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CHESS IN THE CLASSROOM

We’re dedicated to unlocking every child’s potential through the power of chess.

When taught in an age-appropriate, playful way, chess supports both academic growth and personal development.  It strengthens cognitive skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, and spatial awareness, while also building executive function, confidence, and emotional intelligence.


INTRODUCING CHESS TO LEARNERS AGED 3–6

We offer weekly 30-minute sessions, during school hours, throughout the school term. Our classes are designed to be engaging, gentle, and developmentally aligned.  Each session is limited to a maximum of 10 children.  Groups are randomly assigned at first, and later adjusted based on learning styles and progress. This ensures each child learns at the pace and level that suits them best — while still benefitting from group interaction.


WHAT CHILDREN WILL LEARN:

  • how to set the board
  • names of the pieces
  • how each piece moves
  • the concept of check and checkmate



We are currently only based in Johannesburg.


R380.00 per child per month

A once off fee of R650.00 per child includes:

  • 2 x Chess Kidding T-Shirts
  • 1 x Chess Kidding colouring book
  • 1 x coloured chess keyring.



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BENEFITS OF CHESS

🧠 Cognitive Development

💪🏽 Personal Development

🧠 Cognitive Development

Boosts critical thinking, problem-solving, logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and spatial awareness.

🧭 Executive Function

💪🏽 Personal Development

🧠 Cognitive Development

Improves working memory, self-control, impulse regulation, flexible thinking, and decision-making.

💪🏽 Personal Development

💪🏽 Personal Development

💪🏽 Personal Development

Promotes emotional intelligence, confidence, sportsmanship, and learning from mistakes.

📚 Academic Advantage

🧘🏽 Psychosocial Benefits

💪🏽 Personal Development

Supports stronger performance in STEM, the arts, and language subjects.

🧘🏽 Psychosocial Benefits

🧘🏽 Psychosocial Benefits

🧘🏽 Psychosocial Benefits

Helps manage ADHD and anxiety, and supports stress relief as children grow.

🎨 Creativity & Innovation

🧘🏽 Psychosocial Benefits

🧘🏽 Psychosocial Benefits

Encourages out-of-the-box thinking, imaginative planning, and unique strategic problem-solving.

CHESS IN YOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL

R450.00 per month

We offer weekly, in-school chess lessons that help learners sharpen their thinking, build confidence, and grow through play. Our sessions are age-appropriate, interactive, and aligned with your school’s learning culture.

  • Weekly 1 hour lesson
  • small-group formal for focused learning
  • suitable for Grades R to 3; and Grades 4 to 7


Let’s help your learners make their next move — on and off the board.


WHY START EARLY?

GM Garry Kasparov and WIM Tshepang Tlale on learning chess young.

“The best age to introduce chess is grade 1 to 3. And it is like opening gates for education for kids. It sharpens their minds, it [teaches] them about legal framework, concentration, logic. All tests show dramatic increase in both maths and language [in children that play chess]." 13th World Chess Champion, GM Garry Kasparov in an Al Jazeera interview with our Co-Founder WIM Tshepang Tlale.

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