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"According to research, Test scores improved
by 17.3% for students regularly engaged in
chess classes, compared with only 4.6% for
children participating in other forms of
enriched activities," states 4-time
World Champion Susan Polgar in a recent
interview. In approximately 30 nations
across the globe, including Brazil, China,
Venezuela, Italy, Israel, Russia and Greece,
etc., chess is incorporated into the
country's scholastic curriculum. Just as
athletics are a part of the required agenda
at schools in the United States, Chess has
been that way in the European Nations
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Chess has long been regarded as a game that
can have beneficial effects on learning on
development, especially when it is played
from a young age. below are some of the most
critical benefits that chess can provide to
a child:
Develop analytical,
synthetic and decision-making skills, which
they can transfer to real life.
Learn to engage in deep and thorough chess
research which will help them build their
confidence in their ability to do academic
research.
Help children gain
insights into the nature of competition
which will help them in any competitive
endeavor.
When youngsters
play chess they must call upon higher-order
thinking skills, analyze actions and
consequences, and visualize future
possibilities.
In countries
where chess is offered widely in schools,
students exhibit excellence in the ability
to recognize complex patterns and
consequently excel in math and science.
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Countless researchers and studies have shown
over the years that chess does indeed
strengthen a child's mental clarity,
fortitude, stability, and overall health.
Many schools are now finding chess as an
inexpensive but essential way of helping
kids grow mentally. In this technologically
driven world, chess helps aid in the
synthesis and growth of certain areas in the
brain and mind where many children can
benefit as they grow older from the game.
Dr. Robert Furgeson, Jr., the Executive
Director of the American Chess School has
prepared a
review of key research studies for the
chess in education conference. This review
contains many charts and graphs that give
detailed explanations and results of
numerous studies.
Steve Sawyer,
The Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Charter
President, compiled
"Chess: A Learning Tool",which also
gives insights into the benefits of chess on
children.
Another
interesting article was published in
Time Magazine back in 2001 by Evan Levy
about chess and learning. He dicusses chess
in schools.
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"Chess is in many ways like life itself."
"It's all condensed in a playful manner in a
game format and it's extremely fascinating
because first of all I'm in control of my
own destiny, I'm in charge. You have to be
responsible for your actions, you make a
move, you had better think ahead about
what's going to happen, not after it
happens, because then it's too late. Chess
teaches discipline from a very early age. It
teaches you to have a plan and to plan
ahead. If you do that, you'll be rewarded;
if you break the rules, you will get
punished in life and in chess. You need to
learn the rules to break the rules." -
Susan Polgar, 4 time World Champion and
founder of the Susan Polgar Foundation
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