A review of Key Chess Research Studies presented by Dr. Robert Ferguson (Executive Director American Chess School) at the BMCC Chess in Education conference

This summary has drawn freely from several sources including Dr Tim Redman’s Chess as Education: Character Assassination or Life of the Mind and Robert Ferguson’s doctoral dissertation. The following studies will be reviewed briefly in this paper:

• Chess and Aptitudes by Albert Frank
• Chess and Cognitive Development by Johan Christiaen
• Developing Critical and Creative Thinking through Chess by Robert Ferguson
• Tri-State Area School Pilot Study by Robert Ferguson
• The Development of Reasoning and Memory through Chess by R. Ferguson
• The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores by Stuart Margulies
• Comparative Study of 5th Grade Math Curricula by Louise Gaudreau
• Playing Chess: A Study of Problem-Solving Skills by Philip Rifner A Review of Key Chess Research Studies