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    Scenes from Chess Day at a Brooklyn school

    Since 1986, Chess-in-the-Schools has taught more than 400,000 underprivileged students how to play

    Zoran Milich
    <p>March 5, 2011, Brooklyn, New York—Luc Arias, 9, of Public School 226 check mates David Allen, 9, of Public School 40 during the Chess-in-the-Schools program, which hosted 800 students at a Chess Day tournament at Intermediate School 318.</p> <p>Photo by Zoran Milich</p>

    March 5, 2011, Brooklyn, New York—Luc Arias, 9, of Public School 226 check mates David Allen, 9, of Public School 40 during the Chess-in-the-Schools program, which hosted 800 students at a Chess Day tournament at Intermediate School 318.

    Chess-in-the-Schools is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to improving academic performance and building self-esteem among inner-city public school children. Since 1986, Chess-in-the-Schools has taught more than 400,000 students in Title 1 New York City public schools.

    Through structured classroom, after-school, weekend, and summer programs, they use chess as an educational tool to promote learning and to help young people develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving.

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