CHESSPLUS: MORE THAN CHESS
Strategy games such as chess, go, draughts, backgammon and bridge have traditionally been associated with higher thinking skills. Children who play these games benefit from improved concentration levels and problem solving. The problem for many teachers and parents is that they do not possess the game knowledge or confidence to be able to teach their children, but the professionals from ChessPlus have the solution.
Successful Conference in Armenia
LearningChess presented its new Central- and Learning Management solution in the international conference entitled “Theoretical and Practical Issues of Chess Education in Schools”, which was held on the 1st and 2nd of October, in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia.
During the two-day conference, psychologists, sociologists, methodologists and chess trainers offered their reports that were introduced in accordance with the main topic sections of the conference listed below:
Chess Education and Personality Development
Socio-psychological issues of Chess Education
Chess Teachers’ Training and Professional Development
Technological and Methodological Aspects of Chess Education
Chess and Inclusive Education Practices
Internet’s best chess resources
The Internet has changed the way people learn and play chess. Grandmasters used to prepare against each other by requesting score sheets to be sent using snail mail and now we have free databases with millions of games available to us at any time. Chess engines have completely changed the way we analyse games and finding guides and books online is easier than ever. With so many resources available there is also an overload of possibilities and it’s often hard to find the right ones for oneself.
A NEW BOOK FROM GM JOZSEF PINTER: 7 MEN
After the publication of the six volumes of my endings book series, the 7-piece endgames database of the Lomonosov University became available. This is basically a program which determines if the position leads to a draw or can be won by either side – with 100% certainty. Some examples taken in my previous books have been proven wrong, that is why I have decided to write this book in which I deal with and analyze the most well-known 7- piece positions, paying particular attention to rook endgames as they occur very often in tournament games. I have tried to select and examine a few examples for each type of endgame and by doing so I hope I will be able to help my readers to gain insight into the mysteries of endgames.
GM Jozsef Pinter, Author and Head coach at LearningChess
55 Free Goods for Your School
UPDATE: Current LearningChess Free Scholastic Chess Programs
If you’re a teacher your job is about to get a little easier!
While teacher and student discounts seem to be available everywhere, free goods and teaching helps for your classroom can be more challenging to find. Finding free goods that aren’t digital can be even harder.
540 STUDENTS AND 20 TEACHERS USE LEARNINGCHESS IN Maldives
LearningChess partner school, Ghiyasuddin International School proudly inaugurates the extremely complex and well-structured program ‘Chess’ and have found the way to integrate Chess into the curriculum, as the first school to do this in Maldives. LearningChess serves 540 students and 20 teachers in this new project.
Where the grandmasters are born
Do you know what the young Magnus Carlsen, Hou Yifan, Fabio Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura had in common? All of these chess prodigies fought for the GM norms in the famous ‘First Saturday’ chess tournaments. Let’s see some unique photos and results from the First Saturday tournament archive.
More chess in schools can help lift economic growth, says John Adams
Kings, queens and bishops are part of the solution to Australia’s 21st century economic challenges, but not the monarchical or religious variety — chess, if more widely played, has the potential to boost innovation and economic growth, according to one avid player.
John Adams – Picture: Kym Smith
Management consultant and former political adviser John Adams. ‘Chess improves cognitive ability and that in turn has strong relationship with economic growth’.
CHECKMATING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE – LEARNINGCHESS IN NURSING HOMES PROGRAM
Various studies show that cognitive activities and brain trainings – such as learning and playing chess online – could, indeed, slow or stop dementia and Alzheimer’s, and could also help people with everyday tasks such as shopping and cooking.
Read more how we can help elderly people with our new ‘LearningChess in Nursing Homes’ program in 2016.
CHESS CURIOSITIES – BLINDFOLD SIMULTANEOUS GAME RECORDS BY ALEKHINE
Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame skill. But he is also known for his simultaneous blindfold game records.