Chess has a global history and common vocabulary that can open doors for lasting friendships. With every gambit and exchange, chess players have an opportunity to learn about one another and to share a common experience.
Although the game is complex, the rules and piece movements are easy to understand. Your scholar will learn everything needed to play a full game from opening moves to checkmate within the first 6 weeks of our program.
Experienced players will also find plenty of opportunity to dive deeper into tactics and strategy with an emphasis on analysis and group learning.
Chess tactics and strategy are the keys upon which a whole range of skills can be acquired. Those skills include problem solving, attention to detail, consequences to actions, time management and sharpening of focus.
Can learning chess help my scholar succeed in school?
Absolutely. There have been a number of academic studies conducted to demonstrate the role that chess has in education. Those benefits include:
- Chess teaches the importance and necessity of acting in a planned manner and helps students to think correctly and quickly.
- Chess positively affects and develops students’ personality and character. It gives a sense of “self-confidence” and improves this feeling, enables them to know [and reveal] their strengths and abilities better.
- Chess education is beneficial in areas such as students’ general intelligence, concentration, self-control, analytical thinking, and reading skills.
- Chess teaches one to follow the rules, play friendly, accept losing, celebrate the winner, and it helps students to socialize and establish close friendships.
- Chess provides some skills that cannot be acquired by traditional teaching methods including the development of logical thinking skills, self-confidence, self-worth, and communication.
Citation: KARAKUŞ, Gülçin (2023) “Chess and Education,” Educational Considerations: Vol. 49: No. 2. https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.2365
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