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! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! LONDON!CHESS!AND!EDUCATION!CONFERENCE!! ! Chess!and!Mathematics! ! 6!&!7!December!2014! ! Olympia!Conference!Centre! Hammersmith!Road,!!Kensington,!London!!!!!W14!8UX! ! www.londonchessconference.com! ! ! ! ! FINAL!CONFERENCE!PROGRAMME! ! ! ! ! ! The! London! Chess! and! Education! Conference! provides! guidance!to!the!scholastic!chess!community!through!sharing! evidenceMbased!best!practice!and!encouraging!international! coMoperation. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! This!programme!was!last!published!on!27th!November!2014.! ! 2! Classroom!Chess!and!Mathematics! ! Chess! is! evolving! –!its!purpose!has! Research! to! be! revealed! at! the! moved!towards!the!needs!of!schools.! conference! has! shown! that! playing! Whilst! playing! chess! competitively! chess! is! associated! with! improved! remains! an! important! motivating! eXam! results! in! mathematics.! ! We! factor!for!many!children,!there!is!so! look! forward!to!the!results!of!a! much!more!that!can!be!done.!Chesss! major!twoMyear!study,!funded!by!the!! may! be! regarded! not! as! one! game! Educational! Endowment! Trust,! but! as! a! resource! for! all! sorts! of! which! will! report! next! year! on! the! logical! and! mathematical! miniM academic!impact!of!chess!in!the!UK.!! games,!game!variants!and!puzzles.!! ! ! Chess! is! also! having! a! positive! The! rapid! rise! of! classroom! chess! impact! on! children! with! special! has! been! achieved! by! teaching! the! educational! requirements! arising! game! from! the! simplest! beginnings.!! from! autism,! ADHD,! dyscalculia! and! By! working! with!children!on!the! maths! phobia! etc.! Many! respond! to! basic! components! of! the! game,! chess!interventions.! literally! one! piece! at! a! time,! they! ! grow!in!confidence!and!enthusiasm.! The!Conference!will!report!on!a!new! Rather! than! throwing! children! in! at! game! competition.! Using! eXisting! the! deep! end,! modern! educational! chess! sets,! these! games! can!add! methods! have! been! used! to! variety! to! chess! instruction! and! deconstruct!the!game!into!digestible! equalise!disparate!playing!strengths.! components.!! Another!purpose!of!the!competition! ! is!to!encourage!creative!thinking.!!! Children! love! playing! games.! Chess! ! is!accessible!and!clearly!fun!to!play.! Teachers! visiting! this! conference! It! presents! intellectual! challenges! will!find!a!fascinating!melting!pot!of! that!are!rarely!met!so!early!in!other! truly! innovative! ideas! from! leading! subjects!of!study.!!Although!learning! chess! and! mathematics! thinkers! the!moves!is!relatively!easy,!playing! from! around! the! world.! ! This! is! by! chess! well! requires! concentration! far! the! most! intensive! conference! and! logical! analysis.! Ultimately! it! is! ever!devoted!to!this!topic.!! not! about! winning! –!it!is!about! solving!problems!objectively.!! ! ! John!Foley! Director!of!Training!and!Education! CSC!! ! 3! Saturday!6!December! ! EXHIBITION!OF!CHESS!INSTRUCTION!MATERIALS!!!!!!!09.30J19.00!! ! ! Meet!and!speak!with!the!developers!of!chess!instructional!software,!books!and!other!materials.! ! 09.30J11.00! ! REGISTRATION!&!REFRESHMENTS!! ! ! 11.00! ! ! CONFERENCE!OPENING!and!WELCOME! ! Malcolm!Pein! ! ! Chief!Executive,!Chess!in!Schools!and!Communities,!UK! ! Rob!Eastaway! Maths!Inspiration!Ltd,!UK! ! 11.15J12.45! ! KEYNOTE!PRESENTATIONS! ! Chair:!! ! Stefan!Löffler! ! Anna!Nicotera!! Senior!Associate,!Basis!Policy!Research,!USA! A!Systematic!Review!of!Research!on!School!Chess! ! Roland!Grabner! Professor!of!Cognitive!Science,!University!of!Graz,!Austria! ! Successful!Mathematics!Learning:!Insights!from!Cognitive!Neuroscience! ! Wendi!Fischer! Executive!Director,!America’s!Foundation!for!Chess,!USA! Using!Chess!to!Develop!the!Whole!Child!! ! 12.45J14.00!!!!!!!!! LUNCH!BREAK! ! 14.00! ! ! MATHEMATICS!and!GAMES! ! Chair:!! ! John!Foley! ! David!Wells! Mathematician!and!Author,!London,!UK! ! The!Connections!between!Chess!and!Mathematics! ! Jorge!Nuno!da!Silva!! Professor!of!History!and!Philosophy!of!Science,! University!of!Lisbon,!Portugal! Mathematics!and!Games:!the!Meaning!of!Life.! ! 15.00J15.30!!!!!!!!! COFFEE!BREAK! ! ! ! !!!! ! 4! 15.30J17.15! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!INJDEPTH!WORKSHOPS!!! ! Conference!attendees!should!indicate!at!reception!which!workshop!they!prefer!to!attend.!! The!material!covered!in!each!workshop!will!be!published!after!the!conference.! ! Workshop!1:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!1! Workshop!3:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!304! Mathematics!and!Games! ! ! Academic!Training!for!Chess!Instruction! ! ! There!are!many!good!reasons!to!use!games! Education! faculties! are! increasingly! to! help! the! teaching! and! learning! of! adopting!chess!pedagogy.!CoMoperation!with! mathematics.! This! workshop! looks! at! how! teacher! colleges! and! providers! of! games!can!contribute!to!the!requirements!of! professional! development! and! continuous! the! new! National! Curriculum! in! primary! training!for!teachers!are!key!to!recruit!and! school! mathematics.! This! is! a! handsMon! train! significant! numbers! of! regular! session!where!all!participate.! teachers!for!classroom!chess.! ! ! Alan!Parr!! !!!! UK! Jesper!Hall!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SWE! Jérome!Maufras!!!! FRA! Leontxo!Garcia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ESP! Jorge!Nuno!Silva!!! POR! Mads!Jacobsen! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DEN! ! ! ! ! Workshop!2:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!2! Workshop!4:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!305! Chess!in!Primary!School!Mathematics! ! Chess!for!Gifted!Children! ! ! The!First!Move!Chess!Curriculum!in!the!USA! Chess! as! a! diverse! game! and! puzzle! field! and! the! Chess! and! Logic! Curriculum! in! opens! many! ways! to! stimulate! giftedness.! Hungary! are! prime! eXamples! of! aligning! This!is!especially!true!for!gifted!and!talented! chess! instruction! with! the! curricular! children!that!are!hungry!for!new!challenges.! requirements!in!mathematics.!You!will!learn! In! this! workshop! you! will! learn!about! about! chess! activities! and! puzzles! that! are! research! in! this! domain! and! some! pratical! suitable!for!primary!schools.! examples!such!as!chess!sudoku.! ! ! Wendi!Fischer!! USA! Karel!van!Delft!!!!!!NED! Erzsébet!Sarlós!HUN! Roland!Grabner!!!!AUT! Walter!Rädler!! GER! Paul!McKeown!!!!!!!!UK ! ! 17.15J18.00! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PANEL!DEBATE! ! Promise!and!Limitations!of!Digital!School!Chess! ! The! growth! in! digital! learning! systems! and! sophisticated! chess! apps! has! raised! challenging! questions.!Should!we!opt!for!selfMlearning!at!school!or!home?!!What!is!the!role!of!the!chess!tutor?!! ! Panelists:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mads!Jacobsen!!! Executive!Director,!Dansk!Skoleskak,!Denmark! János!Pallagi! ! Developer!LearningChess.net,!Hungary! Melissa!Elliot! ! Headteacher,!Heathside!Preparatory!School,!UK! ! ! 18.00!! ! ! END!OF!FIRST!DAY! ! 5! SPEAKERS!LIST!! ! Boris!and!Luba!Alterman! Rob!Eastaway)(UK))) Directors! of! Chess! in! a! New! Way,! bringing! chess! Director! of! Maths! Inspiration,! a! national! into! kindergartens! and! primary! schools! in! Israel.! programme! of! interactive! lecture! shows! for! About!to!launch!their!Chess!World!app.!!! teenagers.! ! Over! 15,000! will! be! attending! the! ! shows!this!school!year.!He!is!a!former!President!of! Joaquín!Fernández!Amigo!(Spain)! the!UK!Mathematical!Association.!He!graduated!in! Chess! Teacher! and! Chess! and! Education! Engineering!from!Cambridge!University.! Coordinator! of! the! Autonomous! University! of! )! Barcelona,! where! he! submitted! a! PhD! thesis! on! Wendi!Fischer!(USA)!) Teaching!Mathematics!through!Chess.!! Executive!Director!of!the!American!Foundation!for! ! Chess!in!Seattle.!Graduating!in!sociology,!she!was!a! Luis!Blasco!de!la!Cruz!(Spain)! teacher!and!TV!producer!before!joining!the!largest! Chess!teacher,!arbiter!and!manager!of!the!Villalba! provider!of!chess!education!in!the!USA.!She!is!one! chess! club,! which! specializes! in! social! chess! of! the! designers! and! authors! of! the! First! Move! projects.! Leader! of! the! project! TDAH!y!Ajedrez! chess!curriculum,!currently!with!140,000!students.! (ADHD!and!Chess).!!! )! ! John!Foley)(UK))) Rita!Atkins!(Hungary)/)UK))) Chess! crossover! educationist.! CoMDirector! of! Former! mathematics! and! science! teacher! now! Conference.! Member,! Educational! Commission,! coaching!chess!in!seven!schools!in!Cambridgeshire! ECU.!!NonMExecutive!Director,!ECF.!Organised!New! and! EsseX.! Judge! in! the! New! Game! Design! Game!Design!competition.!@ChessScholar! competition.!WIM.! ) ) Frederic!Friedel!(Germany)!! Ross!Atkins!(Australia)) Runs! ChessBase,! the! chess! database! and! software! Doctoral! student! in! Combinatorial! Mathematics,! company! based! in! Hamburg.! Studied! Philosophy! University!of!Oxford.!Game!theorist.!! and!Linguistics!at!Hamburg!and!Oxford.! ! !! Margit!Brokko!(Estonia)!! Leontxo!Garcia!(Spain))) Margit!is!a!certified!chess!coach!and!has!educated! Tireless! chess! propagandist;! a! journalist,! chess! club! managers,! coaches,! teachers! and!chess! broadcaster! and! author! active! throughout! the! arbiters.!She!is!Chess!in!Schools!project!manager!in! Spanish!speaking!world.!He!directed!several!chess! Estonia!and!coordinates!chess!teacher!training.! and! education! conferences! in! Spain! and! Mexico.! ! FIDE!Master.! Neill!Cooper!(UK))) )! An!atmospheric!physicist!turned!teacher!in!Further! Roland!H.!Grabner!(Austria)!) Mathematics.! He! is! Manager! of! Schools!Chess!for!