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Summit County Optimists: Providing kids with opportunity
Basketball for elementary kids is the largest program for Summit-Lake Dillon Optimists. Summit-Lake Dillon Optimists President: Ed Casias Employees: All volunteer Operating budget: $32, 843 Mission statement: By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in kids.

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Letsplaychess.com: Are kids getting stronger at chess ?! [Event "Miami Open 2008"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "IM Ray Robson"] [Black "IM Renier Gonzales"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2467"] [BlackElo "2549"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 (7… Qc7 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3) 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Nd7 (10… Bxc2 11. Bg5 (11. Bc3 Qg6 12. OO Nd7 13. Rac1 Bf5) 11… Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qf5) 11. OOO Nb6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. d5 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 exd5 15. Rhe1+ Be6 16. Rxd5 Be7 ( 16… cxd5 17. Qb5#) 17. Bxe7 cxd5 (17… Kxe7 18. Qb4+) 18. Qb4 Rc8 19. Nd4 Qh6+ 20. Kb1 a5 21. Qxb7 Qd2 22. Bb4 $3 axb4 23. Qxc8+ Ke7 24. Qc7+ Ke8 25. Nf3 1-0

Charles leaves soul to kids
Youngsters in Los Angeles will have Ray Charles on their mind now that a museum has opened at the inner-city building where he had an office.

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Bay Village student makes right move with business teaching kids chess
The dog days of summer came and went, leaving most kids with memories of lazy days at the pool, playing video games, attending summer camps or hanging around with their buddies.

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In Detroit, where the school district runs a budget deficit and crime is rampant on the its blighted-out streets, the game of chess is making a difference. What started out as an after-school program has become the Detroit City Chess Club. (March 24)

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The latest in the McKay Chess Library for Kids

Checkmate is the ultimate goal of chess. In The Chess Kid’s Book of Checkmate, chess teacher David MacEnulty teaches the rules of checkmate to players between the ages of 6 and 10. The big idea in The Chess Kid’s Book of Checkmate is that many checkmates fall into well-known patterns. The player who remembers common checkmate patterns will have an advantage over the one who doesn’t. Step-by-step, wit… More >>

The Chess Kid’s Book of Checkmate

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Chess for long has been regarded as a game of strategies and tactics and several theoreticians have developed extensive chess strategies and tactics since the game’s inception. The game is not merely referred to as a source of entertainment but it also helps you to develop and enhance several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful for human development.

A good study of the game of chess can help you increase your analytical skills. Chess learning through practical methods such as online chess lessons can be an effective way of learning the game.  Chess is a very challenging game and it requires the player to be mentally active and have a deep concentration to perform well in the game. Chess can actually help in slowing the effect of certain terrible disorders & problems such as MS, Alzheimer’s and Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

During the last few years, there has been a clear ascension in the number of kids who are diagnosed as having ADHD, and the numbers are on a continuous increase. The common treatment used nowadays to handle ADHD problems is the administering of medicines as they help to accelerate the slow brain processing-typical condition. Parents find themselves chasing after different kinds of solutions: psychologists, drugs etc. The doctors make all kinds of diagnosis, but unfortunately in most of the cases they admit that there is no 100% cure for these problems.

Chess has been characterized as a “brain using” game and forces the child to use the following skills:

Attention Long distance planning thinking Memory Ability to resist external provocations Global and General vision of what is occurring around the child Patience Forecasting of future steps

That is why it is believed that chess can be a great way to help ADHD kids improve their thinking skills. Educators say chess is a valuable tool for teaching creative thinking, math, reading skills and patience to elementary schoolers. Learning Chess will help the child to use his mind in an efficient manner that enhances their thinking skills. According to Chess teachers, the study of chess is effective in teaching patience and concentration to students with short attention spans and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. There have been no scientific studies on ADHD and chess, but educators say chess for kids is remarkable in its ability to make kids pay attention. In fact learning chess has been combined in the school program syllabus in more that 30 countries.