Matthew Nedderman, 2021 Summer Youth Employment Program Intern Introduction

My name is Matthew Nedderman. I am 19 years old and attend Queensborough community College. I am studying Digital Art and design and am considering getting a Job in the Animation Industry. I have a huge passion for art and design. I have gotten the title of best artist in my senior year of High school. Some interest that I have include Basketball, Art, Animation, Music, and Clothing/Sneakers. I am excited that I was given the opportunity to work at Premier Chess. I am exciting to meet new people and improve my social skills. I am hoping to learn how to play chess because I feel it is a skillset that could benefit me in the future. Learning Chess has a lot of cognitive benefits. Skilled chess players can anticipate an opponent’s next move. To gain the ability to predict what another person will do next, a player must develop the ability to gain the opponents perspective and predict what action they will take next.

     Experienced Chess players have highly developed thinking abilities in Fluid intelligence (The ability to consider new kinds of problems and use reasoning to solve them) and Processing Speed (The ability to swiftly comprehend tasks and respond efficiently to challenges). Chess also improves the memory since the game involves memorizing numerous moves, combinations and their possible outcomes.  Chess also leads to better planning skills. This is because chess games are known for long periods of silence where players anticipate each other’s moves.