Chess scientific researches
International Chess University takes an active role in supporting chess education programs all over the world.
Many scientific studies have confirmed that children who are taught chess, in addition to their regular courses, do better in school. Studies report that chess helps develop valuable reading and decision-making skills, and improves students' ability to concentrate.
Chess brings out latent abilities that have not been reached by traditional educational means. It promotes logical thinking, instills a sense of self-confidence, and self-worth and improves communication and pattern recognition skills. It teaches the values of hard work, objectivity, and commitment.
The connection between chess and math, reading and critical thinking skills is well-documented. For example, in the early 1980s, researchers studying chess in Pennsylvania schools over a five-year period showed critical thinking skills improved by 17 percent for students in chess classes, compared with a 5 percent improvement for students in other classes.
In Marina, CA, an experiment with chess indicated that after only 20 days of instruction, students' academic performance improved dramatically: 55% of students showed significant improvement in academic performance after this brief smattering of chess instruction.
Similarly, a 5-year study of 7th and 8th graders of the Bradford, PA School District showed that test scores improved 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.56% for children participating in other forms of "enrichment activities" including Future Problem Solving, Dungeons and Dragons, Problem Solving with Computers, independent study, and creative writing. A Watson-Glaser Thinking Appraisal evaluation showed overwhelmingly that chess improved critical thinking skills more than the other methods of enrichment.

There are additional studies, prove, for instance, memory and creativity improvements: