Selected to the Wilson Tennis Team

Mr. Egerton is a member of the Wilson Tennis Advisory Board staff.

See Wilson for more information.

Chess - A Practice Court for the Mind

TennisPro received an APEX publishers award for Jim Egerton's article on tennis players improving with chess. For a reprint see Article.

Tennis Symposium UPDATES

A chess/tennis breakout session and a chess simultaneous exhibition were held at this years symposium. See PTR 2011 for details.

See Checkmate - Teach Your Players to Build Strategies Like a Chess Game at the PTR 2010 Symposium.

Tennis at the Open

Chess-Now has conducted tennis clinics at recent US Open chess tournaments see chess/tennis. for pictures and Chess Life. for the article.

Chess-Now is incorporating chess strategies into sports training.

Incorporating chess into your sport is a great way to develop strategic thinking patterns and critical decision making skills. Use chess as a tool to help you improve the mental side of your game. Chess can make you better at the game you already play. Chess-Now Sports Programs are fun for people of all ages! Specific programs are available to meet the needs of your sport

Chicago Tribune recognizes Tennis & Chess

Chess-Now founder Jim Egerton was featured in a Chicago Tribune article that highlighted his pioneering work of using chess to help tennis players practice the mental side of their game. See Chicago Tribune to read the article.

Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) recognizesTennis & Chess

The Professional Tennis Registry hosted Mr. Egerton at their tennis teacher symposium where he presented " Checkmate - Teach Your Players to Build Strategies like a Chess Game". See PTR Symposium for more information.

What We Offer

See a list of the current programs we offer under Sports Training. See Sports Programs for more information.

Appearances

See how Chess-Now and other sport celebrities are involved with promoting the use of sports and chess. See Appearances for more information.

What People are Saying

See what people are saying about the use of chess as a tool for improving business, sports or education strategic thinking and critical decision making.  See What People are Saying for more information.

NBA uses chess forsports marketing their playoffs

See how the National Basketball Association uses chess to promote their playoffs. This powerful chess/sports metaphor video aligns the strategy and tactics used in the two games. For more information see NBA.

Chess and Sports are very much related. Most good players in any competition know the mental side of the games is what makes the difference between winners and losers. Relating knowledge from one game to another is a great way to build upon what you may already know. Learning to make good decisions in life, sports and business is the way to come out ahead. That is what Game, Set, Checkmate is about