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Learn by doing.
Every lesson is a sequence of interactive activities. Instead of simply reading an explanation and trying to remember it, you make a move, solve a problem, learn a pattern, or make decisions.
Learn by doing
Power
Learning
Chess
Learn how the pieces move. And discover what they can do.
A step-by-step way to learn chess through play. Each activity teaches movement and strategy together, helping newcomers build real chess instincts while they learn the moves.
Think. Move. Discover.
How It Works
Learn chess by playing chess.
Power Learning Chess introduces chess step by step through interactive activities. You learn something new on the board, practice it on the board, and build on what you have already discovered.
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Learn movement and strategy together.
When you meet a new piece, you do not just memorize how it moves. You discover what that movement allows the piece to do—how it travels, what gets in its way, what it can capture, and how it can be used.
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Start playing early.
You do not have to learn every chess piece before you begin playing. Start with a few pieces and use what you know. As new pieces and ideas are introduced, the game grows with you.
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Practice until you are ready.
People learn at different speeds. Power Learning Chess can give you more practice when you need it and move you forward when you have demonstrated that you understand the idea.
The game grows as you learn.
Movement leads to capturing. Capturing leads to strategy. A few pieces lead to game play. As new pieces and ideas are introduced, the game gradually becomes the whole game of chess. You are not waiting until later to begin thinking like a chess player—you are developing those instincts from your very first moves.
Used by a kid to teach kids.
Power Learning Chess began when Leonard Sweeney-Barrett, at age 11, needed a way to teach 20 beginning chess students, ages 4 to 14, in the same classroom.
Read Leonard’s story →