Software Series For Scholastic Chess Clubs

Does your school have a Chess Club or do you want to start one? Food for Thought Software, Inc. announces the release of its Think Like a King Software series inexpensive, fully integrated modular software components designed to enhance existing chess clubs or make it easier to introduce chess to your school.

No other software series is designed specifically for this purpose. In fact, because of its unique approach and substantial potential for expanding and enhancing scholastic chess opportunities, the United States Chess Federation has given our foundation program, Chess Club Manager, its exclusive endorsement.

Why Chess at school? Not just because Chess has long been shown to improve critical thinking skills and attitudes important to academic success, but because it's time kids learned that thinking is as legitimate and enjoyable a competitive activity as any sport!! One of the significant advantages of our series is that kids will be drawn to chess not only as an intellectual activity but as a school sport. The pool of students interested in chess is, therefore, likely to expand in schools using our system because of the inherent attraction of sports.

Used together, our Think Like a King software components will provide the basic curricular, motivational and management tools needed to establish and sustain a truly successful and exciting school chess program. With our system, the chess learning process is made easier and infinitely more fun and rewarding than when traditional methods are used.

While chess books are an important learning resource, students are sometimes overwhelmed by the constant back-and-forth struggle between text and static diagrams; the interactive quality of our tutorials, allowing students to experiment with moving pieces as they read the text, or watch pieces move automatically, greatly enhances the quality of the learning experience. Even non-chess playing teachers or volunteers will be able to educate and motivate students, and club management is simplified and streamlined enormously with Chess Club Manager .

Using this software, coaches are able to electronically maintain rosters, track player progress and standings, create custom Award Certificates and perform dozens of other functions. We also offer a 32 page manual entitled How to Organize a School Chess Club, free of charge to interested schools.

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