Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767915682 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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On his ascent to becoming an international grandmaster in 1999, the first black person to achieve the rank, Ashley evangelized chess in schools and coached a Harlem-based team, the Raging Rooks. Gilbert TaylorCopyright © American Library Association. Anecdotes about the crazy pranks he and his friends pulled mark the road not taken. From Booklist Ashley's autobiographical work touts chess' potential to interest kids in education and divert them from deleterious influences. While not overselling chess as a panacea for learning difficulties, Ashley's enthusiasm and inherent role-model status give parents and educators valuable inspiration supported by practical information about organizing a school chess program. Ranking near the pinnacle of professional chess, Ashley skims his career, emphasizing his teenage years in 1980s Brooklyn when he was lured into the 64-square universe of chess, saving him from
An Accomplished Chess Artist Shows Us The Way Gregory McMahan As someone who has played chess off and on for the better part of my life, I can attest to the tremendous power the game has in shaping young minds. My older brother turned me on to the game when I was about seven or so. He in turn was turned onto the game when he was in high school, much like Maurice Ashley was, but in his case, it was the older dudes in the park in our 'hood that hipped him to the game. Every so often he would come around, and we would fire up a. The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers said New Life to an Old Game. Who better to write a book about chess than the first (and so far only) Black International Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley? In CHESS FOR SUCCESS, he discusses the important role chess has played in his life, the history of the game, its impact on cognitive development, and its usefulness in educational settings. In addition, he debunks many of the common myths related to the game, allows some of his former students to share their experiencs in their own words, a. Howard Goldowsky said Coach, Maurice Ashley. Intended primarily for parents or educators whos kids are just beginning chess, and written at a level children themselves can find accessable, CHESS FOR SUCCESS is a unique kind of chess book. The book itself is not even shelved in the "chess" section of the bookstore.The book is written as a kind of pean to the benefits of chess play for children, and Ashley lists the kinds of success chess has created for inner-city youth across the United States. There are tes
But he found his inspiration for a better life after stumbling upon a chess book and becoming hypnotized by the game. He would eventually break the chess world's color lines by becoming an International Grandmaster in 1999.Ashley realized that chess strategies could be used as an educational tool to help children avoid the pitfalls often associated with growing up. He also offers tips on technique, how to make the game fun for children of all ages and levels, and how to overcome the myth that chess isn't cool. Through his