Advocate Calls For Universal Chess Instruction

In a "Chicago News Cooperative" column in the New York Times (10/15, Subscription Publication), James Warren profiles Hungarian former chess child prodigy Susan Polgar, who calls for chess to be a mandatory part of K-2 education. Polgar "runs the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence at Texas Tech University. The foundation supports chess for boys and girls, but especially girls, and sponsors events nationwide. ... Polgar's mantra is that chess teaches discipline, analytical thinking, time management, focus and patience - skills that can be useful throughout life."