Susan Polgar Foundation FINAL video from Lisa Suhay on Vimeo. From my 40 plus years of experience, I discovered that chess can help children of all ages do better in school as well as develop many important life skills....
How to improve the next generation of a nation
How Can The Nation Of Georgia Raise A Creative Generation Levan Bzhalava The FINANCIAL — The discussion about nature vs. nurture is over. Neuroscience shows that, while the genes supply the basic blueprint, it is experience and the social...
Chess in School Conference Brussels 2016
The Chess in School Conference will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 February, 2016. The Conference will take place from 4.30 to 6.30 pm in the A1E1 Hall. The organizers of the Conference are the Educational Committee of...
Chess in Franklin County: The Journey Begins
Chess in Franklin County: The Journey Begins By Randy Youngblood Source: Franklin Advocate, Meadville, Mississippi, September 24, 2015 “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” When that step is made by the size 14 shoes of...
1 hour of chess a week can improve a pupil’s performance in math by 30%
Spanish schools have introduced chess class to boost maths learning Published: 23 Oct 2015 15:04 GMT+02:00 An hour of chess a week can improve a pupil’s performance in maths by 30 percent, as schools across Spain are finding out....
Swap tablet for the chess board every once in a while
Death of the card game Playing cards, board games and simple make-believe in danger of dying out as child’s play goes digital By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor 7:30AM BST 24 Jun 2015 They were once the staples of...
Chess helps students do better in schools
Kenya: Research Proves Chess Helps Students Perform Better in Class By Brian Kidula Last Thursday morning, I had the pleasure of visiting Winka Academy, located in Nairobi’s South C Estate. Chess Kenya (CK) chairman, Githinji Hinga was also present...
Is Chess a game changer for Australian Schools?
Opinion: Can chess rescue Australia’s education system? HomeNews by 01 Jun 2015 According to the results from the OECD Performance Information for International Student Assessment, the academic results of Australian school students across mathematics, English and science has been...
17 year old built chess playing robot
[Oriol Galceran] has constructed an interesting robotic chess player for his end of school project. It’s called theChessM8, and is an impressive feat considering [Oriol] is only 17! He’s using an Arduino Mega that connects to the host PC...
Please vote to support the excellent Chess Documentary Algorithms!
Algorithms has been nominated, by the cinema going public, to the Best Documentary category of a newly instituted award called the National Film Awards, UK. The winner is decided by the votes the film gets from the global community,...