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List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $12.95
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Seller: ContentMedia
Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 284
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 95
Genre: Board Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.3
MPN: 00113
Model: 00113
UPC: 838639001132
EAN: 0838639001132
ASIN: B0000950SM
Release Date: July 2, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new factory sealed Jewel Case
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 Excellent game for young players July 27, 2003
Sean E. Sides (Frisco, TX)
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
We have had this game for less than a week, and like a previous review, my 8 year-old daughter absolutely loves it. The school my daughter is attending this fall requires all of the children to play chess for 30 minutes or so prior to instruction. I was a little nervous of how to possibly teach her, since I have only played sparingly throughout my life. I know the basic moves, and not much more. Not ever touching a chess piece before, she learned all of the basics of the game in less than 2 days. She played for several hours at a time, and it was hard to get her off the computer.I think the key to games success is that it instructs the player on the pieces, moves and object of the game without seeming like it is teaching. There are multiple mini-games within the actual game that slowly build to a point where the player knows all the moves of an actual game of chess. I will have to update my review after I play through the game myself, because on the first game I played with my daughter, she constantly corrected me.
Wonderful! July 22, 2003
Eric P. Medlock (Charlotte, NC United States)
61 out of 68 found this review helpful
My daughter is 8 and I recently bought this for her. She's never played chess before and her attention span can be somewhat limited at times. I played this game for a little while before letting her play (she had chores to finish and so I could see if it was something she'd be able to do). At first I was a little worried, some of the arcade games seemed to me to be too hard and not have enough instructions. At any rate I loaded it up and let her play, and she spent over 6 hours in one weekend totally absorbed and loving every minute of it. Some of the arcade games were too hard so she just skipped those, I don't know if it will have any negative effect on her later game play, but so far so good! Anything that is educational and can keep a child absorbed for so long is well worth the money. I hope she finishes the game so she and I can play chess together!
Very nice! July 6, 2003
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
My daughter is going to be 5 next month and she loves chess a lot. We started with Chessmaster's training but it frequently required a lot of assistance from us to sit with her as Chessmaster's UI (9000) is buggy in a lot of respects (So adults can figure around some of them but kids may have difficulty). A week or so back, I got this one (when it was released) and since then, my daughter has already done a number of the puzzles in it and really enjoys it. If you want your child to do chess, I would definitely recommend it.
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