[an error occurred while processing this directive] New kids: take a guided tour and check your mailbox. Lessons for beginners on how the pieces move. More chess rules - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 1! How to play well - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 2! How to play even better - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 3! How to play better still - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 4! How to play better & better - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 5! How to play fantastically well - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 6! How to play even more fantastically well - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 7! How to play like a World Champion - KEEP OUT until you've finished Class 8! Get into shape with our endgame exercises. Come in and play chess... or something else. (But go and do a lesson first!). Try our cool video games to train your brain - and win a prize! Watch a really violent movie (unsuitable for unaccompanied grownups!). Come in and read a book - there might be one about YOU inside! See the Puzzle and Tip of the Day and the latest news from chessKIDS academy

Click to choose which room you'd like to visit. If you're a new kid at the school, hey, why not visit the New Kids room?