Playing chess enhances a child’s IQ
One of the many good qualities that differentiates a child from the other children is his or her IQ or the intelligence quotient. What is this IQ and why is it important? IQ or the intelligence quotient refers to the best possible response from a child in a given situation. It has nothing in particular to do with the knowledge. However knowledgeable a student be, lack of intelligence might not lead to better results at times. Hence the importance for the IQ universally and not something like a Knowledge Quotient or a Brilliance Quotient.
How chess can help a child develop this trait of Intelligence and score a higher IQ than others?
Chess is a fair game in all aspects and as such there is no room for outside influence in the game. As a player, he should ensure that he does not commit any mistakes allowing the opponent to gain an upper hand. If one were not supposed to make any mistakes, then it becomes important that he should clearly understand the game in its entirety, assess the situation properly, and make the correct moves at the correct time.
One more thing that the game of chess demands from a player is timeliness. A player cannot be allowed to take inordinate time in taking decisions about a move. As such, the player is required not only to make the correct move, but also at a relatively lesser time so that he does not get involved in a time–trouble issue.
In that way, the game of chess demands that a player display analytical skills, planning and execution of the moves within a stipulated time so that he achieves the goal of saying checkmate to the opponent.
Encouraging children to learn Chess right from the early stages and making them learn the nuances of the game helps in learning the most important trait of analytical thinking, planning and careful execution of the same within a given period of time.
A child not only learns to think analytically and logically, when he is trained to play chess right from his childhood. He also learns yet another important virtue that will help in meeting the challenges of life – the virtue of Patience.
The game of chess requires that each player makes a move and wait for the other person to make the move before he can make his next move. That means, one has to wait for the response of the other person and then make his move taking into account the impact of the opponent’s move.
One needs to be patient and wait for the opportunities or mistake on the part of the opponent to take advantage. Children will be trained to develop this virtue of patience through the game of chess.
A child is trained to learn the virtues of patience, analytical thinking and decision making through the game of chess. These virtues will help him perform better in the examinations and outshine other children. Not only will he perform better in the studies, but also the self-confidence of the child gets a boost with success. This self-confidence is the most important virtue that is required to meet the challenges in life. So, teaching chess and encouraging children to take up chess as part of his schooling helps in making their life a very fruitful one.
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