Chess
Gulko Chess Academy
The Gulko Chess Academy has developed very effective chess education programs for adults and children. The Academy was founded by International Chess Grandmasters Boris and Anna Gulko. Both have been chess champions in both the former Soviet Union and the United States. The inexhaustible possibilities of chess, which combines strict logic with an unlimited scope of imagination, have made the game a part of our cultural heritage. Chess helps the mind stretch and grow in a fun way. It increases problem-solving skills and improves logic and concentration.
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Boris Gulko
Educational benefits
- Improves study habits.
- Improves thinking under pressure, which is useful in test taking.
- Improves and enlarges problem solving skills.
- Improves student’s ability to concentrate.
- Develops memory.
Character development
- Provides a positive structure for leisure time.
- Teaches students to think before they act, look before they leap.
- Teaches students to turn losses into learning experiences.
- Teaches circumspection, as players need to consider the relationship of many different parts.
Goals
- Students will be exposed to chess.
- Students will learn the fundamentals of the game.
- Students will have a chance to experience problem solving through the world’s oldest game of skill.
