Joint Conference of Mathematics Subject Associations Stratford upon Avon 3-5 April 2024 Presentation by John Foley and Hari Neocleous An education conference is the most welcoming…
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Other games on 64 squares
by John Foley & Stefan Löffler If you teach chess for educational motives, you should know about simpler games on the chessboard and how…
The Chess Game against Alzheimer’s
Vilho and Eine Lifländer have lived in the same house in Imatra since 1960. Chess with its black-and-white chequered board and 32 pieces will soon be…
Tiebreaking in Football – an alternative approach from chess
The penalty shootouts which concluded the UEFA EURO 2020 championships were a dramatic finale to a superlative sporting event. The tension was palpable as each…
One in a thousand: the woman who wants to bring maths and chess together
The research shows that if children leave primary school lagging behind in their mathematics then they are at a disadvantage for several years.
Vera Menchik
A Great Life with a Tragic Ending Few people know the story of Vera Menchik yet it deserves to be told. She was the…
Plato Goes to Monte Carlo
A new look at randomising the game and play of chess Dice Chess brings a random element to chess. This is one way of…
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY FOR PRISONERS
THE BALEARIC EXPERIENCE by Dr Jose Francisco Suarez Roa[1] [1] Affiliation: Jose Francisco Suarez Roa, Menorca Hospital. PhD in Psychology, Master in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Specialist…
Chess, competition and co-operation
Does chess improve concentration, problem-solving, logical analysis or abstract visualisation? Or does chess lead to obsession, becoming an addictive pastime?
Demand for traditional chess remains in spite of online surge
It is clear that the chess world is becoming divided into the analogue and the digital. Some analogue players have never embraced online chess and some digital players are unlikely to return to analogue.