SMJK KWANG HUA CHESS CLUB 2021

The game of chess holds a unique fascination. The strategic
complexities offer lively minds an immediate challenge and
stimulating exercise. It can be played for fun, or with increasing
degrees of seriousness up to the highest levels of international
competition.
We want to encourage more schools and teachers to provide
opportunities for children to learn and play chess. It is a game
with no barriers. People of any age, gender, physical ability, and
social class can all play on equal terms. Chess is truly a ‘Sport for
All’.
Chess has many educational benefits, giving children intellectual
capital and transferable skills such as focus, discipline,
concentration, spatial awareness and strategic thinking. Save the
Children believe that “education is a key to improving the life
chances of children.......” and chess can be an integral part of that
education. Evidence clearly demonstrates that chess-playing
school pupils significantly outperform their non-playing
contemporaries in literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills.
Perhaps of greater importance is the fact that young chess
players become more confident, have enhanced self-esteem and
are more able to organise their thinking and behaviour. Providing
children with the opportunity to play chess is a gift they keep for
the rest of their lives. Chess is a sociable activity that helps to
bring children together and break down barriers, whilst at the
same time encouraging a healthy sense of competitiveness.