Miniature initiale d'un manuscrit des Echecs amoureux. (Vers 1500 )
Chess
Probably more has been written about chess than any other single game, so you can easily find other resources if this isn't enough.
Here's a link to a
Printable Chessboard, just in case you don't have one handy. The gaming site Secret Doors provides this one!
A beautiful site with MUCH chess art, trivia, interaction, cartoons and a list of movies involving chess is Chess Graphics. The medieval art is from their collection.
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2024 note: This is one of my older pages, and many of the links have disappeared. On the other hand, pages and images are much easier to find now than they were in 2002 and thereabout, so some of these links are newer, some are archives, and a few I simply deleted. —Sandra |
Chess promotes many skills and values that are important for our children. For example chess:Chess teaches a variety of skills:
- is a sport that includes children with or without physical abilties
- is an educational activity that is also a game
- promotes intellectual development for children of all levels and abilities
- encourages fair play and good sportsmanship
- requires and rewards both individual effort and team play
Chess builds character and teaches good citizenship
- critical thinking, planning ahead and executing plans, re-thinking plans in response to unexpected moves
- research and applying research/learning to real situations (real games are not always "textbook" games)
- combining learning and intuition
- focus and concentration
- following exacting rules
- enhancement of math and science skills
- the rules require courtesy
- the games require good sportsmanship
- at the National tournament meet other children and their families from across the country
Interesting happenings: The 10 Most Important Moments In Chess
