Life lessons learned through playing chess
By STEPHANIE HARSHA, Staff Writer
Green River Star, WY
Students from Monroe Intermediate School are taking gaming to a different level–no Playstation, no Xbox, no Internet, just a flat board and one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns.
The game is chess. One-on-one competition that requires some serious thinking, strategy, patience and ends with the phrase “checkmate.”
Ron Harper always knew the benefits of chess when he developed an after school chess program in the district 17 years ago.
“You really learn life lessons from chess. You learn focus–to stop and think about decisions–and patience,” said Harper. “Not to mention social skills.”
An average of 15 students attend the program during the week at Monroe, but recently 45 students from the district competed in a Chess Tournament on Feb. 28.
The club hosted a team from Rawlins and split the competition into four divisions, kindergarten through fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade and high school.
“The kids did really well,” said Harper. “They are really committed and really sharp. It’s great.”
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City schools win state chess championship
Ron Cassie, The Examiner Read
Mar 8, 2007 3:00 AM
BALTIMORE – Students from Dr. Rayner Browne Elementary, Cross Country Elementary/Middle and Hampstead Hill Elementary Middle won Maryland State Chess Championship titles Saturday at Towson University, the Baltimore City Public School System announced.
Nine Baltimore City elementary and kindergarten through grade eight schools competed in grade-level matches against more than 60 public and private school teams from across the state in varsity and junior varsity divisions.
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