THE KNIGHT SCHOOL CHESS ACADEMY BLOG
THE 21 CHESS STRATEGIES THAT GOT MY TWO KIDS INTO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

“In poker, you play the cards you are dealt; in chess, you are the dealer.”

--by TKS Founder and National Executive Director David Brooks, Ph.D.

POST # 1 - HOW THE FIVE STAGES OF A CHESS GAME DICTATED OUR PATH TO UNIVERSITY ADMISSION

David Brooks, Ph.D.

5 min

POST # 1 - HOW THE FIVE STAGES OF A CHESS GAME DICTATED OUR PATH TO UNIVERSITY ADMISSION

Dr. Brooks, The Knight School founder, overviews the 20 steps he and his kids followed to strategically achieve university admission.

POST # 2 - CHILDHOOD AND SETTING UP THE CHESS PIECES PERFECTLY - SETTING UP THE PAWNS ♟︎

David Brooks, Ph.D.

7 min

POST # 2 - CHILDHOOD AND SETTING UP THE CHESS PIECES PERFECTLY - SETTING UP THE PAWNS ♟︎

Pop culture inundates us with reverence for elite universities and an assumption that everyone should go there, but is this a healthy idea?

POST # 3 - THE 9 PERSONAL SUPERPOWER CHARACTERISTICS THAT CHESS IMPARTS - SETTING UP THE ROOKS ♜

David Brooks, Ph.D.

8 min

POST # 3 - THE 9 PERSONAL SUPERPOWER CHARACTERISTICS THAT CHESS IMPARTS - SETTING UP THE ROOKS ♜

Learn about the 9 unique ways that chess helps kids with university admission 10-15 years in advance.