EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS OF CHESS FOR KIDS

Math Development
Pattern Recognition
Science Achievement
Sportsmanship
English Skills
Dealing with Undesirable Situations
Communication Abilities
Learning From Mistakes
Creativity Responsibility for Actions
Concentration Discipline
Logical Reasoning
Measurable Individual Accomplishments
Complex Decision Making

Critical Thinking 

Team Spirit

Memory Commitment

Problem Solving

Academic Competition for All

Intellectual Maturity 

Belonging to a Good and Diverse Crowd

Self Esteem 

Cultural Enrichment

Analyzing Actions & Consequences 

Building Social Skills

Planning Ahead

Empathetic Awareness

             
Chess helps children make friends more easily because it provides an easy, safe forum for gathering and discussion.         

Chess allows girls to compete with boys on a non-threatening, socially acceptable plane                    
Chess provides an intellectual, competitive forum through which children can assert hostility, i.e. "let off steam," in an acceptable way.                            

Playing chess can help to teach a child about reading, writing, responsibility and arithmetic very easily                

The communication power of the child is improved through playing chess                        
The concentration level of a child is enhanced by it                                    

The power of evaluation and analysis is developed by the child                            
It incorporates discipline in a child                                        
A child learn the game to strategize                                        
Critical thinking skills of a child can be developed                                    

The spirit of sportsmanship is learnt by the child                                    

Kids can learn to solve problems very easily                                     

Helps build memory skills                                            
Chess teaches children to try their best to win, while accepting defeat with grace                        
Chess dramatically improves a child's ability to think rationally  

                             
Chess instills in kids a sense of self-confidence and self-worth 

                               
Chess makes a child realize that he or she is responsible for his or her own actions and must accept their consequences