age for chess
The age that will allow them to become best at chess? The age at which learning chess will best help to develop as people? (The two may well be very different: many child prodigies come to regret their lost childhood.) – David Richerby Dec 14 '14 at 11:52. I think there are two major aspects of learning chess. The Peak Age for a Chessplayer. Edward Winter. From page 20 of the programme for the 2002 Russia versus the World event in Moscow: The November 2014 world championship match between Carlsen and Anand will be taking place one month before the latter s 45th birthday. (8876). In C.N. 1330 (see page 127 of Chess Explorations) Colin McGuigan (Newtownards, Northern Ireland) quoted Arpad Elo on page 19 of the October 1973 CHESS : If a player should reach the master level by age 18, he may expect an advance in proficiency in the next 15 years of approximately a full class interval. For players in continuous competition, performance at about age 63 is comparable to that at age 21. Peak performance is attained around age 36, and the average peak is about 120 points higher than the level at ages 21 and 63. The decline is slower than the rise, but it is steady and unremitting, in most cases. Chess masters reach their peak about the age of 45. Alekhine won back the world championship at this age. Capablanca celebrated his 45th year with his success at Moscow and Nottingham, 1936. Lasker was 45 when he won the tournament of St Petersburg, 1914. This competition remains unique in the State. No other major chess event in California has competition according to age alone. The tradition in the United States is for scholastic youth tournaments where the players compete by school grades. Most of the rest of the worlds use age as the criteria for competition. I have been forcing one classroom in Peoria, AZ to learn chess as part of a curriculum for 4 years, rotating victim third graders. Hundreds of kids later, I have zero complaints about the game! Try to teach to kids like you would have wanted a chess coach to teach you when you were your kid's age. I make fun of the pieces (The King is old and fat, and moves one square, anywhere, even in his underwear). I only know of good websites for adults to learn. I am currently writing a capstone position paper about the optimum age for a person to start learning chess. I have come to the conclusion that the optimum age is 5-6. I need help brainstorming reasons though. So far I have: 1  Most grandmasters learn chess at this age. 2  Children's brains are like sponges at this age. Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: I have taught chess play to kids as young as 3. The age doesn't matter. Here are the signs to look for: 1. The child knows how to share and take turns. 2. We will try to avoid accelerated pairings wherever possible. This system should not be necessary in the 10 through 13 year old age groups as there is a blitz playoff for the first place trophy. See U.S. Chess Federation Rules of Chess 28R (p130) on accelerated pairings.
Age is 5-6