Manna Chess Academy

Chess Brief History

“The origins of chess are not exactly clear, though most believe it evolved from earlier chess-like games played in India almost two thousand years ago. The game of chess we know today has been around since the 15th century where it became popular in Europe. Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king. Checkmate happens when the king is in a position to be captured (in check) and cannot escape from capture.” Many kids play video games that are addictive in a negative way. Some of the downsides to video game playing are: the intense need for instant gratification, playing non-stop for hours taking away time for connecting with others, addiction withdrawal symptoms when asked to cut down or stop their playing-mood swings and agitation increase. Chess is one of many great alternatives to video games. The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cadets Chess Championship" (categories U8, U10 and U12) and "World Youth Chess Championship" (categories U14, U16 and U18).

Easy to Learn

Every Child, both Children from 3 to 10 years old, including teenagers from 11 to 19 and above can learn Chess. Adults play chess and it's popular for it's National and International tornaments. It brings numerous countries together and IQ centered competition with awards and rewards that are amazing. Few of the Things that makes Chess renowned and easy to learn are. 1. Chess is one of the oldest games that people still play and it has been popular gradually. People are so much connected with this game. 2. This game was started on 6th century in India. But modern chess has come front by Europeans with modern rules and regulation. 3. This game is known as a game of brilliant peoples. You need to have proper concentration power, enough creativity and have to be visionary if you want to win a chess game. 4. It will improve your concentration power, creativity and brain gradually. And that’s why everyone should play this game regularly. 5. When it began in India, it was known as ‘chaturanga’ and it was a really different game than modern chess. But the European has brought lots of changes in the rules and made this game really awesome. 6. Experts say that, if a kid plays chess regularly, it will improve his IQ, concentration, creativity, and memory. All of them are highly important for a kid to develop. This game can develop all these qualities in a kid. 7. We all should let our kids play chess. 8. I started playing chess when I was 6 and my brother my first teacher in this game. 9. I play regularly and learn daily. There are so many things to learn from this game. 10. Chess is not just a game, it’s a lesson for everyone.

Benefits of Learning Chess

Manna Chess Academy training on kids as brought to light great development. As a coach playing chess with grade school children during therapy sessions and have observed the following: Chess teaches strategy and this creates thinking about two or three moves in advance instead of focusing only on what the next move of your chess piece will be. This changes the usual concentration of only thinking about what is going to happen in the next five seconds. This instructs children to look beyond the first move and the immediate future. This is an enhancement to their planning skills. Chess teaches patience. After a few games, the child learns that making moves without thoroughly looking at the whole board and noticing where important pieces are vulnerable will end up with her losing these important pieces. They will learn that the lack of patience will most likely cause them to end up in checkmate. Chess will improve executive functioning. According to National Center for Learning Disabilities, “Executive function is a set of mental processes that helps connect past experience with present action. People use it to perform activities such as planning, organizing, strategizing, paying attention to and remembering details, and managing time and space.” Chess allows children to practice all the facets of executive functioning and provides a motivation (winning) to engage in all these facets. Therefore kids who have difficulty with executive functioning will increase these skills. Chess is a healthy distraction from present trauma that children may be experiencing. If her parents are going through a hostile divorce or if she has witnessed extreme violence, concentrating on chess will provide a meaningful respite from the pain that surrounds her life. Chess will teach them that they have a choice of distancing themselves from their agony through healthy means such as chess or unhealthy escapes like drugs and alcohol. Chess is a great board game for parents to play with their children. The nuances of the game will improve your connection with your child as you teach him or he teaches you how to play effectively. This is a game when you can share and teach strategies, learn from mistakes and be with each other in a quiet, thoughtful way.

Chess Classes and coaching

We make coaching easy... Manage students and clubs Organize tournaments Review student games and progress Materials and Coaching support Chess4kids EN Our Chess Academy Chess4kids offers high quality chess training that is build up systematically by levels that are defined by age and experience. To enhance learning opportunities for all children by recognising each child’s unique individuality, academic, social and cultural strengths and interests. Our Training Concept In our training concept the kids are guided through different training phases and levels. Depending on the age and experience, the kids enter the MINIMASTER or MAXIMASTER Level. Schach Akademie für Kinder Our Minimaster Concept Through our journey of teaching we developed a playful program that fosters children starting from 2 years on. Many studies show the profound benefits of chess and the effectiveness of learning through play like instill confidence, sharpen critical thinking, boost emotional intelligence, enhance arithmetic skills and strengthen academic performance. This innovative MINIMASTER program includes a huge variety of behavioral and interest based activities. During the classes we offer a stimulating and widespread learning enviroment with many sensory and movement related exercises and games. With this specially designed program we cover every aspect of your child’s development, from social interaction to physical activity to cognitive learning through play. Through that the children develop the confidence, creativity, curiosity and learning skills. Our lessons offer a safe, fun and nurturing environment and include interactive moments, physical movements (like chessercizes as combinations of psychomotorical exercises and chess), storytelling and guidelines for game play at each level of development. Our MINIMASTER program consists of 2 levels: prelevel 1 and prelevel 2. Through that we can focus on the development areas of each defined age group. Since we work in small groups with experienced teachers, each child can grow on its individual pace. The classes are designed in 6-month increments

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Manna Chess Academy @ No 1 Manna Kingdom Stars Schools, Eket, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
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Manna Chess Academy, an educational organization dedicated to educating and inspiring our youth through chess. We strongly believe that each child should have an equal opportunity to pursue their goals and dreams. With this in mind, our goal is to provide the best chess education available to children of all ages and ensure that the cost is affordable for all families — regardless of socioeconomic background.

Manna Chess Academy is a branch of Manna Kingdom Stars International Schools, comprising of Primary and secondary located in Akwa Ibom State.

Moses, Victory Thomas is the Current Director and Senior Coach in Manna Chess Academy.
It was Founded September 2016 and started online Coaching August 2021.

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What is Chess

Chess Brief History

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Benefits of Learning Chess

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