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8-year-old Boy Becomes Youngest Player to Beat a Chess Grandmaster: ‘I felt amazing’
(www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
At chess?
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At hand-to-hand combat
I heard it was rock-paper-scissors, but I didn't read the article like you did.
arm wrestling
Fortnight
Hot dog eating contest
Limbo
He's 8 and a half! What a misleading headline.
That grandmaster must be kicking himself
his parents seeing the “inevitability” of their son spending more time than they did growing up looking at screens, and explained they tried to get out ahead of the habit by introducing the boy to the ancient board game through ChessKid.com.
Anyone else see the irony here?
I'm a new parent and I'm worried about this too... I was thinking outdoor activities though.
Outdoor activities as well, obviously. I think the point the parents are making is that kids are going to play games on their screens, so if, perhaps, they could get their child to play a game that improves cognitive ability, coping skills, problem solving skills, and socioaffective development, that would be better.
It also has an "IRL" version where the skills from the screen are almost directly translated over the board, which is helpful. That was the context of the win against the GM.
Pfft. Any rts or 4x game requires far more brain skills than chess.
The future is now, old man.
I taught my kid to read before age 3 by introducing computer phonics programs very early on.
The parents were right and what youre implying makes you seem very short sighted
I taught my kid to read before age 3
Sure you did.
This comment makes you seem very... something.