Wenatchee Scholastic Chess Club

Wenatchee Scholastic Chess Club
When Sunday, January 3, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where Wenatchee Valley Medical Center Miller Street Conference Center, Wenatchee
Cost Free
Age limit 5+

Discover cool checkmate combinations and learn attacking tactics like forks, pins, skewers, discoveries, interceptions, overloads, deflections and decoys. Practice with your teammates and show off your skills at chess tournaments.

There have been dozens of controlled studies on the benefits of chess in developing mental acuity, particularly in children. Chess has the benefit of being a game that anyone can play, but that increases with complexity the more one understands its nuances. A single chess game provides the players with dozens of mental puzzles to solve, in an environment where good decisions are rewarded and less optimal decisions are exploited by your opponent. Children who play chess learn to concentrate on solving complex problems and to accept the consequences of the decisions they make. These skills translate into better overall learning in traditional studies like reading and mathematics. The best part is they get all these benefits by simply playing a game they enjoy.

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