“When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war” (Aristotle)
• Chess dramatically improves a child's ability to think rationally.
• Chess increases cognitive skills.
• Chess improves children's communication skills and aptitude in recognizing patterns.
• Chess helps children make friends more easily because it provides an easy, safe forum for gathering and discussion.

Chess is an exercise of infinite possibilities for the mind, one which develops mental abilities used throughout life: concentration, critical thinking, abstract reasoning, problem solving, pattern recognition, strategic planning, creativity, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, to name a few.
To the players, the game is like an unfolding drama... The players live through the emotions of an exciting story... Chess has a powerful aesthetic appeal. The best chess games are works of art. They are the products of original and creative thinking…. The beauty of chess is as compelling and pleasure giving as any other art form. The endless opportunities for creating new combinations in chess are perhaps comparable to painting or music.

“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)