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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! Professor! of! Research! on! Talent! and! Learning! at! the!English!Chess!Federation.!He!runs!a!wide!range! the! University! of! Graz! and! works! in! the! field! of! of!high!level!mathematics!enrichment!activities.! educational!neuroscience.!His!research!focuses!on! ) the! psychological! and! neural! bases! of! successful! Karel!van!Delft)(Netherlands)) mathematics! learning.! In! 2007! he! won! a! science! Chess! Teacher! and! author,! psychologist! and! prize! with! a! study! on! the! relation! between! chess! formerly!a!newspaper!journalist.!He!teaches!chess! improvement!and!intelligence.! at!the!Leonardo!schools!for!the!highly!gifted!and!is! ) coaching! autistic! children.! His! new! book! Lilli!Hahn!(Germany)! “Schoolschaken”!brings!wide!knowledge.! Member! of! the! Girls! Chess! Commission! of! the! ) German!Youth!Chess!Association,!participant!of!the! Dijana!Dengler!(Germany)!! Girls´!and!Women´s!Chess!Congresses!in!Germany! Chess! teacher! specialising! on! disadvantaged! and! and! President! of! the! Edinburgh! University! Chess! special! needs! children.! Coordinator! at! the! Munich! Club.!! Chess!Academy!and!the!Munich!Chess!Foundation.!! ! ! Jesper!Hall)(Sweden))) Alessandro!Dominici!(Italy)! Chairman! of! the! Educational! Commission! of! the! Manager! of! school! chess! projects! in! Piedmont,! European! Chess! Union.! Jesper! has! established! a! initiator! of! the! Psychomotricity! method! of! major! chess! in! schools! initiative! in! Sweden! coordination! games! on! a! giant! chessboard! and! of! involving! 22,000! children.! He! is! an! International! the! educational! website! “Victor´s! Chess! House”.! Master.! Organizer!of!two!chess!and!education!conferences! in!Turin.!!

! 6! Mads!Jacobsen)(Denmark))) Anna!Nicotera)(USA))) Executive! Director! of! Dansk! Skoleskak,! which! he! Senior!Associate!at!Basis!Policy!Research,!her!work! built! from! a! voluntary! to! a! professional! focuses! on! the! impact! of! education! policies! on! organisation! which! runs! projects! for! Danish! student!and!school!outcomes.!She!was!the!Director! ministries! and! municipalities.! Skoleskak! of!Research!and!Evaluation!at!the!National!Alliance! commissioned! a! study! on! school! chess! from! the! for!Public!Charter!Schools.!Doctorate!in!Education! University! of! Aarhus! and! has! started! a! coM Leadership!from!Vanderbilt!University.! operation! with! the! Copenhagen! College! of! ! Education.! Kevin!J!O’Connell!(Ireland)! ) Author! and! trainer.! Sports! scientist.! Chairman,! Richard!James!(England)) Chess!in!Schools!Commission,!FIDE.! Prolific! chess! author! and! webmaster.! Creator! of! ! successful! primary! school! chess! curriculum! used! János!Pallagi)(Hungary))) by! CSC.! Founded! Richmond! Junior! Chess! Club.!! Founder! of! LearningChess.net,! an! online! chess! Chess!tutor!specialising!in!children!with!autism.! teaching! system,! and! the! initiator! of! the! Free! for! ) Schools!Program!in!Hungary.!He!is!also!coMfounder! Bo!Johansson)(Sweden))) and! Chairman! of! Inter! Crown! Europe,! an! IT! and! Psychologist! and! emeritus! Professor! of! Education! networking!company.! at! the! University! of! Uppsala,! specialising! in! the! ) early!understanding!of!numbers!and!arithmetic.!He! Alan!Parr!(UK)) has!evaluated!chess!in!a!local!primary!school.!!!! Primary! mathematics! education! consultant.! ) Specialist!in!Key!Stage!2!National!Tests!and!has!led! Balazs!Kecskemeti!(Northern)Ireland)! the! national! analysis! of! pupil! performance.! Set! up! LogicNI! in! Belfast! offering! a! chess! and! Consultant! to! the! Qualification! and! Curriculum! tutoring! programme! to! promote! logical! thinking! Authority!in!the!development!of!the!Assessment!of! through!play.!!Has!received!an!Erasmus!Plus!award! Pupil! Progress! system.! Judge! in! the! Game! Design! to!take!the!project!further.! competition.! ! ) Stefan!Löffler!(Germany))) Joreta!Parsons! (South)Africa)! Director!of!the!Chess!and!Education!Conference.!He! Educational!psychologist!and!advisor!to!MiniChess.! founded! and! led! until! recently! the! largest! school! ) chess!organisation!in!Austria!and!is!now!an!advisor! Walter!Rädler!!(Germany)! to! several! organisations! on! school! chess.! A! Primary!School!Teacher,!Chairman!of!the!Deutsche! journalist,!specialising!in!chess,!health!and!science,! Schulschachstiftung! and! member! of! the! he!is!Director!of!the!think!tank,!Chess!in!the!Public! Educational!Commission!of!the!ECU.!! Interest.! ! ) Beatrice!Rapaccini)(Italy))) Jérome!Maufras)(France))) Aerospace! engineer! turned! mathematics! teacher.! Director!of!strategy!games!in!schools!development! She! developed! Psychomotricity! (coMordination! for! the! Créteil! Academy,! the! Regional! Education! exercises!and!games)!on!a!giant!chessboard!and!is! Authority! of! Eastern! Paris.! Also! a! teacher,! author! working!with!the!University!of!Macerata!on!a!pilot! and!translator,!he!was!the!school!chess!coordinator! project!using!chess!to!teach!Informatics!in!primary! of!the!French!Chess!Federation!until!2013.!Judge!in! school.!!! the!New!Game!Design!competition.! ) ! Giovanni!Sala)(Italy))) Paul!McKeown!is!a!senior!chess!tutor!with!CSC.!A! Doctoral!researcher!in!cognitive!psychology!at!the! former! IT! specialist,! he! founded!Fulham!Junior! University! of! Liverpool.! His! main! interest! is! in! Chess!Club!and!coaches!at!the!renowned!Richmond! metaMcognition,! the! awareness! of! thinking! Junior!Chess!Club.!He!is!a!keen!problem!solver.! processes,! in! children.! He!will!discuss!the! ! relationship! between! handedness! and! the! Marisa!van!der!Merwe!(South)Africa)! attainment!in!mathematics!and!chess.! Director!and!Founder!of!MiniChess,!Africa´s!biggest! ! provider!of!education!through!chess.!Has!just! Susan!Sallon)(UK))) launched! a! MiniChess! app.! South! African! Teacher! Former! music! and! mathematics! teacher! who! is! of!the!Year!2012.!! conducting!research!at!the!psychology!department! ! of! Manchester! Metropolitan! University.! She! has! ! undertaken!a!statistically!important!study!into!the! ! impact! of! playing! chess! on! the! thinking! skills! of! ! children!in!the!CSC!programme.!

! 7! Christina!Schenz)(Germany)! Roberto!Trinchero)(Italy))) Professor!of!Primary!Education!at!the!University!of! Sociologist! and! Professor! of! Education! at! the! Passau.! Her! main! fields! of! research! are! inclusion,! University! of! Turin.! The! author! of! several! studies! promotion! of! giftedness! and! the! on! the! effects! of! chess! in! schools! during! the! last! professionalisation! of! primary! teachers.! The! decade,! he! has! given! special! attention! to! educational!psychologist!is!advisor!of!the!Erasmus! mathematics.! He! advises! of! the! Erasmus! Plus! Plus!school!chess!project!CASTLE.! school!chess!project!CASTLE.! ) )! Erzsébet!Sarlós)(Hungary))) David!Wells)(UK))) Director! of! a! secondary! school! and! a! teacher! of! LondonMbased!mathematics!educator!and!author!of! biology! and! of! adaptive! physical! education.! Chess! several! popular! books! including! Games! and! and!logic!as!well!as!the!related!talent!development! Mathematics:!Subtle!Connections!(2012).!A!former! have!been!taught!in!her!school!for!four!years.!She!is! British! junior! chess! champion,! he! has! written! a! one!of!the!main!authors!of!the!Hungarian!chess!and! secondary! mathematics! course! based! upon! logic! teaching! curriculum! and! of! the! chess! problem!solving.!!! teacher’s!training!course.! ) ) Magdalena!Zielińska!(Poland)! Jennifer!Shahade)(USA))) School! chess! coordinator! of! the! Polish! Chess! PhiladelphiaMbased! author,! commentator! and! Federation! and! leader! of! the! project! Education! champion!chess!and!poker!player.!Her!books!Chess! through!Chess!in!300!schools.!! Bitch! (2005)! and! Play! like! a! Girl! (2011)! promote! ! the!game!to!more!women.!Recently!she!helped!to! ! develop! Yamie! Chess,! a! chess! and!mathematics! book!for!children.! ! Jorge!Nuno!Silva)(Portugal))) In how many ways can you Professor!of!the!History!and!Philosophy!of!Science! divide a chessboard into at! the! University! of! Lisbon.! He! specialises! in! recreational! mathematics,! mathematical! games! sixteen squares? and! the! history! of! board! games.! He! leads! the! Abstract! Games! project! that! reaches! 80,000! secondary!school!students!in!Portugal.! ! ! Sunday!7!December! ! EXHIBITION!OF!CHESS!INSTRUCTION!MATERIALS!!!!!!!09.30J19.00!! ! 9.30J10.30! SPECIAL!INTEREST!PARALLEL!SESSIONS! !

Fritz!&!Chesster!for!your! New!Game!Design!Competition! Erasmus!Plus!Chess!Projects:! Classroom!or!School!Server! M!Open!Jury!Meeting! Meet!the!Successful!Applicants! Room!1! Room!2! Room!304! A!demonstration!of!how!a! The!jury!for!the!New!Game! Leaders!of!school!chess! characterMbased!chess! Design!Competition!will! projects!that!received! learning!system!for!young! discuss!the!entries!and!make! European!funding!in!the!latest! children!and!an!online!server! their!decision.!The!judges!are! round!talk!about!their! can!be!used!in!school!chess.! ! experience.!With!! ! ! ! Frederic!Friedel!&!! Jérome!Maufras!! Alessandro!Dominici,!! Pascal!Simon!/!! Alan!Parr!&!! Luis!Blasco!de!la!Cruz,!! ChessBase!! Rita!Atkins! Balazs!Kecskemeti!&!! Stefan!Löffler!

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! 8! 10.30J12.15! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PARALLEL!SESSIONS! ! SESSION!A! CHESS!FOR!ENRICHMENT!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!SESSION!B! NEW!RESEARCH!!! Room!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chair:!John!Foley! ! !!!!!!Room!2!!!!!!!!!!!!Chair:!Stefan!Löffler!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! JánosPallagi,!Developer!LearningChess.net!&!! Susan!Sallon! ! ! ! ! Erzsébet!Sarlós,!Head!Teacher,!Hungary!! Psychology!researcher,!!! Chess!and!Logic!Curriculum:!! Manchester!Metropolitan!University.!UK! a!SchoolFIT!coFoperation!project! Does! Early! Chess! Increase! Cognitive! Ability?! ! ! ! Results!from!a!UK!Study! ! Marisa!van!der!Merwe,!Director!MiniChess,! ! ! ! ! South!Africa.! Roberto!Trinchero! ! ! Learning!with!Chess:!The!MiniChess!App! Professor!of!Education,!University!of!Turin,!I! A!new!app!for!entry!phase!learners.! Can!School!Chess!Improve!Maths!Ability?!!! ! A!Comparison!of!InstructorF!and!TeacherF Beatrice!Rapaccini! ! Based!Training! ! ! Mathematics!and!Informatics!Teacher,!Italy! ! ! ! Introducing!Primary!Students!to!ComputaF Bo!Johansson! ! tional!Thinking!with!a!Giant!Chess!Board! ! Professor!of!Education,!University!of!Uppsala! ! Is!there!a!Threshold!Effect!of!Chess!Teaching?! Jérome!Maufras! Observations!from!a!Swedish!Evaluation!Study! Director!of!Strategy!Games,!! ! ! Académie!de!Créteil,!Paris,!France! Giovanni!Sala! ! ! ! The!Enrichment!Chess!Database!Project:! PhD!Student!in!Cognitive!Science,!University! a!Request!for!CoFoperation.! of!Liverpool! ! Can!Chess!Improve!Metacognition!in!Children? ! ! 12.15J12.45! What!is!Scholastic!Chess?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!1! ! Stefan!Löffler! GER! ! John!Foley!!!!!!UK! Chess!in!the!Public!Interest!!! Director!of!Training!and!Education,!CSC! ! ! ! 12.45J14.00!!!!!!!!LUNCH!BREAK! ! 14.00J14.45! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PARALLEL!SESSIONS! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE!CHALLENGE!OF!INCLUSION! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CHESS!IN!MATHEMATICS:!DIDACTICS! Chair:!Stefan!Löffler!!!!! ! ! ! ! Chair:!John!Foley ! Christina!Schenz! Neill!Cooper! Professor!of!Primary!Education,!University! Head!of!Further!Mathematics,!Wilson’s!School!! of!Passau,!Germany! ! Using!Chess!to!Enrich!Secondary!School! Promoting!Giftedness!in!All!Children!with! Mathematics!! Mathematics!and!Chess! ! ! Joaquín!Fernández!Amigo,!Educational! Jennifer!Shahade! Psychologist,!CoMordinator!Chess!and! Chess!Woman!Grandmaster,!Author!and! Education,!Autonomous!University!of! Commentator,!Philadelphia,!USA! Barcelona,!Spain!! “You!Must!Be!So!Good!At!Math”!F!Counting,! Teaching!maths!through!chess!activities! Chess!and!Creative!Thinking! (presented!by!Leontxo!Garcia) !

14.45J15.15!!!!!!!!! COFFEE!BREAK! ! ! !

! 9! 15.15J17.00!!!!!!!! INJDEPTH!WORKSHOPS!! ! Workshop!1:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!1! Workshop!2:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!2! Chess,!Mathematics!and! Early!years!chess!!! Gender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! What! drives! the! gender! gap! in! Chess! is! being! introduced! in! preM participation! rates! in! afterMschool! school! and!infant!classes!which! chess?! How! can! schools! engage! more! requires! the! development! of! girls! in! chess?! This! workshop! follows! specialised!teaching!methods.!Pioneers! up! the! lively! debate! at! our! 2013! of! early! chess! education! report! their! conference.! experiences!and!present!ideas.!! ! ! Christina!Schenz! ! GER! Boris!and!Luba!Alterman! ISR! Jennifer!Shahade! ! USA! Joreta!Parsons! ! ! RSA! Lilli!Hahn! ! ! GER! Marisa!van!der!Merwe!!! RSA!!! ! Beatrice!Rapaccini!! ! ITA ! Workshop!4:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!304!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Advanced!teaching!skills! Workshop!3:!!!!!!Room!2! ! ! Chess!for!Children!with!!!!!!!!!!!! To! get! the! most! out! of! chess,! Autism!and!ADHD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!classroom! !methods!need! constant! ! refinement.! Qualification! and! Chess! may! be! more! suitable! for! accreditation! schemes! need! to! be! special!needs!education!than!people! developed! which! acknowledge! suppose.! Chess! ! interventions! have! developments!in!pedagogical!praxis.! worked! surprisingly! well! for! ! children! diagnosed! with! autism! or! ! ! ! ! ADHD.! ! We! take! a! look! at! Kevin!O’Connell!!!!!!!!!!!!!IRL! impressive!projects!and!methods!of! Margit!Brokko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EST! intervention.! Magdalena!Zielińska!!!!POL! ! ! Luis!Blasco!de!la!Cruz!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!ESP! Workshop!5:! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Room!TBA! Karel!van!Delft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NED! Chess!in!Secondary!School! Dijana!Dengler!! !!!!!!!!!!!!GER! Room!305 Richard!James!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!UK! Mathematics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! Chess!can!be!used!in!many!ways!to!teach! ! arithmetic,!geometry,!number!theory,! ! proving!theorems!and!more.!This! ! workshop!equips!you!with!materials! ! suitable!for!enriching!secondary!school! ! mathematics!and!maths!clubs.! ! ! ! Neill!Cooper! ! ! UK! ! Ross!Atkins! ! ! AUS! ! ! 17.00–17.30! ! FINAL!REFLECTIONS!AND!CLOSING! ! ! Chairs:!! Stefan!Löffler!&!!John!Foley! ! 17.30!! ! ! END!OF!CONFERENCE! ! 19.00! ! ! END!OF!EXHIBITION! !! ! ! ! !

! 10! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!! ! London!Chess!Classic!–!Super!Rapidplay!! Competition!12.00M19.40!on!both!conference!days!includes!the!world!elite!players:! ! Vishy!Anand! ! (India)! ! exMWorld!Champion!and!current!Challenger! Vladimir!Kramnik! (Russia)! exMWorld!Champion!! Fabiano!Caruana! (Italy)! ! World!Number!2! Hikaru!Nakamura! (USA)! ! American!Number!1! Michael!Adams! ! (England)! England!Number!1! Anish!Giri! ! (Netherlands)! World!Junior!Number!1! ! ! ! ! Chess!and!Mathematics!Conference!2014!! is!brought!to!you!by!CSC!J!!an!educational!charity!supporting!chess! ! Chess!in!Schools!and!Communities! 44!Baker!Street! London!W1U!7RT! www.chessinschools.co.uk! ! ! Conference!Director! ! Stefan!Löffler! CoMDirector! ! ! John!Foley! ! Queries:!! ! [email protected]! ! Attendees:!!!!!!!!!! +44!(0)!20!7935!3445! Contributors:!!!!! +43!650!2189098! ! Twitter:!! ! @ChessMathsTeam!!!!!! #ChessMaths2014! ! Webpage:! ! www.londonchessconference.com!

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