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Chess is a powerful game that can change a child’s life for the better.
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“The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it…[and] life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Research shows there is a strong correlation between learning to play chess and academic achievement. In 2000, a landmark study found that students who received chess instruction scored significantly higher on all measures of academic achievement, including math, spatial analysis, and non-verbal reasoning ability (Smith and Cage, 2000).