Dear Chess Friends! 

Chess, especially at an early age, is a powerful push for intellectual development. Child learns to think independently, as well as develops the ability to concentrate and think critically, improving his memory at the same time. Even if a child loses the game, he subconsciously analyzes what he did wrong, developing the ability to learn from mistakes.

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As a chess coach with students all over the world and with different age, I divide all children in 3 groups. For each of them, the benefit from chess varies:

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1) Pre-school age

 ⁃ Learning to think and reason logically

 ⁃ Becoming more thoughtful and attentive

 ⁃ Developing the planning skills

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2) School age

 ⁃ Developing child's intelligence

 ⁃ Improving memory and school performance

 ⁃ Developing the ability to imagine and predict the consequences of their actions

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3) High school age

 ⁃ Developing emotional resilience and self-confidence

 ⁃ Competitive desire to take on even the most difficult tasks appears

 ⁃ Learning to be more goal-oriented

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There were even some experiments in the USSR, which indicated that children of approximately the same age, intellectual level and physical development, who had systematic chess lessons, coped better with tests.