Is it too early to teach chess to a 3 year old?
My daughter already know the piece names and able to distinguish between White and Black. Somehow, I am able to teach her to put the pieces on a square, but she does not know yet where the proper places are.
After we arranged the pieces, she let them dance. And she prefer to call the Rook as Castle.
What's her rating now, after 4 years?
No rating. She is not pursuing chess. She knows the moves and we play some times.
This link is a video of her playing with big chess set around the same age as the original picture.
Come on, 3 year old? I mean is he a genius or something? The fashion at our days make kids from young age learning maths, chess, piano etc. At three I was barely writing my name and speaking... If you think that your kid can study etc., then start with easy things like moving the pieces
My daughter does not isten to me. But when she likes to learn she comes to me for help.
I dont want to impose chess to her. But she sees me every day playing on my laptop. 2D and 3D chess sets are different. She also call 2D pieces the way I thought her the real ones, except for the King and Queen.
Right now I will be happy if she learn to put the pieces in place without my help. That might teach her some neatness too.
So far, she is disciplined enough to put a piece center of a square and wait for all pieces to be in starting position... before making them dance. I will continue this until she reach age 5 I guess. Depending on her level of interest. She likes doing things with me, a father's girl perhaps, so she might play chess at some point.
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Before I enter school I used to throw pawns as cannon balls from a Bishop with rooks as wheels and Knights as cannoneers. Got to protect the King and Queen from a barrage of bottle cup army. The board serves as wrestling ring for my WWF superstar action figures.
Things are different now. Kids know more about my tablet more than I know my mobile phone. I want my daughter to know something else. Something ancient.
That actually sounds really fun xD 
I actually disagree. I played that game as a kid, enjoyed it until I was five, then hated it. The cards had become a crutch so I couldn't actually conceptualize a strategy. I think that the kids should start with chess, but simplified (e.g. with fewer pieces), then continue building them up until they reach the goal. It depends on the kid, but they might need to be older to actually play chess with no modifications. Also, I just saw the date of the last post, so, uh, hope this is constructive, ghosts of this thread.
Sorry, I was responding to the last post on page one.
Hi
My 2 1/2 year old grandson loves moving the knights . . .
He knows how all the pieces moves. He will open the game making three knight moves . . .
I never thought of teaching my children to play chess at three years old. I was only teaching them to be good humans at that age. You know, sharing, giving, smiling, singing and senseless stuff like that. Once they got a little bit older i taught them to play outside in the fresh air, how to run, catch/throw/kick a ball. I threw in some addition, subtraction, and ABCs too. I must have been a terrible parent not fretting over teaching my three year olds what en passant is.
Yay! 🐸
Wowww I wanna go back to 2016 
That person is 10 years old now. 2016 feels like it was only 3-4 years ago
3 yo ?? To old!!! Go Home granma
I never thought of teaching my children to play chess at three years old. I was only teaching them to be good humans at that age. You know, sharing, giving, smiling, singing and senseless stuff like that. Once they got a little bit older i taught them to play outside in the fresh air, how to run, catch/throw/kick a ball. I threw in some addition, subtraction, and ABCs too. I must have been a terrible parent not fretting over teaching my three year olds what en passant is.