YM Chess Academy
"SHARPENING MINDS"
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THIS IS HOW
I MADE IT
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Member of the Cuban Olympic team 2004/2018
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Gold Medal in the 3rd board at the 2010 Olympics, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
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4th Place by Team Olympiad 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
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National champion Cuba 2011
— TAKE THE FIRST STEP ON A JOURNEY TO MASTER ONE OF THE WOLRD'S OLDEST SPORTS
"Welcome to our chess academy, where expertise meets excitement! Led by a Grand Master and certified coach recognized by the International Chess Federation, we offer engaging workshops and personalized lessons for all ages and levels. Join us for fun, interactive sessions, after-school programs, and thrilling tournaments. No matter your skill level, you're invited to be part of our chess community today! 🤗"
BENEFITS OF PLAYING CHESS
Enhance Critical Thinking
By engaging players in complex problem-solving, strategic planning, pattern recognition, memory retention, concentration, and reflection. Through gameplay, players develop these essential skills, empowering them to navigate challenges both on and off the board.
Boost Your Mood
Chess enables you to enter a flow state
Flow is a deeply rewarding sense of total involvement, in which you’re operating at a peak performance level in a challenging task. Athletes, artists, and performers often describe entering a kind of time warp, where they are so wholly focused on the task at hand that their awareness of anything beyond the performance seems to disappear.
Increase energy
Improved Academic Performance
Research suggests that children who play chess demonstrate improved academic performance, particularly in areas such as mathematics, reading comprehension, and problem-solving. The skills developed through chess, such as logical reasoning and strategic thinking, can translate to academic success.
Social and Emotional Development
Chess can promote social interaction, cooperation, and sportsmanship among players. Whether playing in casual settings or competitive tournaments, players learn to communicate effectively, handle success and failure gracefully, and develop resilience in the face of challenges.
Build Confidence
Engaging in chess can provide a mental escape and relaxation, helping to reduce stress and anxiety. The focus required during gameplay can serve as a form of mindfulness, promoting mental well-being and emotional resilience.
Considered a creative therapy strategy, chess allows you to see your reactions to stress and to challenges as they arise in the course of a match.
Honing your Planning Skills
Overall, chess provides a structured and engaging environment for developing and honing planning skills. Through gameplay, players learn to think strategically, allocate resources effectively, adapt to changing circumstances, and evaluate their decisions—skills that are invaluable for success in various aspects of life.
That habit of mind — careful contemplation and planning — is one of the cognitive health benefits of playing chess.
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