Mission Statement

Last updated: 2017-10-03

MOTTO: "We raise champions!"


Our activity promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess, for its own sake as a sport, art and science, but also as a means for the improvement of our multicultural society.
Our aim is to have chess recognized as a sport in Canada and make it an important tool in educating and developing life long logical thinking, social and organizational skills of the young generation.

 

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”
Albert Einstein
"Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and verbal skills."
GM Susan Polgar, 4 time Women's World Champion
"If a child cannot learn the way she is taught, it is better to teach her the way she can learn"
Marion Welchmann
"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."
Solomon Ibn Gabriol
"Knowledge Learnt in Isolation is Rapidly Forgotten"
S Jogelkar
“When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.”
Chinese proverb
“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back”
Chinese proverb
"The most powerful app we can use is our mind"
Valer Eugen Demian

 

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