Chess

Prerequisites: Elementary, Middle and High School

Chess is fun and exciting, offering wonderful opportunities to grow a child’s self-respect and build valuable social skills. Encouraging kids to study the game of chess is a great move you can make as a parent. Chess levels the playing field and allows every child an opportunity to succeed. With encouragement from parents and coaches, children will catch the spirit and eagerly embrace this game, desiring to excel and looking forward to chess competitions. Chess will not only help a child in school, it will help them in life! As a child learns and studies chess, he or she will be exercising and creating disciplines of the mind while expanding mathematical and calculative abilities. The child will also be learning patience, planning, consequences, and balance of time, resources and other essential life skills.