Teach my sister concept of checkmate!?

Originally posted by TEXASmade
I've taught my 8 yr old sister how to play but she still cant figure out checkmate. she know's it is when the king is in and he cant move anywhere but that's about it. ive tried teaching her but my methods are kinda blunt and to the point. i dont know how to teach a young kid. she is really good though, she played in an unrated tournament against some olde ...[text shortened]... 00 nonprovisional, she was up a rook but she couldnt seal the deal! can you help me please!!!

teach her the simple mates like king and rook Vs king and king and queen Vs king and stuff then show her postions with mate in one and two then go to more comlex ones be let her grasp the very basic mates and then if she has a wining postion ( like 2 rooks and king vs 1 rook and king) shell be able to win then from the postions she should start understanding also show her famous attacking games so she understands the idea

Originally posted by TEXASmade
I've taught my 8 yr old sister how to play but she still cant figure out checkmate. she know's it is when the king is in and he cant move anywhere but that's about it. ive tried teaching her but my methods are kinda blunt and to the point. i dont know how to teach a young kid. she is really good though, she played in an unrated tournament against some olde ...[text shortened]... 00 nonprovisional, she was up a rook but she couldnt seal the deal! can you help me please!!!

he said already she understands that but how to checkmate herself she doesnt get tell her this:

in order to checkmate you must surrond the king cut off all escape squares/routes that check him that will be check mate you can also sometimes do this by cuting off the escape routes while check like in 2 rooks and king vs king mate

Originally posted by moon 111
he said already she understands that but how to checkmate herself she doesnt get tell her this:

in order to checkmate you must surrond the king cut off all escape squares/routes that check him that will be check mate you can also sometimes do this by cuting off the escape routes while check like in 2 rooks and king vs king mate

Originally posted by BLReid
Actually, I did remember the account name Thudandblunder. I had no idea that you were both accounts though. Why did you change names?

EDIT- By the way, I don't have any issue with you calling out spammers. It was just that the date you joined didn't coincide with your knowledge of the site.

Originally posted by Caro Kann
Stop being lazy and google a site to teach her. It aint hard

when i was that age all i could do was the rook roll, and that was because it was the only endgame checkmate my dad knew when he taught me to play (obviously i could still checkmate people without it, but it was the only endgame style checkmate i was taught).

when i was in 5th grade i joined the chess club and they told us you couldn't checkmate a guy with your king and queen vs his lone king and that it was a draw there (lmao, i can't believe how little these people teaching us chess must have known). a few years later i was messing around with a chess board and i figured out that it in fact WAS possible, totally blew my mind. i set out to learn more checkmates and quickly picked up the castle and king... the two bishops took me some time...

i still have no idea how to do the knight and bishop and i don't feel like screwing with it, just knowing its possible and that i can someday learn it is enough for me since i don't play in tournaments yet.

I explain checkmate this way: the king will be captured on the next turn, regardless of any defensive move.

In other words, there is no way to save the king on the next turn.

Originally posted by Caro Kann
Stop being lazy and google a site to teach her. It aint hard

Originally posted by TEXASmade
I've taught my 8 yr old sister how to play but she still cant figure out checkmate. she know's it is when the king is in and he cant move anywhere but that's about it. ive tried teaching her but my methods are kinda blunt and to the point. i dont know how to teach a young kid. she is really good though, she played in an unrated tournament against some olde ...[text shortened]... 00 nonprovisional, she was up a rook but she couldnt seal the deal! can you help me please!!!