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 Auto-Chess from Milton Bradley
First edited | 04/03/2014 | by MMO
Last edited | 08/23/2015 |
Photos: MMO
Reference to cite: AutoChess from Milton Bradley, April 2014, ChessEval.com

Auto-Chess is not a computer: it is a method for teaching chess.
Before the era of the computers, these kind of "teachers" were reigning and prospering.
Milton Bradley produced different models. They were all based on the same concept.


Auto-Chess, Model 403







Introductory Chess, Model 4309

With this game you learn to play Chess "All by Yourself."
You "meet" each different chess piece, one at a time, and move that piece on the large plastic window over a full size chessboard diagram.
Often you work out a simple problem on one page, with the following page showing the solution and commenting on the play.

 First Version


Version X2

Including.... More than 80 full sized chessboard diagrams over which the plastic chessmen can move, and an extra, larger size chessboard.

INTRODUCTORY CHESS from Milton Bradley, Instructions
With this game you learn to play Chess "All by Yourself."
You "meet" each different chess piece, one at a time, and move that piece on the large plastic window over a full size chessboard diagram.
Often you work out a simple problem on one page, with the following page showing the solution and commenting on the play.
You progress from page to page in numerical order, always inserting the sheet being used under the clear plastic playing board.
The chess pieces move on this playing board and are often not disturbed as the sheets are turned over or changed (see illustration).

Remove all the instruction sheets and place them in a pile being care­ful not to mix them.
To start, turn this sheet over to page 2 and slide it into the plastic playing board.
After page 2 is used, it remains in the board and page 3 is inserted on top of it.

This is followed with each new page in numerical order.

 



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