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Chess comes with various kinds of benefits, but I thought today we cover the most cited ones. Cognitive abilities, such as attention,...

Play with a plan in mind and think about how that plan will affect your end game. At the same time, be willing to adjust the plan based...

This week I read a paper on how the chess AI Alpha Zero develops its chess knowledge. I was quite fascinated by the fact that what takes...

Psycho-motor learning is the relationship between the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought,...

Don't waste time in the opening. By this, I mean that you should develop your pieces quickly and try not to move any of them twice during...

When you see a good move, wait, look some more, you will usually find a better move. Don't be in too much of a hurry. Speaking for...

The collaboration on the puzzle today seemed more organized and they beat yesterdays record by 3 seconds by doing it at 6 min 6 seconds...

When your opponent moves, always ask yourself three questions: What is he threatening? Is it a real threat? What are the consequences of...

We started with some team work exercises by putting a scrambled puzzle together ! It took 6 minutes 7 seconds and 38 miliseconds to...

The Metro-North Chess Trials took place on Saturday, the 5th of March. Almost a hundred players from various schools competed in the...

Some of our learners participated in chess tournaments over the last two weekends and achieved impressive results . Here are the results...

All academic subjects, as well as chess, provide a simple and direct way to develop the three lower-order thinking skills - Remembering,...

I am getting settled in the Curro Durbanville family and I thought it’s a perfect time to get out of non-existence with you and give you...

Chess teaches children to think analytically, logically and on more than one level. The educational benefits of chess are many and...

SCHOOLS NEED: - A simple and direct way to teach thinking skills - Gamification and motivation a plus - Where the content doesn’t keep...

Critical thinking involves logical thinking and reasoning, including skills such as comparison, classification, sequencing, cause/effect,...

It is important that the content should not keep expanding every day. The main challenge for children should be to explore and develop...

*WP Open 2022* Date: 25-27 February 2022 Venue: Meridian Pinehurst (Durbanville) Registration link: https://bit.ly/WPOpen22 _Limited...