My daughter taught herself chess this past summer (Score 2, Informative)

This past summer, my daughter (then 6) decided she wanted to teach herself chess. So we found this site http://www.chesskids.com/kidzone/index.shtml. Within a couple of weeks, she had learned the basic moves, and rules.

Now, she's in the Chess Club at her school, and while she is definitely not the best player out there, she really enjoys the game.