Seeing Patterns of Puzzles

Seeing a pattern in many puzzles helps chess players predict what's next. The ability to recognize and create patterns is essential in math, reading, and science. Working puzzles and playing games with repetitive rules and procedures provide a hands-on way for chess players to practice recognizing and remembering patterns. As they play, the solvers use what they know to anticipate what follows. Game rules and puzzle-solving strategies follow repetitive patterns. That repetition builds confidence, since training solvers know what to expect.