Are you special like Sammy? The story of Samuel "Sammy" Herman Reshevsky A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

Each child is special Each one of us is unique. Like snowflakes we are all different! There is no one exactly like you – even twins are different from each other. A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

Everyone has special talents What are you good at? What is your best friend good at? A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

How do you find out what you will excel at? You need to ‘try it out’ – see if you like it! How will you ever know whether you would be good at something if you never try? A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

Child prodigy A child prodigy is someone who is exceptionally good at something – even better than adults who have been doing it for a long time. Sammy Reshevsky learned to play chess at the age of four, and was soon acclaimed as a child prodigy. A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

Simultaneous Exhibitions At the age of eight he was giving simultaneous exhibitions - playing lots of older chess players at the same time – and winning! A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

When he was nine his parents moved to the United States and Sammy played thousands of games in exhibitions all over the U.S. He met many famous people. The photo shows him playing a game with a film star – Charlie Chaplin. A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

Sammy said of Chess: “Chess was, for me, a natural function, like breathing. It required no conscious effort. The correct moves in a game occurred to me as spontaneously as I drew breath.” A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)

…but he would never have known he was good at it, if had never learnt how to play. This year make up your mind to try something new … perhaps Chess – who knows, you may be a prodigy! A Cyber-Chess PowerPoint Presentation (2012)