# Teaching chess strategy to kids

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-chess-strategy-to-kids/197524 "2003-08-25T14:45:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-chess-strategy-to-kids/197524/23 "2020-06-27T16:56:19Z")

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You could say the same for strategies to winning at checkers, monopoly, sorry, Tic tac toe, and just about every other game. It comes down to playing enough times, losing, and wanting to win. The big word here is WANT.

After that one often studies the game from books to learn more advanced strategies. Here is one - [How to Win Every Time at Monopoly.](https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/how-to-win-at-monopoly-every-time-according-to-experts)

Granted Chess has been around longer, has a deeper history, and their are more books about it.

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