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- Academic Chess Lessons Online Chess Strategy
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- Academic Chess is a not-for-profit educational institution dedicated to bringing chess and all of its scholastic and intellectual benfits to children.
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- Eric Hicks. During this time, he developed a "cool" teaching method, which employed the use of flamboyant stories, fun rap songs, and creative rhymes to capture the interest of his students and keep them from dismissing chess as a game for "nerds". This teaching style would later become the driving force behind Academic Chess. Bringing chess to a level that kids can understand is the motivation for Academic Chess' unique style of teaching this beautifully complex and ancient game. Playing chess may just seem like a whole lot of fun to the kids playing, but they are actually thinking their way to success! gain confidence learn to solve problems build discipline increase concentration learn to strategize develop critical thinking skills learn to recognize patterns and develop tactics improve communication build memory skills learn sportsmanship