Take Your Brain To Another Level With Chess

A chess set is one of the few easy gifts that you can give a child that will help them in life. Chess teaches a person many things such as planning, strategy, and the ability to win or lose with grace. Unlike many video games that can be played by children that rely on how quick a person is or how many aliens or enemies they can shoot, chess teaches them to take the time to think a plan through.

It allows them to use their imagination to see how this move can affect the next possible moves that can be made by their opponent. They can play out many scenarios in their minds to see if it will have the outcome on the chess board. And in many chess teams, children learn to play with respect to their opponents by shaking hands after the game is completed.

They learn that an opponent should be respected for the knowledge and ability that they have brought to the game. Chess also teaches children that size has no bearing on the ability to win a game. That even the smallest child is every bit equal to the tallest and biggest opponent. It is these values that are sorely missing in many games that are presented to children on tv these days, and it would be doing your part for the betterment of society by making sure to give a child this fundamental learning tool.

When you reach your 50’s I guess you become sentemental. I grew up very poor and my mother used to babysit kids in the neighborhood from time to time for extra money, we certainly did have any chess sets. She babysat two young girls around the corner from us, while their mom was out working.

They were also too young to stay up and play with me, so it was a pretty boring night. One time however, their dad came hom early and he had a chess set on the fridge and he asked if i knew how to play. I said I didn’t but boy would I like to learn. This kind hearted man taught me some of the basic moves and challenged me to a game. Looking back, he let me beat him 2 out of every three games. Then he asked if I would like to play one more game before my mother and I headed home.

He said that the winner would keep the chess set! I was so excited and nervous! I used every bit of knowledge that he gave me and I won! I realize now that he let me won and wanted me to keep the chess set because he knew I didn’t have many toys. For years, I was so proud of myself for “winning” that game all by myself! What a kind hearted person!

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