Comparative analysis of using intellectual games in the educational process

Purpose: to explore the experience of World Mind Games in the educational process. Material: 26 literary sources have been analyzed. Results: there is a degree of intellectual development of sports in the world. The kinds of intellectual games, which are used in the educational process in schools. Found that in accordance with the cultural traditions of the East and the West the greatest distribution in the school environment received Go and chess. The directions of application of chess, checkers, Go, bekgemmona, tangram in teaching practice and especially the impact of these games on the development of the child. Conclusions: Identifying promising implementation of intellectual games in the learning process as a means of enhancing cognitive mental processes and the general culture of the individual. Subject attempts to introduce the teaching of intellectual games in school educational process in many countries.