Lol , many many years ago when my daughter was about four, I came across an article about a Russian scientist. In it he explained how chess aided the development of neuron growth in the brains of kids. I bought a chess that week and started teaching my daughter. She never really took to it , but by age six that changed and by now she was sacrificing her minor pieces to capture my more valuable pieces. We played for another year or so and she lost interest. Having said all of that, school was a breeze for her and so was uni. She's a doctor btw, completing her comm serv this year. Occasionally I will remind her of how I stacked the deck in her favour, by teaching her chess and developing extra neurons, asking her about any PPE tenders ...she just rolls her eyes..
