Early Chess Lessons Can Improve Performance

Early specialization does correlate with early accelerated performance, but not elite performance as an adult. A study of olympic and national level athletes showed that the olympic level performers spent more time exploring various other activities when compared to their national level counterparts. Early adopters suffer from burn out or injury, while late bloomers spend more time figuring out exactly what interests them. When they do find this passion, they are a better match and they learn rapidly.