Chess Has Positive Impact On Life Skills!

28 July 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Vishy Anand, the World Chess Champion, suggests that playing chess among school going children helps the development of important life skills such as memory and self-confidence. In order to play in chess tournaments, the players will need some self-confidence to play against opponents and require some memory on basic chess openings.

An Indian study on a sample of 13,000 schools found that the children that have played chess over 100 chess games have improved their performance in mathematics and science.

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