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I am impressed that your son can play two longs games in a row.

I tried chess on my son when he was younger. The problem was every chess class or group he tried used chess timers to limit the games. He really hated the timers and was turned off of the game.

Ultramarina. What would you recommend? I read the chess resources thread and looked at some reveiws and ended up more confused as what to use first that would leave them wanting to play play real games against real people.

How much has he played? Just a few games with you, or more?

Just a couple of games with me. He seems to have no problem with the concept of moving but I'm not sure he grasps the check idea. I just always thought I would be able to teach him but suddenly realised I am far too rusty and probably even if I wasn't not good enough to teach. Once he can play I may be able to play with him for a while or maybe not. He needs to have to work though.

How old is he? You could try Fritz and Chesster. It's quite long and has a computer opponent. I think it taught DS a lot. Then you could go to chesskid and he could play real opponents.

He is 7 in March. I was just worried if he did the Fritz and Chesster thing he may find the actual game a bit quiet.

The actual over the board game of chess, you mean? F and C is fun, but not super duper glitzy with you shooting space aliens or anything. I actually love it because it won't let you progress till you reach mastery. If it ruins him for the real game, though, which I think unlikely, then perhaps he doesn't have a strong interest. I think it's always more fun to play with a real person.

You really shouldn't have any trouble finding adequate challenge with him on chess engines or with online players. Remember, computers can beat any human chess player!

I keep trying to explain to my son that the solution to not knowing what move to make is *not* to keep moving your king back and forth between the same two spaces.