A chess player, a teacher looking for a way in the chess education of the younger generation, a writer … This is Igor Georgievich Sukhin - a man of a restless soul, known far beyond the borders of our country. His love for chess grew into a desire to instill the same, and perhaps even stronger, love for young people. The listing of his merits in this field will take more than one page …
Biography
Sukhin Igor Georgievich was born in 1953 in the vicinity of Kaluga - in the village of Sereda. The family has always been interested in the Murzilka magazine.
He received his higher technical education at Moscow University. N. E. Bauman. He worked as an engineer in research institutes, since 1993 - a research assistant in the educational field. The topic of the dissertation was related to the problem of teaching preschoolers to play chess.
Scientist is looking for ways to learn chess
I. G. Sukhin is a developer of chess education for children. He developed techniques for teaching the basics of chess to children from 2 years old. He created a kit for an elementary school. Of his 100 books, 10 have been reviewed by the Ministry of Education. Works by I. G. Sukhin are also published abroad.
He creates fun materials for families and teaching materials for teachers. I. G. Sukhin comes up with different adventures that take place with familiar fairy-tale characters. In his books, chess pieces are magic pieces that come to life and talk with children.
For the little ones
Everyone knows that chess, as a wise logical game, contributes to the mental development of a person. Using the book "Chess for the Little Ones", a parent can explain to the child what the strength of each piece is. The book is a fairy tale about how extraordinary people learn chess. Murzilka draws figures for them, which come to life and get acquainted with fairy-tale characters: Thumbelina, Nutcracker, Dunno, etc. A friendly conversation begins …
In the manual by I. G. Sukhin offers games, each of which has its own name. Children, taking out chess pieces from the bag, can call them by touch. You can suggest to the child that the figures enter the "chess house" by seniority. The child can build in one row first pawns, then knights, etc. You can play for a while, who will collect the same figures faster. Such a game is also interesting. All chess is on the table, and the child, looking at an adult who removes a piece, takes the exact same color or, at the request of the adult, a different color.
For younger students
The titles of the chapters in the book "Amazing Adventures in the Chess Land" are interesting. A younger schoolchild will certainly think about where the king can go, what is common between the flying carpet and chess, why the bishop figure does not look like an elephant, who are the opponents. On the pages of this book, the boy Yura met with the girl Kletochka, who told him a lot of interesting things about this attractive game. He and his chess friends traveled around the Chess Country.
I. G. Sukhin believes that the golden key for the development of a child's intelligence is in the hands of parents.
Non-chess books
I. G. Sukhin writes books not only about chess. He makes crosswords, games, riddles, tongue twisters with difficult sounds, puzzles with non-repeating numbers, sixteen-square Sudoku. He has developed many literary quizzes.
Personal life
I. Sukhin became a dad, then a grandfather, and his favorite magazine "Murzilka" was always with him. He takes it with him on long trips.
One day he decided to get all the Murzilki out of his bookcases. I wonder what height you get if you put them on top of each other. Then I realized that one would have to do it for a long time. I called my wife Tatiana for help. Then daughters - Elena and Olga. The six-year-old granddaughter Katyusha also came running to help. Many, probably, will not believe that the mountain of magazines turned out to be under the ceiling! Then the granddaughter enthusiastically began to read the magazine aloud.
Restless man
I. G. Sukhin is an honorary worker, laureate, professor, associate professor, moderator, diploma winner of book exhibitions. As a talented and restless person, he is still not indifferent to the fate of chess education. The work of a Methodist, writing is a joy of the soul for him. There is no limit to any of his creativity. The contribution of this famous person to Russian education cannot be overestimated.
