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 All about Chess

Students playing chess with ChessPals free afterschool program

Learn to Play Chess

This is the best platform for kids to learn to play chess. It is has lessons, puzzles and lets you play against other kids or a computer. There is a free version with limited puzzles every day and a paid version which is unlimited. Chesskid.com is owned by chess.com which is one of the leading platforms for online chess in the world. 

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This is the most popular platform for online chess in the world. Many grandmasters regularly play on chess.com. Plus, you can watch live chess tournaments on their site. 

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Research Studies 

There are a number of research studies that support the thesis that playing chess improves academic performance. 

These studies support the idea that playing chess increases math performance. 

Studies that show playing chess link to math performance

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These studies support the idea that playing chess increases reading comprehension

Studies analyzing chess on reading comprehension
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