CHESS is one of the three principal human activities - mathematics and music are the others - in which youth can shine. Not only do these fields produce child prodigies, but the general level of development in them is also by far greatest in adolescence.....

To become a prodigy, a young person must be exposed to the talent field she or he has the ability to become a prodigy in.

The connections between math and music extends to chess, which relates to both subjects and can help students hone their critical thinking skills and pattern recognition abilities. Mathematicians and chess players a like can greatly benefit from learning to play music. Music not only encourages students to develop discipline, but it expands the mind by creating new connections in the brain, enabling us to think both more creatively and more logically, which is an incredible benefit for mathematicians and chess players.

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CHESS; Why the Game Is Like Mathematics or Music

How Math, Chess, and Music Are Connected

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