Chess has many supporters in the education field. There are many lesson plans out there for chess and incorporating it into your classroom. The game itself deals with quadrants and coordinates, lines and angles as well as thinking strategies. Children are forced to weigh their options and making decisions when playing the game of chess.

It was a little difficult to match the standards to the game of chess only because the standards have become so specific. If one were to look at the big picture chess would align with most mathematical reasoning standards. Here are a few I found that fit with the game of chess.

5.3.7 Use information taken from a graph or equation to answer questions about a problem situation.

5.7.1 Analyze problems by identifying relationships, telling relevant from irrelevant information, sequencing and prioritizing information, and observing patterns.

6.7.3 Decide when and how to break a problem into simpler parts.

A1.4.1 Graph a linear equation

A1.9.2 Decide whether a solution is reasonable in the context of the original situation.