Chess for Kids?

cyberbian asks: "My six year old daughter has recently expressed an interest in chess. We have been playing a few games, but I fear that I'm not the best teacher for such a venerable game. Is there any software that the Slashdot community would recommend for learning the mechanics and structures of good chess?"

Comments

Teach her yourself.

[Eightyford]

Geez man... the least you could do is teach her the basics yourself! After that, I recommend an old program called battlechess. Sure it's kind of violent (in a fun, cartoony, pixelated way), but I take it from your post that you aren't exactly running for father of the year anyway.

Software People

[Gulthek]

Dear Slashdot:

Raising a child is difficult and annoying. They never seem to stop asking questions! Isn't there some computer program (or, if necessary, television show) that will do it for me?