Intermediate/Advance: 8-13 yrs oldAs a school academic in a game ? and leadership training model – playing chess and being smart are interconnected. There’s a strong correlation between chess and academic achievement including math, spatial analysis and non-verbal reasoning ability. Chess allows kids to connect with something in the real world which in turn, fires up their desire to learn. Garbed with a ?self-image in a friends-learning-together? classroom setting, kids get trained in life-skills goal setting: check.Chess provides a mental armor, commander (leader) and self-image whereby kids can draw upon and develop a well-rounded discipline, amidst a friendly social setting where art meets science and math with fun. No classes: Sep 30 & Nov 11, 2026.Instructor?s Mission Statement: ?Strategies now, leader tomorrow’