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Questions about teaching chess, chess strategies etc.

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Why is it a good idea to teach chess in schools?

There is a "movement" towards teaching chess in school and perhaps introduce chess as its own subject. What are the advantages of teaching chess at schools? In what ways is chess similar to other school subjects (e.g. math)? What "life skills" will…
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Does chess help develop moral virtues or correct practical attitudes?

Benjamin Franklin wrote a famous essay on the virtues of chess, claiming that it teaches foresight, circumspection, caution among others. Kasparov Chess Foundation's mission is to bring the many educational benefits of chess to children worldwide by…
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Teaching 3 years old kid chess

My new neighbors have a 2 years 10 months old kid. When he come to visit me, he often see me playing chess online. So he kept asking me, how to play this. I got a plastic chess set and he opened it and grabbed the knight and screamed "duck, duck!" I…
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5 year old chess

My 5 year old son is showing immense interest in chess. I play with him and he has joined an after school class for chess. I was told to buy the book by Polgar. He is solving the mate in one puzzles. I just let him play and have fun. Any…
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Chess principles for beginner

I'm trying to put together a flyer of the golden rules in chess for kids that are absolute beginners. I noticed that they ran into the same trivial mistake that could be easy to fix with a simple switch, and I guess the flyer could help flipping it.…
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Recommendations for kids sites

I am a teacher, and don’t really play much. My students like chess and I want to send them to some safe chess sites for kids. Recommendations?
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Chess movie as educational incentive

I am trying to encourage a young friend to learn chess. He is very interested, just like any child would be with a child's play. I am wondering which movie about chess to choose, that could cause more interest and improved learning to him.
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Who is the teacher of the game that has a lesson plan as follows:

To find the degree (or the number of attacked squares), of a square's corresponding vertex for all pieces and their corresponding graphs, given any square of the board. In other words, given a piece and a square - the number of attacked squares by…
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What sort of job opportunities fits well with a good chess player?

A friend of mine recently lost his job, and he happens to be a pretty decent chess player; Over 2000. There is not enough chess teaching positions in the area to employ him full time, and he hasn't quite found his niche yet in the working world.…
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