Play Values This product supports the following areas of child development.
Jumping
Competitive Play
Games & Puzzles
Description
Chess is a 2 player strategy game originating from India before the 6 century AD and was used to train princes in warfare strategy. The chess peices represent an army, The Rook, Knights, Bishops, Queen and pawns strategically move to capture the opponents King and the game is won when Check Mate is declaired. In 1851 the first official competitive chess tournament took place in London. Chess develops strategic thinking, reasoning ability and has been shown to improve children's memory, learning ability, mathematics skills, spacial awareness and pattern recognition. The chessboard can be used for both chess and draughts. This has 300mm x 300mm solid squares.