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Students compete in state chess tournament
Updated: Saturday, 12 Nov 2011, 10:43 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 12 Nov 2011, 10:43 PM EST
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - More than a hundred students from across the state were in Fort Wayne Saturday to play some chess.
Canterbury hosted the state chess tournament for grades K through 12. The students compete in different grade levels.
Canterbury's hosted the tournament for the last 11 years. Organizers said playing chess can help students in many ways.
"It helps a lot with cognitive skills and just learning to concentrate. They've also found in some studies that some students' math skills and even other things have benefited as a result of starting chess," Jim Dean, the Canterbury chess instructor, said.
The winners in each grade level got trophies and savings bonds.
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