All About Weiqi and Chess

[ctct61t]

I just enroll my DD to holiday weiqi class. It will be helpful for her logical thinking.

[blesspring]

I would think both are equally good. My children learn both Weiqi and Chess. Somehow, they prefer Chess. The school always send them for competition to sharpen their skills.

[3boysdad]

I visited powerchess and like the setup of the place. I was informed that the child should have 1 to 1 lessons until he/she is able to play a complete game then can join a group.


I am teaching the basic moves first to minimise the 1-1 lessons needed as group is often more fun for the child.

Another plus point about Powerchess is that it is right next to a nice ice cream parlour http://www.swirlgelateria.com

[Mathmaniac]

Very interesting!


While I am a chinese chess player myself, I haven’t found the direct methods to integrate between chess and math.

For those interested, I think you should seriously consider if you want to teach your kid both math AND chess or purely chess alone.

And something to take note, it is not too good to be engrossed in chess. Speaking from experience here.

[sandybeach]

According to what i have heard, it appears that weiqi is very easy to take up the hobby. Whereas for Chess, the children needs to memorize the moves each pieces. Not too sure if this will affect kids interest?

[smurf]

Weiqi is more fun I guess...it's not as simple as forming lines, but you need to place the 'qi' at a strategic place to eventually beat your opponent.


And there are many ways of playing weiqi whereas for chess, the movement is fixed.

[qizai]

My son learns chess, but I will also like him to pick up weiqi soon… He’s 7.


I get the feeling that weiqi is more complicated and if a child is only 5 years old, maybe he should start with chess.

I think both reap equal benefits in terms of logical thinking, and both improves analytical and creative abilities of the child.

[qizai]

smurf:

Weiqi is more fun I guess...it's not as simple as forming lines, but you need to place the 'qi' at a strategic place to eventually beat your opponent.


And there are many ways of playing weiqi whereas for chess, the movement is fixed.

Weiqi is more complicated than chess, in terms of the trees of possibilities.

But for a child, chess pieces look quite cute and varied, even though their movements are fixed.

[Mathmaniac]

qizai:

smurf:

Weiqi is more fun I guess...it's not as simple as forming lines, but you need to place the 'qi' at a strategic place to eventually beat your opponent.


And there are many ways of playing weiqi whereas for chess, the movement is fixed.

Weiqi is more complicated than chess, in terms of the trees of possibilities.

But for a child, chess pieces look quite cute and varied, even though their movements are fixed.

In terms of permutations, weiqi is definitely more complicated. However, chess alone is difficult to master.

Both are games easy to pick up. There are various similarities like opening strategies, middle games, end games, etc.

And both reap the same benefits in helping the mind to develop more logical thinking.

[sandybeach]

qizai:

smurf:

Weiqi is more fun I guess...it's not as simple as forming lines, but you need to place the 'qi' at a strategic place to eventually beat your opponent.


And there are many ways of playing weiqi whereas for chess, the movement is fixed.

Weiqi is more complicated than chess, in terms of the trees of possibilities.

But for a child, chess pieces look quite cute and varied, even though their movements are fixed.

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:celebrate:

I manage to learn the game of weiqi in an hour. its really easy, just need to surround the seeds and i can capture it. It is really fun to start playing. Whereas for chess, I need to memorize every moves of the pieces, thus, i don't really like chess.

Although I only played Weiqi afew times, I heard that the strategy for weiqi can become very complex, and no computer program today could beat a low level professional..