For many who enjoy playing chess socially and certainly for those wanting to learn how to play while acquiring sound foundation skills that will stand them in good stead, the electronic chess computers in the Social category are the first port of call for a fun opponent or patient teacher.

The performance of these computers is simply configured with menus and options to give even observant novices opportunities to win on their lowest settings, while on their highest settings they can play to a standard better than the average of all people able to play chess. Many Social category models also offer choices of other strategy games with graduated skill levels for each.