This is a cheap plastic chess set, but the awesome feaure is each piece is labeled with the name and the direction/number of places it can move. My son loves playing chess but would get frustrated because he'd forget the patterns. This set lets him play with his friends without an adult reminding them where they can move because the rules are printed right on the pieces!And since they are hollow plastic pieces, there's no major damage when SOMEONE has a temper tantrum when losing and flips the table...The white set included two Kings instead of one king and one queen. The black set was fineGot a set with some missing pieces from a friend, the entire house was enjoying learning so much that we ordered a new set so we would have all the pieces. This makes it super easy to learn. Each piece has arrows on the back showing the correct movement. I never thought I could figure out which way each piece moves, but before first night we were all getting it. In face after over a month it's still on ottoman in living room, hasn't been put away because almost every night someone is playing.This set movements rules outlined on each piece which is great but there are no directions on how to play.I work in a couple third grade classrooms and our school has a safe place room where kids can go to speak to a safe adult about what’s happening in their life or something that happened at school while playing a game. I play games with a student who has a token board to earn short game breaks (with my schedule change it’s not as often and miss it). We’d play Uno, War and I taught him to play Checkers and how to start thinking a few steps/ moves ahead. He would keep calling Checkers Chess and I asked if he would ever want to learn Chess and he did.I bought this set because of the look, it’s a old and trusted name in toys, the ability to have three games in one set and the price. I wasn’t disappointed. The set is beautiful and I would have thought it was much more expensive had I seen it in a store. This student loves the set too and has used it for all three games.This set had 2 white Kings and no Queen. Board is flimsy. Pieces are lightweight plastic. Markings are pretty good.I ordered this because my kindergartener enjoyed trying to play with some of the other kids during inside recess this winter.Pros:-The pieces are large and lightweight so easy for little fingers to maneuver.-The printed arrows made it pretty easy for the kids to remember which pieces can move where after you give them an little demonstration. Although the number of spaces allowed is not as easy to display and the pawns try to include both allowed movements on the front and use parentheses, which confused my little guy. Reading is not really necessary for them to understand the directions and # of spaces.- The included printed directions are pretty good. They cover the the basics for each piece, the order of play, the objective, and "castling" in an 8-page foldout sheet. They have good diagrams for each of the chessmen, including the move-reminders printed on the piece, to show where each piece may move. It shows the individual piece on a chessboard and then marks little x's on all the squares that would be an option for that piece in a single move. The Knight is diagramed to show he can jump pieces and the Pawn is placed on board to show that it's first move may be either 1 or 2 forward. The brief paragraph below diagram helps expand the information.Neutrals:-The board fold up into fourths, so it is about a 7" square. However, this makes it harder to get to lay flat when opened to play and a little tricky for my son to figure out which way the flaps need to go to fold for storage.Cons:- The pieces are very lightweight plastic so that they feel a little cheap and not super durable.- The chessmen in the used and battered set at his school came with felt pads on the bottom, but the open-ended pieces in this set are uncovered (even though there is a groove that looks like it is meant to hold a bottom plate) and the edges are a bit sharp so I worry about them scratching my table. I definitely won't be letting him use them on our friend's fancy hardwood chessboard.- The chessboard is fairly low-grade game board cardboard with a faux-wood sticker for the top.- The box is probably not going to last us very long. It is very thin cardboard (like a store-brand kids' shoebox) and it opens from the side instead of a top-loading lid or flip-top box. It is hard to get everything back in the box easily and the sides bulge out so it doesn't stack well even though the dimensions make it more shelf-friendly than a traditional box with lid for a fold-in-half chessboard are.Conclusion: While not perfect, we're keeping the game. We may replace it someday, but probably I'll just consider this our cheap "training wheels" set and graduate to regular chessmen instead. I like the concept a lot and am glad I ordered a set like this. And it is probably worth the <$15 price I paid. However, I wish I had known that the pieces wouldn't have padded bases and that the box would be so cheap. I would recommend the idea of this product but think it would be worth it to pay a little extra for chessmen that won't scratch and maybe a nicer box and board. Seeing the product in person would have helped, but 1) I don't live in a town big enough to carry a somewhat specialty item and 2) I wouldn't have gotten the rock bottom internet price!We gave this checkers/chess board to my daughter for Christmas. I was pleased with the sturdy wooden board. The checkers are nice and solid and the box it comes in is sturdy as well.Amazing! For years I had thought of chess as 'that difficult board game that only the intelligent could learn, comprehend and enjoy'. But alas! It took me minutes to learn this game with the Chess Teacher. The pieces are big enough to distinguish and the arrows are the most helpful feature. I could play chess immediately after reading the instructions. I play chess once or twice a day with my 8 year old and I feel I have memorised the movements of the pieces and learnt some tricks. It was so easy for my son to learn the game too. Thank you so much. I couldn't have learnt chess without this Chess Teacher. I highly recommend it for children and adults.My little boy learned to play chess really well and had noone to keep practising with so I ordered this to help me understand the game so I could play with him. All it means is I now SEE how I am getting beat as does anyone else who plays him LOL. Great idea, items are plastic so nice and light for children to use.Large pieces easy to set up and moveVery poor quality. Payed £22 pounds.The board is made of painted cardboard, the chess pieces are made of hollow plastic. Very poor quality.The only thing I like abt it. Is the chess moves on the pieces. Good idea, because am teaching my daughter how to play.Nothing wrong with this, however pieces are a bit cheap and nasty feeling. For the amount of time it takes for your kids to grasp the basics I would save the money and put it towards a better set.