How Teaching Kids Chess Will Benefit the U.S. – National Review

Category: Chess

So argues John Mac Ghlionn in todays Martin Center article.

In chess, he writes, Every action has a reaction. Decisions have consequences. The game of chess teaches people basic life skills, like the importance of patience, perspective, and proper planning. It is, in many ways, a highly effective, highly instructive educational tool. Right now, the US is very much lacking such tools.

Thats right. Playing chess builds, to use Hercule Poirots favorite phrase, the little gray cells.

Ghlionn explains that, Researchers have found that the schema used by chess players is eerily similartothe scientific method, with great emphasis placed on calculations and assessments. Other researchers havedocumented the ways in which chess improvesattention, memory, concentration, and reasoning among players.

If American schools (including colleges) would encourage chess, that would have great benefits for the individuals and, in the long-run, for the country.

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