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Chess
is one of the most challenging games in the world. Icon
Chess Foundation draws from creative curriculum that
uses chess as a teaching tool to strengthen academic
performance in subjects ranging from math to reading.
Chess has the power to motivate young people to challenge
 themselves
and develop a positive attitude towards learning and
life. It is a competitive game where young people can
battle for checkmate without the violence permeating
most competitive games or dominating the lives of many
at-risk youth. Young persons participating in Icon Chess
Foundation programs demonstrate improved behavior and
academic performance. Parents, teachers, and principals
report impressive changes in student's academic performance,
confidence, and outlook on life.
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Chess Foundation seeks to achieve the following benefits
for young persons who participate in chess programs:
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Improve self-esteem.
- Enhance
creativity.
- Develop
problem-solving skills.
- Make
learning exciting and fun!
- Build
patience, persistence, and healthy work habits.
- Improve
academics test scores in students who have tested poorly.
- Inspire
constructive risk taking that emphasizes importance
of learning from mistakes.
- Develop
analytical and strategic thinking by highlighting cause
and effect relationships.
- Help
young persons understand the need to take responsibility
for their actions.
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Bring together youth from different social and economic
backgrounds.
- Destroy
stereotypes based on race, gender, and age and encourage
youth to respect each other's differences.
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