Raia Rooks Chess Academy

At the prestigious Olojo Festival World Chess Tournament (7th Edition), excellence was not just witnessed, it was embodied.
The Vice President of the Nigeria Chess Federation, proudly repping Raia Rooks Chess Club/Academy, bringing class, focus, and leadership right to the board. ♟️🥰👑🏁

Congratulations to the 2nd position winner of the National Friends Of Chess Championships (NFOC), 2026, The Veteran Category!

Class meets the board.
Nigeria’s formidable, International Player Obioma Onuoha, aka, "GM Double OO," repping Raia Rooks Apparel in style.
This is more than fashion, it’s legacy. 💙👊🏿👍🏿

🧠♟ The 6 Thinking Levels: How Children Think & Learn Through Chess

Every child can think — just in different ways. 💡

This visual beautifully illustrates the six levels of thinking, inspired by Bloom’s Taxonomy, and shows how chess naturally supports each stage of a child’s cognitive development:

🔹 Remembering – recalling rules, moves, and patterns
🔹 Understanding – explaining ideas and strategies in one’s own words
🔹 Applying – using learned concepts during real games
🔹 Analyzing – breaking positions into parts and finding patterns
🔹 Evaluating – making decisions and justifying the best choice
🔹 Creating – designing new ideas, plans, and solutions

♟️ Through chess, children don’t just memorize — they explain, apply, analyze, decide, and create.
It nurtures critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, while respecting that every learner shines in their own way.

✨ Big idea:
• Bloom’s Taxonomy shows how deeply a child thinks
• Multiple intelligences remind us how a child is smart

A child may forget words…
❤️ but still be brilliant at creating ideas!



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