LONDONCHESSCONFERENCE2015
ChessandSociety
5&6December2015
HotelHiltonOlympia380KensingtonHighStreet
LONDONW148NL
www.londonchessconference.com@londonchessconf
CONFERENCEPROGRAMME
The London Chess Conference provides guidance to thescholasticchesscommunitythroughsharingevidence-basedbest practice and encouraging international co-operation.
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ChessandSocietyWelcome to the thirdLondonChessConference!The conference has evolvedsignificantly since it launched in2013. Initially itwasaboutresearchonschoolchessandtheexchangeofbest practices. In 2014, under thetheme Chess and Mathematics, weexplored mathematical games andpuzzles as well as any games thatcouldbeplayedwiththechessboardand pieces, and we learned thattheseareavaluableadditionifchessis being taught for educationalmotives.This year our theme is Chess andSociety.While chess in education isstill our focus, we are givingrecognition to a growingmovementusing chess for social goals. Socialentrepreneurs are pioneering chessin new contexts. Social projects arebecoming more significant whenconventional approaches lackresults.Onlyafewchessfederationshave embraced this developmentyet, but many will follow as sportssubsidies are decreasing and otherfunding sources are becomingavailable. It could well be that thesocial chess entrepeneurs of todaywill lead the chess federations oftomorrow.
Even more than in the first twoeditions, we are emphasising theneed for co-operation. This is whywe have reduced the plenaryelement and have extra workshops.Round tables and panels give allparticipantstheopportunitytoshowand share their expertise and toidentify common projects. Theprogramme also features sevendebates in the lively "World CaféFormat". A record number ofattendees,fullhouseat140,isasignthatweareontherighttrack.The programme includes hands-onworkshops on topics like chesscamps, lobbying and businessmodels for school chess. It breaksgroundontheroleoffamiliesaswellaschessandaddiction.Itreflectsoncurrent affairs with workshops onchess for refugees and for theprevention of dementia. And itextendsonthepriorconferencewithworkshops on chess andmathematics and on the didacticchallenges of education oriented"scholasticchess".Weareveryexcitedaboutthesetwodays, andwe hope that you get themostoutthem!JohnFoleyStefanLöffler
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Saturday5thDecember
10.00-11.00 REGISTRATION&REFRESHMENTS11.00 CONFERENCEOPENINGandWELCOMEPembrokeSuite
MalcolmPein ChiefExecutive,ChessinSchoolsandCommunities,UKJohnFoley StefanLöffler ConferenceDirector ProgrammeDirector
11.15-12.45 CHESSANDSOCIETY:anOverview
Chair: JohnFoley
KenClarkCouncillor,LondonBoroughofNewhamTheNewhammodelforChessServicesJonathanRowsonDirectoroftheSocialBrainCentreattheRoyalSocietyofArts WhatchesstaughtmeaboutbeinghumanLeontxoGarcíaChessauthorandpopulariser,SpainExtremadura,thecradleofsocialchessREFLECTIONS:Whatchessdidforme
ChrisRoss BrailleChessAssociation JulianWay ChessandRecovery 12.45-14.00 LUNCHBREAK14.00 PARALLELSESSIONS
(1) SchoolsChess:NewHorizons PembrokeSuite
Chair: JohnFoley
JesperHall(Sweden)Chairman,EducationCommission,EuropeanChessUnionTheDevelopmentofChessinEuropeanCountriesAmandaAldercotteSocialPyschologist,UniversityofCambridgeThinkingAboutChessasaMechanismforExecutiveFunctionDevelopmentGiovanniSalaPsychologist,UniversityofLiverpoolMeta-analysisoftheimpactofschoolchessonmathematics
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(2) ChesswithRefugees WarwickRoom
PhilippeVukojevic(moderator)Linguist,ChessTrainer,BelgiumChessCo-ordinator,Refugees,RedCrossNielsvanderMarkDoetinchemChessClub,NetherlandsChessco-ordinator,asylumseekersDijanaDenglerCo-ordinator,MunichChessAcademyandFoundationChessteacherfordisadvantagedandspecialneedschildren.
(3) ChessforSeniors NapierRoom
CraigPritchett(moderator)InternationalMaster,Author,ScotlandParticipantWorldSeniorChessChampionships
KarelvanDelft LeontxoGarcíaPsychologist,Netherlands Chessauthorandpopulariser,SpainChessandAgeing ChessforOldPeople
(4) InternationalExchanges HollandRoom
StefanLöffler(moderator)ConferenceProgrammeDirectorInternationalco-operationadvisor,Germany
BalazsKecskemeti SureshTimothyShankerBallysillanPrivateSchool,BelfastClaremontPrimarySchool,ManchesterErasmusPlus eTwinning
15.00 PARALLELSESSIONS
(1) ChessinPrisons PembrokeSuite
LeontxoGarcíaChessauthorandpopulariserTeachingchessinamaximumsecurityprisoninMexico
KajetanWandowicz CarlPortmanPrisonsco-ordinator,CSC Manager,ChessinPrisons,EnglishChessFederationChessforeducationinprisons Thebeneficialimpactofchessonprisoners
(2) YouthCounselling WarwickRoom
FernandoMoreno TalGraniteCounsellor,JoAnnLeleckElementarySchool ChessInstituteofCanadaMaryland,USA SettingpersonalgoalsChess-mediatedcounselling
AkeDrottSocialWorker,Gothenburg,SwedenChesswithunaccompaniedchildren
KinekeMulder
TrainofHopevolunteer,Vienna RailwayStationChessforRefugees
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(3) RoleofFamilies NapierRoom TeresaParr ClinicalPsychologist,USA Manager,MauriceAshleyTrainsChampions Encouragingparentalinvolvement
WendiFischerAmericanFoundationforChess“TheChessLady”Outreachingtoparents
PeterHugDieSchulschachprofisSchoolChessProfessionals,SwitzerlandWorkingwithparentsasvolunteers
16.00-16.30 REFRESHMENTSBREAK
16.30 PARALLELSESSIONS
(1) ChessintheCommunity PembrokeSuite
Chair: JohnFoley
PaulMcKeownFounder,FulhamJuniorChessClubCreatingcentresofexcellenceLuisBlascoClubVillalba64,MadridSettingupsocialchessprojectsCraigPritchett
FormerSchoolsChessDevelopmentDirectorforChessScotland Challengesfacingcommunityprojects
(2) IntegrationandInclusionthroughSchoolChessWarwickRoom
Chair: StefanLöffler
JohannaValentinUtsiktstornet(ObservationTower),SwedenDijanaDenglerMunichChessAcademy,Germany
(3) ChessCamps HollandRoom
Chair: OlgaDolzhikova,WGM StormesterandStormester,Norway
JayStallings TimKettCaliforniaYouthChessLeague TSKChess,Wales
ValeofGlamorganChessCamp
PhilippeVukojevicCommunicatingthroughchess,Belgium
ErzsébetSarlós PipacsvirágPrimarySchool,Hungary
ReachingouttoRomachildren
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(4) LobbyingforSchoolChess NapierRoom
Chair: ChrisFegan,CSC
JohnAdamsAustralianChessFederationJerryNashNationalChessEducationConsultant,USAWendiFischerAmericanFoundationforChess
17.30 WORLDCAFÉDEBATES
WheretoInvestPublicMoneyinChess?JohnAdams(Australia)ChrisFegan(CSC)
WhatistheEarliestandLatestAgestoStartLearningChess?
OlgaDolzhikova(Norway)LeontxoGarcía(Spain)
Let´sMakeChessClubsMoreFriendly!
StephenMoss(TheGuardian)LeoHovestad(Netherlands)
WhyDoBoysDominateSchoolChess,AndWhatShouldBeDoneAboutIt?
SandyRuxton(CSC)MagdalenaZielińska(Poland)
DoesChessNeedToBeMoreInclusive?
ChrisRoss(Braille)MalolaPrasath(EnhanceInstituteofChessExcellence)
DoWeTeachTheWrongChessInSchools?
StefanLöffler(Germany)
DoWeNeedAnAlternativeVersionOfChess?
GabrielBobadilla(Spain)
18.30 ENDOFFIRSTDAY
MarisavanderMerweMini-Chess,SouthAfrica
LeontxoGarcíaExperiencesfromSpainandLatinAmerica
GeirNesheimNorwegianYouthChessAssociation
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Sunday6thDecember09.00–10.15 PARALLELSESSIONS
(1) Psycho-MotorSkillsdevelopment PembrokeSuiteKevinO´Connell(chair)FIDEChessinSchoolsCommission LuisBlascoCastleProject,Erasmus+,SpainNicolòNapoliCastleProject,Erasmus+,Italy
(2) SocialOpportunitiesforNationalFederations
LondonRoomJesperHall(chair)Chairman,EducationCommission,EuropeanChessUnionJohannaValentinTrainer,ChessSocialProjectsBootcampPhilEhrFormerCEO,EnglishChessFederation
(3) TUTORIAL:TeachingLifeSkillsThroughChess
WarwickRoomFernandoMorenoSchoolCounsellor
(4) ChessandMathematics NapierRoom
JohnFoley(chair) DirectorofEducationandTraining,CSCTanjaPflug(Germany)KinderschachinDeutschlandCombattingDyscalculiaVieraHaraštová(Slovakia)ChessandMathematicsTeacher,SkalicaElementarySchoolMathematicalDidacticalGamesInterpreter:FrantišekJablonický,PresidentSlovakChessFederationGiovanniSala(Italy)Psychologist,UniversityofLiverpoolTheimpactofchessonlearningmathematics
ErzsébetSarlós(Hungary)Author,ChessandLogicCurriculum
(5) TUTORIAL:OnlineChess HollandRoomMikeKleinchess.com/chesskid.com
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10.15-10.30 REFRESHMENTSBREAK10.30-12.00 PARALLELSESSIONS
(1) ChessandFootball PembrokeSuiteRobWillmoth(chair)ChessCoachingServicesLtdMakingfootballerssmarterSimenAgdestein(Norway)Grandmasterandprofessionalfootballer
(2) TrainingTeacherstoTeachChess LondonRoom
TeresaParr(chair)
Curriculumdeveloper,MauriceAshleyTeachesChess
JayStallings(USA)ScholasticCouncilforUSChessJerryNash(USA)ChessEducatoroftheYearAward,UniversityofTexas,Dallas,2015
(3) ChessforADHD NapierRoom
TeodorAbrèu(chair)ProjectManageratUtsiktstornet,StockholmChessasamethodforspecialeducationLuisBlascoClubVillalba64,MadridMarisavanderMerwe(SouthAfrica)FounderandCEO,MiniChess
(4) Tutorial:SettingGoalsinChessandLifeHollandRoomTalGraniteChessWorldcurriculumdeveloperImplementinggoal-settingintoacurriculum
12.00-13.00LUNCHBREAK13.00-15.00 LONGSESSIONSINPARALLEL
(1) EarlyYearsChess PembrokeSuite
OlgaDolzhikova(chair)
RadislavAtanassovNationalSportsAcademy,BulgariaPhilippeVukojevicChessConsult,Belgium
RobertoSchenkerChess4Kids,Switzerland
JankaPallagi,LearningChess.net,HungaryKarelvanDelftSchaakacademieApeldoorn,Netherlands
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(2) ChessagainstAddiction HollandRoomFrom13.30-15.00
SabineVollstädt-Klein(chair)CentralInstituteofMentalHealthandUniversityofHeidelbergChessasanInterventionAgainstAddictiveDisorders?MikeKlein(USA)chess.comDealingwithchessaddiction
13.00-14.00 PARALLELSESSIONS
(1) ChessandEconomics LondonRoom
JohnFoley(chair) JohnAdams AustralianChessFederationTheRoleofChessinthe21stCenturyEconomy
(2) ScholasticChess WarwickRoom
StefanLöffler(chair)ErzsébetSarlós Chessforeducation
14.00-15.00 PARALLELSESSIONS
(1) ExcellenceinTeachingChess LondonRoom
JohnFoley(chair) AlexanderKostyevHeadofChessChair,RussianStateSocialUniversityChessandUniversities
(2) BusinessModelsforSchoolChess WarwickRoom
StefanLöffler(chair) JesperHall(Sweden)
SverigesSchackförbund
WendiFischer (USA) MarisavanderMerwe(SouthAfrica)AmericanFoundationforChess MiniChessJánosPallagi(Hungary) PeterHug(Switzerland)Learningchess.net SchoolChessProfessionals
15.00-15.30 REFRESHMENTSBREAK15.30-17.30 PLENARYSESSION PembrokeSuite
SocialChessProjectCompetitionFinalPitchtoaudienceandvoting
Chair:StefanLöffler
BjörnFrankProfessorofBehaviouralEconomics,KasselUniversity,GermanyHowcoolarechessplayers?
KevinO´ConnellFIDEChessinSchoolsTeachercertificationJayStallingsCertifyingchesscoaches
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ReviewandOutlook:Socialinvestinginchess Chairs:JohnFoley StefanLöffler
17.00 ENDOFCONFERENCE
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