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John Foley

@chessscholar

Director ChessPlus | Director London Chess Conference | Councillor Education Commission, European Chess Union | President Kingston Chess Club

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I first volunteered to teach chess at a primary school in Raynes Park. We sat on the floor with the chess sets. I was amazed at how quickly the children learned from each other. Self and peer learning remain central to my approach. #happykids

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Find time to cherish the moments that matter the most. Celebrate with your loved ones, share laughter with family and friends and play games that bring joy to your heart. Thank you for being with us throughout the years and being part of our story. 🙏

Find time to cherish the moments that matter the most. Celebrate with your loved ones, share laughter with family and friends and play games that bring joy to your heart. Thank you for being with us throughout the years and being part of our story. 🙏
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Come along to our course on Strategy Games this Saturday 10am - 4.30pm #strategy #games tickettailor.com/events/chesspl…

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Billed at the time as the strongest young player's (under-22) chess tournament of all time, the line-up for the 1992 Oakham Young Masters International still looks very impressive: not just lots of famous GMs but even a Nobel prize-winner. saund.org.uk/bri.../pgn/199…

Billed at the time as the strongest young player's (under-22) chess tournament of all time, the line-up for the 1992 Oakham Young Masters International still looks very impressive: not just lots of famous GMs but even a Nobel prize-winner. saund.org.uk/bri.../pgn/199…
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How a Love of Chess Led the CEO of Google's DeepMind to a Career in AI — and a Nobel Prize Source: Entrepreneur search.app/GTGhx Shared via the Google App

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Our favourite course has become part of the ECU training package. ⏰Saturday, 26 April 2025 10:00-16:30 CET Bring more fun, engagement and variety to the classroom! Discover new games and puzzles the chessboard offers for education. 👉Register here: ecuhub.eu/course/chess-a…

Our favourite course has become part of the ECU training package.
⏰Saturday, 26 April 2025 10:00-16:30 CET
Bring more fun, engagement and variety to the classroom! Discover new games and puzzles the chessboard offers for education.
👉Register here: ecuhub.eu/course/chess-a…
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“It is not a historical accident that the mentor of Alexander the Great was Aristotle” This is from a conversation with John Foley about the distinction between games and gamification, the latter of which has been spreading everywhere for a while: digitalfrontier.com/articles/games…

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“Humans are programmed to learn from other humans,” says John Foley. So what happens when kids start learning science from an AI version of Charles Darwin? Jonathan Stein looks at the real difference between gaming and gamification in the classroom 🔽digitalfrontier.com/articles/games…

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Chess, Games, Philosophy and AI 🗨️Conversation with John Foley John Foley "KIDS CAN BE VERY MATERIALISTIC. “They don’t want to lose things, even when the sacrifice benefits them.” Digital Frontier digitalfrontier.com/articles/games…