Should chess be the most important subject in school?

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amogh_saagar
anchordraw wrote:

Some students compete in sports, others excel in music or art.  Chess seems to be a niche club level activity after class.  Completely voluntary.  Don't see why you would try to force it on anyone.

Ok that got me

MrOOF1000

ok??

KingKev52

Would love to see this happen across the world!!!!!!

MrOOF1000

ok??

bigdog4ife

chess relates lot to math

bigdog4ife

and problem solving which is not something you learn in school

amogh_saagar

yeah thats what i told

bigdog4ife

yeah just agreeing

anchordraw

I was in grade school during the Bobby Fischer chess boom.  Even then there were only a small percentage of students that played much chess.  In High School, we had maybe 8-10 students in our chess club out of over 800 students.  Don't think I'd require students to play a game their not interested in.  We love chess or we wouldn't play on this site, but trying to mandate chess would be silly. Forcing students to play chess that have no interest would be like forcing me to sing in the choir.   

amogh_saagar

today too in India not many students play chess 

bigdog4ife

if u force people to play chess when they do not like they will tell their childrem when they grow up and then hatred will grow over the years

zazalee23
Chess is AMAZING for your brain and development and things like memory, but it shouldn’t be the most important subject. I would love it if chess was an elective so you would still have chess class, but people who don’t want to don’t have to. Even as beneficial as it is, chess can be a nightmare for people who don’t like it. Some people’s brains aren’t wired to play chess and if they don’t want to learn that should be a supported decision.
TeacherOfPain

https://www.chess.com/club/the-eagle if you join this club you will have plenty of activity, fun yet competitive matches and you play vote chess, daily chess, live chess and have plenty of good chats with the coordinators, admins, super admins and members that we have at this club. 

Join now and it you won't regret it, if you stay long enough you can become an coordinator or admin. 

TeacherOfPain

Chess is fun, but I don't know if it should be a important subject, and as much as I hate writing reports and study for tests and quizzes, the essentials should stay in the essentials, and the extracurricular stay in the extra curricular in my opinion. 

I say this not happy but rather sad as I love to play the game, but we have to remember it is just a game, so it should be played, but not to the extent over school and as a major subject, even Jose Raul Capablanca once said "The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life." - Paul Morphy

Chess is great, however it does have its limits and personally I love it, but the fact is, it is in a different realm and should stay there for the sake of what is needed such as important skills such as critical thinking, communication skills, IT and the knowledge of the interent, skills used such as in excel, microsoft, powerpoint or even social media platforms like Linkedin, Youtube and sometimes MySpace or Facebook for professional business. 

The Major subjects is the skills that help a person, and though chess may build some skills, it shouldn't be put as a major subject, that's all. 

LightningPanda_8

Chess is a subject in my school

amogh_saagar

what???

amogh_saagar

lucky

bilalakhtar110

Should be an important part of syllabus chums

MrOOF1000

i already have chess as a sport in my school

amogh_saagar

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