BSI Chess Team

The BSI Chess Team grows bigger and stronger each year thanks to dedicated parent volunteers, especially coach Vlad!

• participate in the chess enrichments during school hours
• join the BSI Chess team and play in various tournaments

Here are a few reasons why it’s good for kids to play chess:

• Chess is fun!
• Chess helps foster creativity, logical and critical thinking
• Chess encourages and rewards those who persevere and work hard
• Chess improves concentration and memory
• Chess enhances reading and math skills
• Chess forces to think strategically and foresee the consequences
• On average, students who play chess score 10 percentage points higher on reading tests than their peers who don’t

UPCOMING CHESS TOURNAMENTS
U.S. CHESS FEDERATION
THE BENEFITS OF CHESS VIDEO