BENEFITS OF CHESS

• Can increase overall grades
• Increases critical thinking capabilities
• Increases reading skills and performance
• Increases mathematic skills and performance
• Can significantly increase self-esteem
• Improved socialization and communication skills
• Anyone can play
• Improves concentration
• Develops logical thinking
• Promotes imagination and creativity
• Teaches independence
• Inspires self-motivation
• Shows that success rewards hard work
• Chess is inexpensive
• Chess is fun
• Builds a sense of team spirit
• Teaches responsibility
• Can improve outlook for kids with behavioral issues
• Can improve attendance
• Allows girls to compete with boys on a non-threatening plane
• One can easily make friends