Hello,
so the other day I played chess with my five-years-old nephew for the first time. I tried both a physical board and the lichess android app.
One thing that was nice with the app is that I did not quite have to teach the kid the rules of the games. By default the app shows the possible moves once you tap a piece. So he could figure out what he could do and what he could not.
There was one issue though : when he was in check he had very little clue about what was happening. All there is on the app is a small "check" message. He could not really pay attention to that.
So one thing that would be cool would be an option to have checks and checkmates be more visually noticeable. For instance the King blinking or something. Something visually fun anyway, since this is supposed to be attractive for kids.
Basically I'm pretty sure it's possible to design a mode so that it's possible for a kid to entirely guess the rules of the game without the help of an adult.
so the other day I played chess with my five-years-old nephew for the first time. I tried both a physical board and the lichess android app.
One thing that was nice with the app is that I did not quite have to teach the kid the rules of the games. By default the app shows the possible moves once you tap a piece. So he could figure out what he could do and what he could not.
There was one issue though : when he was in check he had very little clue about what was happening. All there is on the app is a small "check" message. He could not really pay attention to that.
So one thing that would be cool would be an option to have checks and checkmates be more visually noticeable. For instance the King blinking or something. Something visually fun anyway, since this is supposed to be attractive for kids.
Basically I'm pretty sure it's possible to design a mode so that it's possible for a kid to entirely guess the rules of the game without the help of an adult.