Starting a chess club in your school brings along a multitude of advantages. As our earlier blog posts highlighted, chess is a potent instrument that substantially influences students’ academic advancement and social growth. However, executing this endeavor accurately is crucial for your school’s success. From ensuring proper equipment to cultivating demand, there’s a lot to […]
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Jun
Jun
Chess is a game where growth and improvement can be so inconsistent. Over your chess journey you’ll have stretches where you struggle with an idea, fast learning ah-ha moments, and slow gradual growth. That’s just the name of the game. Today we talk about the plateaus, and how we help our students overcome them. Include […]
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Mar
Mar
We’ve all heard of the chess prodigies that learn to castle before eating solid food. To be honest, even our very talented coaches didn’t start with chess training that early. Coaches around the world have been discussing for years the best age to start chess training. For us it comes down to two important factors, […]
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Jan
Jan
Group chess lessons and school clubs are sometimes seen as secondary to private lessons. Private lessons must be better, because the chess coach can give the student their undivided attention, right? Well not exactly. Private lessons are great, but group chess lessons provide a completely different set of tools especially useful to beginners. Let’s talk […]
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Dec
Dec
Chess is one of those games that particularly benefits the school-aged mind. However chess is often the last thing on a school aged mind! That’s one of a host of challenges that we face when teaching chess in schools. From the other end of the spectrum, convincing faculty of the benefits of chess can be […]
02
Aug
Aug
Having a chess club in your school is so valuable for your students. Playing chess daily can lead to amazing strides in academic achievement. But before you’re able to see these benefits, you need to take the first leap and set up your new chess club! Starting a chess club requires you to ask yourself […]