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Recently the 3rd Chess Olympiad for Pre-school Children took place at the Faculty of Mining, Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland. Honorary patrons of the tournament were Arkadiusz Mężyk, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Franciszek Plewa, Dean of the Faculty, and Piotr Pyzik from the Ministry of State Property. The event was organised by the Hetman Gliwice Chess School, Anna Kohut, and in cooperation with the Faculty of the Silesian University of Technology. Anna Kohut prepared an illustrated report and a video of the event. | Photo: Anna with some of her preschooler-champions | Photo: Magdalena Tomczyk
The award-winning program "Fritz & Chesster" (Vol. 1) that has helped hundreds of thousands of children all over the world to learn and to enjoy chess is now available in eight languages! English, Spanish, French, Polish, Swedish, Dutch, Slovakian and German. The online version of the program runs on practically all systems without the need to install software. All graphics have been redrawn and enlarged! | Photo: lemi-consulting.com
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Gadget Daddy: A chess-teaching rat gets an update for modern times
Lonnie Brown
Nearly 20 years ago, I wrote about a chess-teaching program aimed at children ages 8 and up. It used various arcade-like games to teach kids how chess pieces moved and captured. It was a new concept in learning chess for beginners.
The program originally appeared in 2003 and was sold on a CD-ROM under the title of Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster. Children s Technology Review wrote about it when it first appeared, saying, clever review of the chess pieces and moves, and concluded with: This is the best children s chess program on the market.