The aim of this ludic project is to incorporate the chess in the community centres, recreational centres, prisons, etc… chess is a magnificent tool to learn, educate and enjoy all at the same time.
In this project, the competitive aspects and win ore lose the game are not relevant. What is really important is the recreational and ludic aspects.
In the section Chess advantages of this web page, there is an enumeration of the improved capacities, the values and the habits acquired with the study and practice of this game.
In the community centers in addition to the physical activity, it would be convenient to do mental activity by means of chess. In this way elderly people can keep their intellectual capacities the most. Moreover, they can enjoy a good quality of life and retard as much as possible the neurodegenerative disease.
In the leisure centres, at the same time that a person is having fun, it is convenient to learn how to manage the spare time. By promoting cooperation and tolerance values, together with the respect to the differences, the youth and adult people will have a better quality of life and the bad habits will be avoided.
Chess can help in decreasing the social unrest and the aggressiveness, as well as in rejoining deprived groups into the society. Chess promotes the resolution of the problems by talking and reasoning.
Retired people, who help other people, can incorporate chess courses in their altruistic activities and besides encourage intergenerational relationships.
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