For many players who enjoy social chess and certainly for those wanting to learn how to play and develop 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 models is simply configured with menus and options to give even absolute beginners opportunities to win on the lowest settings, while on the highest settings they can play to a standard better than the average of all people who play chess. Many Social category models also offer choices of other classic board games with graduated skill levels.