Chess for success : using an old game to build new strengths in children and teens / Maurice Ashley.

By:

Ashley, Maurice

Publication details: New York : Broadway Books, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0767915682
9780767915687

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Nonfiction.

DDC classification:

794.1 22

LOC classification:

GV1318 .A79 2005

Other classification:

76.12

Online resources:

Contents:

Chess impacts my life -- A brief history of chess -- Thinking and chess -- Chess and schools -- Keeping kids involved -- A few life lessons.

Summary: The author shows how the game of chess can help to improve a child's creativity and problem-solving skills as well as teaching them patience, sportsmanship, and strategic thinking.

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Chess impacts my life -- A brief history of chess -- Thinking and chess -- Chess and schools -- Keeping kids involved -- A few life lessons.

The author shows how the game of chess can help to improve a child's creativity and problem-solving skills as well as teaching them patience, sportsmanship, and strategic thinking.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-279).

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