BENEFITS OF PLAYING CHESS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION

This article provides a review, and measures in chess and education. Chess has long been considered a way for children to increase their mental prowess, concentration, memory, and analytical skills. The author presents the benefits of playing chess for children and its applications in education. Finally it concludes that chess players become good decession makers by practicing the chess. The chess-playing students had become accustomed to looking for more and different alternatives, which resulted in higher scores in fluency and originality.