Chess kids battle in Victoria

Here is a news article about 2007 Chess Kids national inter-school championships:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22591965-2862,00.html

It is really great to see so many young kids involved in the game of chess. I particularly like the quote which says "Chess offers students a dynamic mental challenge, and also gives them skills, which help them with problem solving and concentrating on school work."

I remember a couple of years ago when I was in my school chess club there were usually less than 10 members always. I hope that in the future more parents and school teachers would encourage their kids to get involved in chess at an early age as it has so many benefits for the youth.

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I hope you accept my challange to play in this house.

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I look after a regular Junior Chess section at our local club in a Sydney suburb.  Some ideas we have used to make it more fun. esp for the younger kids are:

1.    Group games, where the kids are split into 2 groups (one playing white and one playing black) and discuss each move for a few minutes before a leader calls out the move for their team.

2.    Simultaneous exhibitions where I play say 5-10 boards against individuals or pairs.  This gives them, esp the weaker ones, a chance to pit their wits against a reasonably strong player.

I wonder if anyone else has experience with novel ways of helping kids grow to their potential as chess players, whatever that level may be?

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