The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish chessboard maker sees surge in demand thanks to The Queen's Gambit Barcelona-based Rechapados Ferrer has been inundated with orders since supplying products to the Netflix series. https://www.thelocal.es/20210207/spanish-chessboard-maker-sees-surge-in-demand-thanks-to-queens-gambit Sun, 07 Feb 2021 16:10:49 +0100 spanish-chessboard-maker-sees-surge-in-demand-thanks-to-queens-gambit Spanish schools have introduced chess class to boost maths learning An hour of chess a week can improve a pupil's performance in maths by 30 percent, as schools across Spain are finding out. https://www.thelocal.es/20151023/spanish-schools-turn-to-chess-classes-to-boost-learning Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:04:32 +0200 spanish-schools-turn-to-chess-classes-to-boost-learning Chess to be taught in Spanish schools Spain’s government is set to add chess to the school curriculum after politicians of all stripes unanimously agreed on the proposal. https://www.thelocal.es/20150212/chess-set-to-become-school-subject-in-spain Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:45:00 +0100 chess-set-to-become-school-subject-in-spain