I recently learned that our son has been learning about Chess in one of his classes. And after he learned that I learned, he asked to play a game with me.
He has the patience of an eight-year-old so I didn’t know how it would go. While I had to correct him several times (pawns and knights were particularly confusing for him) and I went so easy on him that even he could tell, we actually got through the game.
I won’t lie. I’d rather it be Go but it’s easier for me to see why Chess works better for young ones now.
Beyond the fact that the scale of Chess is much smaller than Go ( 64 spaces compared to 361 spaces and 32 pieces compared to theoretically 361 stones (I am pretty sure you can’t legally filled an entire Go board but I’m prepared to be proven wrong)), it’s easier to see the narrative of Chess than Go. Yes, the narrative of Go is much richer but it’s more abstract.
Each Chess piece having its own type of movement and it’s own name may have helped our son understand the flow of the game. I’m seriously wondering if Hive would be a good game to try out with him.
I don’t know if he’s going to ask for another game of Chess but I’m glad that we got this game in.
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