Why Learn Chess?
Learning chess can provide important foundations for all aspects of life.
Great chess players are great thinkers.
Research has proven that children who learn chess consistently outperform their classmates who do not learn chess in school.
Children who learn chess gain increased concentration, better self-esteem, pattern recognition, increase reasoning, logic, science, and cognitive skills, self-discipline, and understanding the consequences of making mistakes.
Chess teaches us that every decision has consequences potentially good or bad. Before we make any move in chess we must weigh the benefits and weaknesses, similar to making decisions in life. Through chess we can develop into better thinkers.
Chess unlike most games is a combination of an art, science, and sport. It is these unique characteristics of the game that yield chess its substantial educational benefits.
Learning and studying chess has been proven to increase your IQ, and interestingly enough your EQ. Recent studies have indicated that EQ or emotional intelligence quotient may prove more relevant at determining future employment success compared to the traditional IQ valuations. It is quite logical if you think of it, since EQ determines our ability to adapt to changes in an environment. It is our emotional intelligence that gets us through situations if pressure.
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The ICI is the most successful chess institute in the United States for coaching beginners to reach state and national championship level.