by Josh Veldman | Jul 20, 2017 | How to, Uncategorized
Something as simple as changing the language on the computer can easily trip up first time users. This shows how to accomplish in addition to inverting the board (changing which side the white and black pieces play). See the Chess Genius Exclusive product page for...
by Josh Veldman | Jun 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Disney’s Queen of Katwe movie tells the amazing story of Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the slums of Katwe, Uganda, whose life is changed forever through discovering chess. You may have watched the movie in a theater, on an airline flight or on DVD. If you...
by Josh Veldman | May 22, 2017 | News
Kindergartners Paint Chess Sets and here’s the result. “Paul, I am so happy to report that our two beautiful chess sets were sold at our school auction last month. We made more than $2000 on classroom art projects alone, and more than $38,000 from the...
by Josh Veldman | May 1, 2017 | Benefits of Chess
According to Murray, Chess originated at the end of sixth century in India. The game was different then, elephants replacing the present day rooks and peasants replacing pawns. The “firzan” now known as the queen could only move diagonally one square at a...
by Josh Veldman | May 1, 2017 | Benefits of Chess
by John Artise The game of chess makes one of the most important contributions to the field of education. Inherent in it are the basic principles of psychological learning theory: Memory, Pattern Recognition, Decision making, and Reinforcement. All of these variables...
by Josh Veldman | May 1, 2017 | Benefits of Chess
Chess has long been recognized throughout the world as a builder of strong intellects, but only recently has the United States begun to recognize that chess improves academic performance through improving the cognitive abilities, rational thinking and reasoning of...
by Josh Veldman | May 1, 2017 | Benefits of Chess
How a caring teacher and the game of chess changed lives in the ghetto by Jo Coudert A Whoosh of flame startled teacher Bill Hall as he walked into his classroom. Whirling around, he saw 15-Year-old Jose Tavarez holding a lighter to a spray can of deodorant....
by Josh Veldman | May 1, 2017 | Benefits of Chess
My son is now 11. Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), he has had real social and behavioral difficulties since he was 18 months old, when we were asked to remove him from our church-based day-care. Subsequently, he was thrown out of several...
by Josh Veldman | May 1, 2017 | Benefits of Chess
Chess lovers have long contended that chess should be a valuable classroom tool. Chess makes kids smarter and it can provide an intellectually stimulating, rewarding activity, but it can also teach discipline, concentration, planning and all the other good things...
by Josh Veldman | May 1, 2017 | Benefits of Chess
Chess is the gymnasium of the mind and is variously described as a science, an art and a sport. It has the virtue of being completely free of the element of luck: the result of each game depends entirely upon the skill of the players. A youngster who plays chess soon...
