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Free Research Summary

Educators around the world acknowledge that chess is a powerful tool for developing higher order thinking skills, creativity, numerical and verbal aptitudes, and memory.  Now, you can have the documentation to support your belief in the positive value of chess.

Our free research summary includes:

• Fourteen studies are mentioned briefly in this review. 

• Interesting facts about chess, e.g. chess has been taught in Strobeck, Germany’s schools since 1011.

• Comments by educators, students, and parents are included.

• Endnotes—45 of them—include the sources for the information.

• Many of the educational benefits are listed.

•  In addition, a brief discussion of why chess produces these benefits is included.

This free research summary is available for download from our site!

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