Why chess?

As parents, we work hard to create opportunity and prosperity for our children. In many respects, we empower school teachers with this important job and they usually do a thorough job in the classroom, but this falls short of the complete educational needs of the child.

But, after school, many American children spend multiple hours watching tv or playing on the computer instead of engaging in mentally stimulating activities. We should not be surprised when they are not able to concentrate well or engage in complex critical thinking endeavors.

How can we remedy this problem? One good remedy is to teach children the game of chess. This entertaining game can give a great deal to a child. The chessboard develops three-dimensional imagination and it forms an internal action plan, which is often absent in the minds of children after ten years of age. Because of the game, children who play chess learn to plan and manage their time and to think logically. Even after the most terrible loss, a student of the game learns a great lesson about responsibility and the importance of learning from one’s mistakes. They learn through chess that failure can be overcome through hard work, concentration and determination.

Many psychologists recommend chess as an aid to strengthening and developing memory in children. Chess can be considered as a game of skill but also as a model of the study of personality. A child finds out for himself something special through the game of chess; with each game he feels joy and satisfaction when he discovers new versions and new combinations-new opportunity hidden beneath the positions of the pieces.

At Harvard University, an experiment was conducted. Two groups of students with identical IQ scores were compared. The composition of students, social mediums, and the security of parents were all entirely equal. In one group, chess was taught together with the typical lessons of study. In another, chess was not taught. The result proved to be striking: the average level of the development of children who were taught chess grew considerably and their discipline also improved dramatically. It goes without saying, our children will find a huge amount of logic games on the internet, but chess stands above the rest in terms of developing and refining creative thinking. If you want to help your child become a great thinker, chess serves as a foundation from the earliest age and can help him master future studies of philosophy, mathematics, information theory, cybernetics or whatever he discovers to be his passion. Bu the main thing is that our children must obtain positive emotions and great confidence, and this ancient game gives their complete spectrum. 

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