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Beating your kids [in chess]

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Preggo_Basashi
AlCzervik wrote:

i find stealing ice cream cones from little kids hilarious. 

so what? I'm basically a horrible person. 

this is only a chess site!

Like this ^

Except not suitable for all audiences tongue.png

mgx9600
Fat_Daddy wrote:

My children play, but they have not put in much time and therefore aren't very good.  I'm not any good either, but I can pummel them.

Here's the question:

Do you let your kids win, or just play to win?  What is best for the kids?

What do you think?

 

When I first played my son, I'd give him some advantage by letting him pick a couple of pieces to remove.  Then as I got a bit better, I was able to set up tactics on the board for him (e.g. purposely give him a fork opportunity), this was much harder than I realized(and it made for interesting games).  Later, I couldn't beat him anymore even at full strength.  All the above took about 10 months; so hang in there... your kids will learn faster than you might think.

emoji96

my kid is trash at chess

emoji96

hhhhhh

SliverWoIf
I’m a kid and I can beat my dad, it’s fun bcuz we both try to win
DrSpudnik
Sliver-Wolf wrote:
I’m a kid and I can beat my dad, it’s fun bcuz we both try to win

Silver wolf sounds like something an old dude would name himself. How old is your dad? 80?

AngryPuffer

i beat kids

DrSpudnik
AngryPuffer wrote:

i beat kids

Shameful.

SliverWoIf
@DrSpudnik, I made my own name you bozo
DrSpudnik
Sliver-Wolf wrote:
@DrSpudnik, I made my own name you bozo

I didn't question who made your name. I said it sounds like what some old dude would call himself. Your choice is sowing confusion.

DrSpudnik
Giggadong wrote:

I f@pp3d to Natalia Pogonina

Gross troll.

ChessIsFun314159
emoji96 wrote:

my kid is trash at chess

First of all, that's mean. Second, I don't know how much worse your kid can be judging by the fact that you are 300 elo

timben

He never compared the kid to himself

idontfailme
Sure
Robalero

Play to win, they're not losing they're learning. The day will come when you can no longer beat them!

TheSampson

I use a belt

TheSampson

Wait we’re talking about chess nvm forget what I said

TheSampson

Actually that can work

greg24231

Play to win and tell them their mistake so they can improve.

Qinshu111_the_chess_panda

Ye