Why study chess? Chess is a game of imagination and strategy, one that provides rules, order and opportunities for intellectual growth. Being an effective educational tool at all levels of academic achievement, chess teaches students to think logically and take responsibility for their actions and consequences. Chess demonstrates a positive impact on academic performance and emotional intelligence. Evidence indicates that children develop an improved attitude toward school and improved attendance, increased self-confidence and respect for others. Chess enhances problem solving, logic and reasoning skills, as well as organizes work habits, increases patience and persistence and improves emotional control and mood management . Studies have shown that kids who play chess as a school activity score higher on standardized tests than kids who don’t. Better grades in math and reading will come along with your kid’s next game. Chess has been proven to enhance creativity, concentration, critical thinking skills, memory, academic achievement, problem solving, cultural enrichment, intellectual maturity, self-esteem, standardized test scores, and a core quality of other every administrator, school board director, parent, and teacher desires.