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All students are welcome to play in our daily events from 3pm to 4.30pm.

And we will have a School Team event starting on Friday, May 15th.

Email us to enter .. mfl@movesforlife.ie

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Moves for Life :

Using chess to educate Irish school children by  supporting teachers and schools.  Moves For Life encourages everyone to play and have fun, and enables teachers to use chess to teach further thinking and social skills. 

 

 

Ficheall le Una

Free download (chess rules) in Irish ..  leabhair-ficheall . And for more ‘As Gealige’ click link ficheall-website

Articles posted by Brendan

Comhar Linn Chess Challenges:

May 31, 2020 / Brendan / Uncategorized

The Chess-Puzzle competition is in full swing .. teachers and puzzle solvers can view their progress here & continues until the 30th September.

The Online School Team Chess Championship starts this Friday (June 5th). The is a list of participants and league tables here. This is a gran prix event played over four weeks of June 2020.

And we’d love to see your chess art and craft entries for the make your own chess set challenge. There have been some lovely pictures, such as this one by 6 year old Levi.

Beginners Project: Make your own Chess Set.

March 23, 2020 / Brendan / Uncategorized

A fun off-line activity for Beginners.  There will be prizes for the best picture and stories received.  To enter email us at mfl@movesforlife.ie .  Pictures will be shared on facebook .. you can view them here. 

We would  love to see your hand-made set being used to play one of these mini-games .. a great way to learn for kids new to chess.

“Call to action” from ICU chairperson Desmond Beaty

February 29, 2020 / Brendan / Uncategorized

Here’s the link for the youtube video. If you are interested in helping please email us at ..  mfl@movesforlife.ie

Chess & Female Empowerment

February 1, 2020 / Brendan / Uncategorized

Each year the London Chess Conference brings together educators using chess in schools to share their experiences .. click here for a link to April’s presentation in December 2019!

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Make and do projects:

Above is Isabella’s fantastic Oragami chess set ..

plese send us in a picture of your creation and you could then play a fun mini-game with your family !

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