Spotted by Susan Polgar first.
The national school chess competition has grown exponentially over the past five years, by 40 to 50 per cent every year, with some competitors as young as five. Other schools are taking chess out of the lunch hour and integrating it into their maths classes for the strategic thinking and problem-solving skills the game fosters
This is indeed good news. We are starting to see something like this happening in Malaysia. MSSM has already reinstated chess. The NSC and OCM is starting to recognize chess as a sport. Let’s hope nothing spoils this growth.
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