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....
Chess is a great option for kids
Smart moves for parents of sporting kids Matthew Engel Football is too competitive, tennis too neurotic and swimming, too boring. Chess is the way forward. Children with aspirations of a sporting career used to make their own way without...
Anhat, Aarushi, Aryaman crowned champions
Anhat, Aarushi, Aryaman are chess champions August 02, 2015 10:07 PM By Balbir Singh CHANDIGARH: Anhat Singh of Strawberry School with 4.5 points in under-13 Open category, Aarushi Mittal of Strawberry School with 3 points in under-13 Girls category...
Children’s Day held at Russian Higher League
The Russian Higher League, the 4th stage of the 68th Russian Men’s Chess Championship and the 65th Women’s Championship, is being held in Kaliningrad from June 21 till July 2 as part of the Chess in Museums international program...
Over 800 youngsters participate in National Youth Chess Championship of Vietnam
Over 800 athletes join in National Youth Chess Championship 2015 The General Directorate of Sport in collaboration with Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Lam Dong province today held an opening ceremony of the 2015 National Youth Chess...
2015 Namibia Open Junior Championship took place in Walvis Bay
The 2015 Namibia Open Junior Chess Championship was organized by Namibia Chess Federation on June, 20, in the Walvis Bay Private High School, Walvis Bay. The event gathered 270 young players from all over Namibia and it was separated...
Filipino youngsters won 7 golds in ASEAN Age Group Championships
Filipino youngsters won 7 golds in ASEAN Age Group Championships (philstar.com) | Updated June 14, 2015 – 5:00pm SINGAPORE – The Philippine chess team won seven gold medals at the close of the standard event Sunday, and expects to win more...
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...
16th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships Begins
With a record 459 players from 18 countries, the 16th ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess Championships has now begun in Singapore where the SEA (South East Asian) Games in also currently concurrently taking place and which is also part of the...
Armenian School A.P.Chekhov wins White Rook Final in Dagomys
The final round of the White Rook School Chess Tournament was played on June 8 in Dagomys. School #55 named after Anton Chekhov (Yerevan, Armenia) defeated School #17 from Yakutsk (Sakha Republic) 3-1, and took the first place with...