VI Educational Chess Congress
Next Saturday, October 24, from 9:45 AM to 1:30 PM, the Anaya Tower will host the VI Educational Chess Congress of the University of Salamanca, an activity framed within the program of the IX Salamanca Cradle of Modern Chess Festival.
The congress is organized by Alumni – University of Salamanca and directed by the festival's director, International Chess Federation Master Amador González de la Nava.
This sixth edition will focus on two main areas: the benefits of chess for the elderly and educational support for students with high intellectual abilities.
Through four presentations, different specialists will address the possibilities of chess as an educational, therapeutic, and social tool. Its contribution to the well-being of the elderly, cognitive stimulation, and the prevention of cognitive decline will be analyzed, as well as the detection and understanding of high intellectual abilities.
Likewise, practical proposals will be presented for using chess as a cross-curricular educational resource, promoting the development of logical reasoning, memory, creativity, and other cognitive skills.
A day that will highlight the potential of chess as an educational tool, for cognitive stimulation and well-being throughout life.
Parallel Activities for Schoolchildren
As a complement to the congress, and running parallel to its celebration, the Salamanca Chess Sports Club will organize, at the same venue, a children's tournament and various chess workshops aimed at boys and girls of all ages and skill levels.
These activities are part of the program developed by the club under the contract signed with the Culture and Knowledge Foundation, whose objective is to promote the practice of chess among the school population of Salamanca, promoting its educational values and facilitating the approach of the youngest to this discipline.
The congress is organized by Alumni – University of Salamanca and directed by the festival's director, International Chess Federation Master Amador González de la Nava.
This sixth edition will focus on two main areas: the benefits of chess for the elderly and educational support for students with high intellectual abilities.
Through four presentations, different specialists will address the possibilities of chess as an educational, therapeutic, and social tool. Its contribution to the well-being of the elderly, cognitive stimulation, and the prevention of cognitive decline will be analyzed, as well as the detection and understanding of high intellectual abilities.
Likewise, practical proposals will be presented for using chess as a cross-curricular educational resource, promoting the development of logical reasoning, memory, creativity, and other cognitive skills.
A day that will highlight the potential of chess as an educational tool, for cognitive stimulation and well-being throughout life.
Parallel Activities for Schoolchildren
As a complement to the congress, and running parallel to its celebration, the Salamanca Chess Sports Club will organize, at the same venue, a children's tournament and various chess workshops aimed at boys and girls of all ages and skill levels.
These activities are part of the program developed by the club under the contract signed with the Culture and Knowledge Foundation, whose objective is to promote the practice of chess among the school population of Salamanca, promoting its educational values and facilitating the approach of the youngest to this discipline.