In both chess and life there are principals one must understand in order to make successful decisions. Through our Future Masters program students learn how these core abilities can be applied in life situations they will be confronted with based on their age.
1. Absorbability—To engross with interest. To engage. To grip ones attention. Goal is to apply. So one must first take in instruction and completely absorb.
2. Accountability— I am accountable. Do not blame anyone else for mistakes or failures.
3. Analyzability— Examine study and scrutinize yourself, your games, and others
4. Decidability—Coming to right decisions after weighing possibilities.
5. Foreseeability—To see more beforehand through calculation instinct, intuition, and vision.
6. Honorability—Honest, having good morals, principles, of good character, ethical.
7. Respectability—Good proper relations with others. Respect for coaches and other players.
8. Responsibility—contrasted with accountability. We are answerable not just I. Take care of each other and chess materials.