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Kids play chess blitz game at the corner of skittles room during a chess tournament. Visit www.TheChessDad.com for more about chess and parenting.
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What are good cheap guerrilla advertising techniques for a new kids chess academy and trophy store business? ?
Posted by: admin on January 15th, 2010
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My son goes to a chess academy in Huntington Beach, CA where he participates in chess tournaments, a Saturday night chess club, and other activities related to chess. It’s a new business and I really want it to succeed because I’ve seen what wonderful benefits my son has experienced since starting chess (improved attention, better emotional control, improved reasoning skills, etc). The guy who runs it knows a lot about chess but not much about advertising and he doesn’t have a lot of money to advertise so I wanted to put together a guerrilla marketing plan for him. Any ideas for cheap, creative marketing techniques?
Check colleges nearby that have graphic design as a major. Contact the art dept. there and ask if any students would like the opportunity to work on advertising pro-bono. I was a Graphic Design major, and we did a lot of projects for free just to gain experience and have something real to add to our portfolios (as opposed to companies that we made up).
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Today I was in the park just running and I saw over in the chess arena where people gather to play chess,checkers, etc. I see my 5th grade math teacher who got me into chess. I challenge him to a game and beat him. 3 of the most popular boys in my grade came by and saw that I outsmarted my 5th grade math teacher who is a very strategic (can’t spell) person. The teacher leaves and the kids start to call me a dork, loser, and a nerd for playing chess. Especially against a teacher and winning. I don’t think they know how to play… but what they said really hurt me. And I kinda knew it was true…a typical school has the nerds who are chess people… and they meant what they said…
I mean, my mom tells me that I have a ‘freaky chess gift’ (she calls it) that allows me to think atleast 3-4 moves ahead and draw the opponent out and crush him/her.
so is chess bad for kids emotional being?
…..no one likes to get mocked……
I will be very honest with you. Chess can be a very scary game to become addicted too. Being good at it is one thing, but there have been examples of people who basically devoted their whole life to playing chess and were off because they did so. I do not think that you are in danger of that happening because the fact that the taunts of the kids hurt you means that you have a social intelligence that will prevent you from most likely going off of the deep and into chess dementia. Just because you beat your math teacher doesn’t mean that you are a freak of nature. The best thing to do if you want to explore your chess abilities would be to participate in ranked events and earn a ranking. Chess can be a very satisfying game because you can control your destiny. I would encourage you to keep playing and to buy Chessmaster for your computer and learn even more strategy and tactics. Unless you are very highly ranked there is not a lot of glory or money in chess, but it can be a very good hobby that will last you a lifetime.
By the way, I have been playing for years. I learned the game when I was in 3rd grade. At one point I might have developed into something special but back then chess computers were very expensive. Now you have access to powerful programs that have advanced training options tremendously. But just because I have been playing along time doesn’t mean that someone like you couldn’t wipe me off of the board. I play for fun and like to collect chess sets. And now that I am 6′ 2" and over 270 nobody dares to pick on me.
Kasparian, G – [+0611.33g8h5]Are there any good sites for kids to play chess online (against other players)?
Posted by: admin on January 9th, 2010
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http://www.freechess.org/
There is nothing better than that, and it is free!
The Free Internet Chess Server, with over 300000 registered users, is one of the oldest and one of the largest internet chess servers.
Is it good for kids to study game of chess?Does it make them smart?
Posted by: admin on January 3rd, 2010
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Playing chess doesn’t make kids smart. It does, however, teach them to think a bit differently than they do already.
Good chess players know that they’ve got to "think ahead", that is, they must know what the board will look like 5 moves from now based upon the move they are thinking of making now. They anticipate the most likely response from their opponent, and plan each of their own moves and responses several plays in advance.
It’s a great excercise for the mind, and illustrates very well that every action taken has a consequence.
As for making kids smart, no. Nothing can change a person’s level of intelligence. But playing chess is a way of training a brain to use whatever resources it has more efficiently, making the chess player seem "smarter".
Vellotti’s Chess Kids Program “Chess School is Cool!”
Posted by: admin on January 1st, 2010
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Slideshow of Vellotti’s Chess Kids Program in Boise, Idaho – coached by Daniel J. Vellotti, State and National Chess Champion.
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I’m a twelve yr old guy who is assigned with the task of teaching a 5 yr old boy how to get better at chess. He knows the moves (which is already amazing at age five), but he has no strategy. My current rating is around 1900.
But what should I teach him? If it gets a little bit too boring he will start to think about other things. On the other hand, I want to actually be doing chess and having him learn something, as his dad is paying me 10 bucks an hour.
Thanks so much!
With a ranking of 1900 you have a lot of knowledge. Five year olds can be ranked as well so the might want to get him registered with one of the national organizations like … Continental Chess Association, National Scholastic Chess Foundation, or the United States Chess Federation (USCF). Personally, I prefer the USCF. Once he is registered he needs to play in local tournaments and then have a coach go over his good and bad moves.
Additionally, you might want to go over some of the classic games with him and reenact them together, explaining the strategies used. There are also some classic openings that everyone needs to know as well as their defenses. Many of these are available on-line or in a good book on introductory chess.
Good Luck … Hope this helps …
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CTY has proudly cosponsored the annual Baltimore City Public Schools Chess Tournament for the past five years. It’s a great day for these Baltimore students to show off skills that will help them both academically, and in life.
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Leticia and Paula giving basic Chess Lessons.