Description: Breaking the chess world's color lines by becoming 1999's International Grandmaster, Ashley serves up compelling anecdotes about how chess has positively affected young players. Readers will understand how chess strategies can improve a child's mental agility, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
Review Quotes: "Chess improves strategic thinking, attention span, patience, camaraderie, and sportsmanship. Maurice Ashley is not only an International Grandmaster as a chess player but also as a teacher and activist." --Wynton Marsalis
"Maurice Ashley has been like a brother to me since I was twelve years old. I know the man, I know the competitor, I know the artist, and I know the teacher. There is no better source for the abundance of educational potential bubbling from the game of chess. Read this book!" --Josh Waitzkin, International Chess Master and subject of the book and film Searching for Bobby Fischer."It's a great message of hope, that chess can be one piece of the puzzle to help our young people shine. It's what we all want for our kids." --Will Smith