Solve Chess Problems to Improve Cognitive Faculties
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updated: Sep 24, 2015
Playing chess has benefits for the brain, ChessFebruary reach 100 active players.
PARIS, FRANCE, September 24, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Studies of Dr. Robert C. Ferguson demonstrated that playing chess at any level improve autonomy, strategy skills, dimensional projection and many other faculties. A part of his publication, the "Benefits of Chess":
- A 1989-92 New Brunswick, Canada study, using 437 fifth graders split into three groups, experimenting with the addition of chess to the math curriculum, found increased gains in math problem-solving and comprehension proportionate to the amount of chess in the curriculum.
- A 1990-92 study using a sub-set of the New York City Schools Chess Program produced statistically significant results concluding that chess participation enhances reading performance.
- In a 1994-97 Texas study, regular (non-honors) elementary students who participated in a school chess club showed twice the improvement of non-chess players in Reading and Mathematics between third and fifth grades on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.
Dedicated and made by chess enthusiasts, ChessFebruary publish each day two
chess problems in various difficulties.
The game is now actively followed by 100+ players for entertainment purpose and brain training, at any age and level.
ChessFebruary is available on Twitter (@chessfebruary).
