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What are the benefits of playing in tournaments?

7/6/2015

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Playing in tournaments is a test stone for a serious chess player. It marks the beginning of a wonderful journey.

Here are an incomplete list of benefits for a child to play in tournaments:

  • s/he will take the game more serious and can have faster progress and better enjoyment
  • s/he will have ratings and watch him/herself growing up in chess
  • s/he will have a chance to practice what s/he has learned in chess lessons
  • s/he will meet a lot of new kids outside his/her school or club, and make a lot of new friends
  • s/he will learn how to accept a tough loss
  • s/he will learn how to handle a strange environment and thrive
  • s/he will learn to be independent, without parents' care in every minute
  • s/he will learn time management
  • s/he will learn how to handle pressure
  • s/he will win medals and trophies
  • s/he will travel to a lot of places

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Dave Anderson link
9/28/2018 01:32:00 pm

I like how you included on this list of benefits that the child will learn how to accept a tough loss. I think it would be very important for my child to learn how to accept a tough loss because I think there is a lot of tough loss to deal with in life. I want to put my child in chess lessons so that they can learn and be prepared for life.

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