Chess Tutoring, Chess Coaching, Chess Classes with NM Will Stewart

  Have you ever sat at your desk, with your head in your hands, wondering what went wrong in your business? Something happened and you were caught off guard. Could it be that you just missed “the right move”? One of the benefits of teaching your child to play chess at an early age is that they learn to observe the position, look into the future and plan several moves deep. As a result children [...]

  When you teach your child to play chess, you’re giving them valuable tools that they can use in life. They can relate the lessons learned over the board to what is going on around them.I like to give a lot of real life analogies throughout my lessons. It makes teaching fun! There are many ways to do this, and I have shared my most successful analogies in my book, Chess Is Child’s Play. Real [...]

  I am pleased to present the book trailer for Chess Is Child’s Play! This book project is near and dear to my heart. Ever since I was a young child I wanted to help people learn to play chess and achieve the benefits one can gain from the game. When my husband and I started Your Chess Coach, our chess instruction business, we quickly realized that children naturally love chess. Their eyes sparkle at [...]

  “But how could my child possibly play chess? He can’t concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes!” I have heard this concern from more than one parent over the years. My answer always is, “Children learn to concentrate through chess!” Children learn to concentrate through chess I receive emails from parents on a regular basis, telling me about how chess helps their children. Children with attention problems are often helped by chess. [...]

  Can one teach a child to play chess while they’re still in diapers? Children can learn chess very early, some as early as two years old! The key is to teach them at the correct speed for them. It will vary from child to child, so the educator must be alert to the subtle indicators that a child is ready to continue on to the next subject. It is important not to thrust all [...]

  Most people instinctively know that learning to play chess can increase creativity and imagination in all areas of life. But many don’t know how or why it does. Imagination starts with a creative idea. Imagination grows when creative ideas are acted upon. Few people realize how creative they really are. We find this with every child we teach. They didn’t realize how smart they are! Chess breeds confidence. It brings clarity of thought. A [...]

  Imagine a world where people all have excellent problem solving skills, where they are patient and respectful of each other on a daily basis. A society where citizens live for the future and plan long term, thinking of where their children’s children will be, following through, seeing each goal to its conclusion with ease. Now add to that an indefinable quality of artistic imagination, dreaming for more than can be reasonably expected, reaching beyond [...]