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Expert Says Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Prees, Juno 4, 1972 15-B Five Years Is Best Age 4 To Learn to Play Chess By JOY STIM.fv The 17-year-old senior at Schreiber High School here teaches the fundamentals of the game to kindergarteners at the Flower Hill Elementary School. He is a volunteer to HELP (Help Educate Little People), a program that places high school students in an assistant teacher capacity in elmentary schools. "I asked for the younger children because I feel they're easier to work with and there's more you can teach someone young," says Schiller. "I've always had the idea of introducing- chess to kids and felt the best place was on the kindergarten level. "I learned at that age and Bobby Fischer did and so did most of the other players I have come in contact with," he continues.

"In the United States it may seem early but in the Soviet Union it's normal." Schiller, who gets a half unit credit per term for working five days a week with his young students, starts out by introducing the pieces one at a time and let-ting 'the kids become AP Newsfeatures Writer PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (AP) Five-year-olds are perfectly capable of learning to play chess and, in fact, that is the best age to start them out, says teenage chess expert Eric Schiller, who serves as a volunteer teacher to kindergarten youngsters. "'The earlier they learn to play chess the more beneficial the ability will be," he says. "Chess playing helps develop more logical reasoning processes and helps them to think more clearly and evaluate decisions better." A Schiller plans to attend the University of Chicago next year and major in Russian, a language he became interested in from reading books about chess, but which he now enjoys for its own sake. In addition to speaking Russian, he speaks Serbo-Croatian and can read German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Czech and Swedish, all of which he familiarized himself with through reading chess magazines.

He may eventually go into the field of diplomacy, teaching or some type of interpreting work. "But my real idea for life is to get a Job to sustain -myself while playing chess," he says. Home decorating is coming full circle with a return to use of natural woods, handcrafted furnishings end accessories and a general rustic simplicity. Perfect examples of the trend are rooms by designeMmportef Crosby Wight Smith. On the left on 18th-century hand-carved Finnish cupboard keys a dining area with blue and brown fabric design and 19th-century chairs painted a light blue.

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One 6-year-old has already played in an under-13-year-old tournament. "I give them general principles that get them going," he explains. "They use basically the same opening all the time, but they are beginning to get some attacking schemes down and occasionally get into some defensive things." The youth lists intelligence and a "very competitive instinct" as major prerequisites for the game. Though an aptitude for math often is not apparent at that age, he adds that the child who plays good chess will be good in math. Schiller recalls that from the time he was 4 or 5 he (cm is that many of them are available with acoustical properties.

When you stop to consider that actual measurements taken with sound level meters have shown some kitchens during hectic meal preparations to be as noisy as a downtown city street during the rush hour, it's difficult to overestimate the importance of effective acoustical control. Doing over a room from top to bottom has been made easier in recent years with the development of new manufactured ceiling that fit right into any remodeling scheme. Not only are decorative patterns being added to the market constantly, but completely different families of ceilings are being introduced to the public Responding to the demands of kitchen maintenance, Armstrong has come out with a vinyl-coated ceiling tile that's so tough that laboratory tests show what repeated scrubbings over a long period would not damage the tile in any way. The vinyl coating makes grease and grime accumulations from cooking easy to wipe off. Another added benefit of these vinyl-surfaced ceilings P-luL JJLl i I 1111111 I ii 4-: i feliililtl sp: 5V.rvf.;.-?fcH IWl jilllill 'll'1 mmmMmmmmmmMmi immmmmm mmmmmmmm -wm 'wtim wmmmm played chess with his father or guests in a casual way.

In the middle of junior high he joined a group of 9th-graders who played it a little more seriously. "We entered a tournament and had a crushing defeat," he admits, "and then I started to pick up chess seriously and bought the first of many chess books. I probably buy more chess books than any other junior (under-21 player) in the country." Now chess has become a way of life for Schiller, who carries a folding chess board, zlppercased playing pieces and basic chess books with him wherever he goes. He was an assistant tournament director for the U.S. Chess Championship, was captain of the Eastern High School co-championship team and has won many trophies.

He owns seven chess sets, including one huge "artistic" one. He also plays bridge, but thinks it involves too much luck. "In chess there's a very small percentage of luck," he says. "The only reason people lose in chess is because they make a mistake themselves." SHADES OF SOUTHWEST are reflected in the earth tone colors and stripes of vested pant set fashion from Jo Hardin. Deep ribbed, rayon and cotton "carpet-bagger" tapestry is rough and romantic contrast over the breezy woven polyester blouse.

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