Chess is a universal game that helps develop key intellectual skills such as problem solving, logical thinking, pattern recognition and concentration.

 

Playing chess also teaches children how to lose and how to win gracefully, to think ahead and foresee the consequences of their actions. Chess helps to teach all these skills in a fun and stimulating way!

 

You can read more about the benefits of chess in the following articles:

• The benefits of chess 

• Does chess make you smarter?

• 10 things chess does to your brain

• 10 benefits of teaching kids to play chess

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Useful websites for help playing chess:

• chesskid.com

• chess.com

• lichess.org

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