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SUMMARY:Chess in Education Conference (New York\, NY)
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025 \n\n\n\nSponsored by (Click Link for more info): National Scholastic Chess Foundation & Kasparov Chess Foundation  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nConference Location: Quorum\, 1221 Avenue of the Americas\, New York\, NY 10020 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nABOUT THE MINDSETS CHESS CONFERENCE\n\n\n\nOn Saturday\, December 6\, 2025\, leading educators\, academics\, and chess professionals will share their experiences\, research\, and insights on the dynamic field of chess in education. Drawing broadly on the concept of mindsets\, this conference will explore the role of chess in education–ranging from fundamental concerns about curriculum\, educational policy\, the positive uses of failure\, and the nature of play\, to practical questions about classrooms and other sites of learning.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Barry Hymer\n\n\n\n\n\nGM Peter Wells\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote: Mindset and Chess ImprovementJoin Dr. Barry Hymer and Grandmaster Peter Wells as they share groundbreaking insights from their book Chess Improvement: It’s all in the mindset. Barry and Peter will draw on the research conducted for their book\, and on the mindset literature\, to argue that chess educators should embrace mastery-based virtues like challenge and purposeful play\, and not mystery-based virtues like ‘natural talent’. There is both immediate and long-term value in de-emphasising the status-based markers so beloved of the chess community\, in favour of fostering a love of the game’s intrinsic qualities. They are also keen to engage in a dialogue with the ideas and viewpoints advanced by previous speakers\, and with the contributions of audience members \n\n\n\nWorld Champion GM Gary Kasparov\n\n\n\nSpecial Address by World Champion Garry Kasparov“The one way to be sure we are learning something is when we are nervously attempting something new\, even if it is solving a routine problem in a new way.” – Garry Kasparov\, How Life Imitates ChessListen to the legendary world champion’s reflections on a mindset that embraces growth as a driver for improvement and performance. \n\n\n\nWhy Teach This Rather Than That in Schools? Thoughts on Chess and the Justification Question \n\n\n\nJeff Bulington (PhD\, curriculum studies; MA\, philosophy) is director and lead instructor at the Franklin Chess Center in Meadville\, Mississippi. Before that he was a longtime public school chess teacher in Memphis\, Tennessee. Prior to becoming a schoolteacher\, he taught logic and other philosophy courses at Indiana University-Purdue University\, Indianapolis. \n\n\n\nThe Philosophy of Games and Learning Through Play – A panel discussion \n\n\n\nSamantha Ooley (MA\, philosophy) serves as Academic Program Manager for the Purdue Philosophy Department\, including the Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence (VRAI) Lab. She regularly teaches a course titled “Philosophy: What Can I Do with That?” \n\n\n\nTroy Seagraves (PhD\, philosophy) teaches in the Purdue University Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program\, and has pioneered a course titled “I Play\, Therefore I Am: Introduction to Philosophy Through Video Games” as part of the VRAI Lab. \n\n\n\nFM Loren Schmidt (PhD\, Philosophy and English) is a professor at Heritage University\, where\, until stepping down this year\, he served as Chair in English and Philosophy. His doctoral dissertation\, Moments of Vision: rule breaking\, rule creation\, and rule use in meaning systems (Purdue\, 1984)\, was a groundbreaking phenomenological study of the road to chess mastery.  \n\n\n\nJeff Bulington: Moderator \n\n\n\nSearching for the Queen’s Gambit: An Exploratory Analysis of Male-Female Ratings Gaps in U.S. Chess \n\n\n\nDr. Brian Kisida\, University of Missouri\, Columbia\, Dr. Matthew Pepper\, Basis Policy Research\, and Dr. Michelle Wickman\, Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research\, present a paper (completed with Mike Podgursky\, University of Missouri) exploring the origin and evolution of male-female ratings gaps for young chess players. \n\n\n\nCONFERENCE SCHEDULE & REGISTRATION:  CLICK HERE
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SUMMARY:SENECA 5th Portsmouth Scholastic Chess Tournament (Portsmouth\, RI)
DESCRIPTION:SENECA Events are Not Affiliated with the Ocean State Chess Association\, USCF R.I. State Affiliate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLocationPortsmouth Middle School125 Jepson Ln\, Portsmouth\, RI 02871 \n\n\n\nThe Portsmouth Tournament is a scholastic chess tournament for children in grades K-12. Trophies will be awarded to the top players in each section. Join us for the fun and competition! \n\n\n\nTIME CONTROL: 4SS\, G/25 d/5. \n\n\n\nSECTIONS: Two USCF-rated sections and two unrated sections* \n\n\n\n–UNDER 1400 (rated section: USCF membership required**) \n\n\n\n–UNDER 700 (rated section: USCF membership required**) \n\n\n\n–UNRATED (no membership required) \n\n\n\n–NOVICE (no membership required) \n\n\n\n* If you have any questions about which section is right for your child\, please email Eduardo at epaguag@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n** For more information about USCF membership\, go to www.uschess.org or call 800-903-8723. NOTE: USCF membership must be purchased or renewed by December 4\, 2025\, if you plan on playing in a rated section. \n\n\n\nTrophies will be awarded to the top three players in each section. \n\n\n\nSections may be combined or split at the discretion of the tournament director. This is a 4-round tournament\, but a small section may have to play 3. Full-point byes may apply in sections with an odd number of players\, and ½ point byes are available in any round pending early notification to the tournament director. Please bring a chess clock if you own one. \n\n\n\nADVANCE REGISTRATION: Online entry fee $25. ONLINE ENTRY ONLY. Registration closes on December 4\, 2025\, at 11:59 PM or when we hit the capacity for the venue. Scholarships may be available if needed on a case-by-case basis. Southeast New England Chess Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. \n\n\n\nDOOR REGISTRATION: THERE IS NO DOOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT. ADVANCE REGISTRATION ONLY. \n\n\n\nRound 1 starts at 9:30 AM. Others on completion of each round. Please arrive and check in at 9:00 AM. Failure to check in by 9:20 AM may result in receiving a bye for round one. Unrated sections may finish around 12PM. Rated sections may finish around 1PM. \n\n\n\nFOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION contact Bob Salvas at (401) 359-1602 or email: monasterychess@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nFor information on all of our events\, see http://senecachess.org/.
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