Having earned the second-highest chess ranking possible, Ottawa teen Johnathan Han is using his skills to teach other youngsters the love of the game.Johnathan Han, a Grade 9 student at Ottawa's Merivale High School, is one of approximately 4,000 international master chess players in the world.
"It's just kind of surreal," said Han, who earned his title in December 2023 by winning the North American Youth Chess U18 Open Championship. To improve, Han juggles high school with travel to different tournaments, as often as once a month in places as far as Greece or the Netherlands. The Youth Coordinator for the Chess Federation of Canada credits people having more time, and the game's prevalence in popular culture, for the growth.For Han, online chess content creators like YouTubers GothamChess and grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura help explain the rise among his peers. Even his younger brother Joshua, 11, is getting in on the game, saying he enjoys the calm of the sport.
"The first is discipline. The second is the consequence. have to learn emotional control," she said. "These are nice soft skills you can transfer into lifetime skills."
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