“The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board.” – Simon Williams. July 20 was declared World Chess Day by United Nations. You may ask what are the benefits of chess? Simply put, Chess helps develop higher order thinking skills like critical thinking, decision making , problem solving, planning. It is a civil game with an ethical code that predisposes players to play respectfully with other individuals. Students are also instilled with two important virtues of fairness and honesty.