the location and strength of the figures, we can show how they go and start playing simple games.

The basic principles of the game:

- fight for the center (aim to hold your pieces to the center to be able to control all the chessboard);

- the rapid development of the figures (as early as possible deduce figures from the back row, ie do better their position);

- correct formulation of pawns (make sure that there are no isolated pawns, pawn and a number as possible without interruption);

- Security King (remember that the king must always be protected, otherwise it becomes very vulnerable).

Strive to bring the game to the end. Let your child gets used to complete the party started, but in life - things started.