Is your business looking for fresh ideas to build or maintain a competitive advantage?

Build your business with associates who think strategically, visualize the future and solve problems. Checkmate your competition by using a cost effective activity that is challenging yet enjoyable.

In corporate training, games are serious business. Using games can improve your thinking skills while applying business strategies and tactics on the chessboard.

Business schools have been using the Chess Model of deliberate practice for over 80 years. See how leading MBA programs use the same techniques chess players use. See MBA

Chess-Now is working with the Corporate Learning Institute (CLI) to help their clients build better strategic thinking skills See Corporate Learning Institute.

Chess-Now is featured in career coaching tips from Corporate Coaching International. The Chess model of practice helps build strategic thinking skills. See Coaching Tips.

See Mr. Egerton presenting at a business Chamber of Commerce meeting. His topic is the importance of Strategic Thinking in Business. See Thinking in Business Video.

NEW - Tennis at the Open

PTR tennis instructor, Jim Egerton will be conducting Tennis/Chess classes at the US Open Chess Tournament in Irvine, CA in August. Cardio Tennis and drills are on the agenda. See US Open for more details.

NEW - Tennis Star Lindsay Davenport appears at St. Louis Chess tournament

St. Louis Aces, Lindsay Davenport helped the St. Louis Chess Club celebrate its 2 year anniversary by playing tennis on a chessboard. The event coincided with the US Women's Chess Championship. See Lindsay for a picture and Celebration for a complete gallery.

Wheaton Sport Center

Chess-Now Founder, Jim Egerton is at one of the Midwest's premiere sports facilities as a Mental Skills Coach. He is integrating tennis & chess at WSC

Tennis Symposium Presentation

Mr. Egerton presented Checkmate - Teach Your Players to Build Strategies Like a Chess Game at the PTR Symposium. PTR is the largest tennis teachers organization in the world.

See the results of the PTR-Checkmate Survey on tennis strategy, tactics and technique.

Chicago Tribune Feature Article

Mr. Egerton was featured in the Chicago Tribune article "That's Game, Set, Checkmate" . See CheckMate for more details.

Naperville, Wheaton and Winfield held "From the Chessboard to the Tennis Court" classes this summer. The classes linked strategies and tactics used in both games. See Wheaton for details.

"Chess - A Game for the Ages" presentation is a historic look at this treasured game.  It's a great idea for your next event.

Chess-Now introduced "Chess - the Intelligent Side of Your Game" at area health clubs promoting the synergies of chess with tennis, golf, running and wellness. See Glen Ellyn for details.

See how the National Basketball Association uses chess to promote the playoffs. For more information see NBA.

Chess-Now is assisting the Sociology Department at Northwestern University about how people choose to use their leisure time.  Chess is one of the activities being researched.