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Mummy_of_Peanut
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29 Feb 2012, 9:10 am

My husband is teaching our 6yr old daughter chess. When they are playing against each other, I expect him to give her hints towards her next move, rather than blowing his own moves. If he just played the way he does with his friend, he would win every time, within minutes. She would very quickly give up trying at all.


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29 Feb 2012, 11:13 am

izzeme wrote:
for me 'going easy' means not using dirty (but legal) tricks in the game; like, dont force them to lose the queen in chess, dont hide your flag behind a full set of bombs in stratego, be more willing to trade property in monopoly...

I played monopoly against just my mom over Christmas break. I was the only one who got a monopoly so I refused to trade becacuse eventually she would land on mine.

I learned chess from a computer game when I was 6. I didn't know how to play so I clicked on merlin, the help bbutton, for 6 weeks straight. Until I stopped playing as much I was really good.