London Chess Conference

This weekend! strategygamesfestival.com 🎯LEARN, PLAY, DESIGN ⏰ Sunday, 29 June 2025 📍London MindSports Centre @W6Centre @ChessScholar @Gen42games @mindsportsolymp

USA, once the land of democracy and freedom - today the home of dictators and blackmailers. US Treasury Gives Ukraine One Hour to Sign Rare Earth Deal - NBC. Bessant handed Zelensky a document that would give the US ownership of half of Ukraine's rare earth minerals. When Zelensky said he needed time to review the proposal, Bessant said he had one hour to sign or his upcoming meetings with Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be canceled, according to five US officials and another person familiar with the talks.

Behind every successful education commission is a woman.

Having fun and learning more about Chess in Education on the 🎓ECU101-The SMART Method to Teach Chess training course this weekend. Amazing, dedicated educators from all over the world are on their way to getting their ECU School Chess Teacher Title from the European Chess Union

What's the best age to teach chess to children? There isn't a one-size-fits-all answer, but @davidllada talked to some of the world's leading experts, such as Rita Atkins, Leontxo Garcia, Jesper Hall, and John Foley, who offered their views on this topic: chessclub.com/article/what-i…

Playing chess is what got me thinking about thinking, earned me the money to buy my first computer, and inspired me to code my first AI program. Amazing to reflect on how much chess shaped my life and career. Happy International Chess Day!

The Chessable Research Awards support chess research projects from university-based researchers. Undergraduate and graduate students from all over the world can apply with new or ongoing research. Applications from all areas of study are welcome! +

To keep the conversation going, we invited two great speakers from the @London Chess Conference 2023 to share their knowledge on Wednesday, 26th April at 17:00 London time. Register and Join the discussion: tickettailor.com/events/chesspl…

If you've ever wondered about the world events happening in chess this is the magazine to read! The @ECUonline March issue is free & out now. Tournaments, interviews, women's chess, initiatives & the fab @LondonChessConf! Take me back to this photo! 🖤♛♜ madmagz.com/magazine/20872…

Alexey Root looking forward to the 2024 conference already. sparkchess.com/free-chess-con…

120 experts from 32 countries attended the @LondonChessConf 2023 "Chess and #STEM" sponsored by @FIDE_chess, @ECUonline, @schoolschess, @ecfchess, @ChessKidcom, @chessable. Here is a summary with links to all recorded sessions. fide.com/news/2305

A creative way to show the highlights of the conference. linkedin.com/pulse/amazing-…

*An amazing success of the London Chess Conference in 2023!* linkedin.com/pulse/amazing-… via @LinkedIn

Succinct summary of the London Chess Conference - "a rare moment in the chess calendar when experts in the game gather to share their knowledge and experience" by @LeonWatson chessable.com/blog/london-ch…

My students loved hearing about the @LondonChessConf & ways chess can enrich people's lives 🖤Lots of questions & smiles...'Miss do you wish you could just be a chess teacher sometimes?' (minus the maths)😉Grateful to share the platform with leaders & educators of chess ed.🙏🌍♟

Session 9 of the London Chess Conference 2023, revolving around "National Education Projects", starts now. ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=umO16F…

Day 3 of the London Chess Conference started with a very fruitful panel discussion. Now we switch to the sessions: first it is "Chess for all children". #LondonChessConf

The third day of the London Chess Conference 2023 kicks off now with the "Chess teacher training and accreditation round table discussion". Watch it live: youtube.com/watch?v=AFvXBA…

Financial Times on need for government support for chess in education. Thanks Leonard. @schoolschess @ecfchess ft.com/content/466d28…

So brilliant to be invited to speak at @LondonChessConf this morning and being able to say thank you in person to the team from @schoolschess for their generosity and support which made such a lasting legacy that is still often relived today...