Royal game (also) for the smallest ones

Royal game (also) for the smallest ones

• Royal game (also) for the smallest ones

Worldwide chess

• Worldwide chess

• It is estimated that over 1 billion people in the world play chess.

• European chess is covering around 80% of all chess activities in the world (according to official statistics of FIDE, world chess federation).

European Chess Union (ECU)

• European Chess Union (ECU)

• ECU is the umbrella organisation of 55 chess federations from whole Europe.

• ECU Management Board is led by the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili from Georgia.

European Chess Union (ECU)

• European Chess Union (ECU)

• ECU is annually organising more than a dozen official tournaments for all European players but also for separate categories like women, seniors and kids.

• Youth and school European championships are festive and large events with thousands of

• kids.

Some European Chess Personalities of nowadays

• Some European Chess Personalities of nowadays

• Present World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway)

• Former World Champions Anatoly Karpov and Garri Kasparov (Russia)

• Former women World champion

• Judit Polgár (Hungary)

• Kids can start playing chess at the age of 4-5 years.

• Early beginning can contribute to the bigger and sooner success of the kid

„Chess is helping kids in developing different skills and abilities, that are very important for the daily life: “

• „Chess is helping kids in developing different skills and abilities, that are very important for the daily life: “

...increases INTELLECTUAL capacity of kids

• ...increases INTELLECTUAL capacity of kids

• CREATIVITY

• Kids have to imagine different actions in different order before they happen.

• We teach them to imagine

• future moves without

• moving pieces.

...increases CONCENTRATION and improves PERSISTANCE

• ...increases CONCENTRATION and improves PERSISTANCE

• Kids are led to master focused thinking, to be able to plan and to understand context.

• Kids learn first think then act.

...helps kids better focus the ATTENTION on a certain issue. Has a positive influence on kids with hyperactivity syndroms and attention related problems.

• ...helps kids better focus the ATTENTION on a certain issue. Has a positive influence on kids with hyperactivity syndroms and attention related problems.

• ...REMOVES AGRESIVITY and teaches kids to be responsible for acting.

• ...Strengthens INTUITION of kids

...teaches TO CONSIDER different possibilities and to choose the best one.

• ...teaches TO CONSIDER different possibilities and to choose the best one.

• ...develops ABSTRACT THINKING of kids.

• ...teaches TO PLAN – setting objectives and defining specific steps

• to achieve them.

Ability to concentrate longer has a positive influence on school results

• Ability to concentrate longer has a positive influence on school results

• BETTER RESULTS not only in MATHEMATICS (by 17-20%), also in LANGUAGE. Chess improves READING of kids, that is worth of mentioning.

• Better results are also in tests related to CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING.

ECU contributes to European development

• ECU contributes to European development

• Chess in School commission and specialised seminars

• Chess4Europe knowledge management platform

• ECU strategies in line with Europe2020

European Parliament

• European Parliament

• EP declarationresent of 15 March 2012 on the introduction of the CIS programme in the educational systems of the EU.

• Some small chess projects financed.

• Need for strategic support of

• chess as an educational tool.

• Pilot cross-European chess project

• needed.

• Separate budget line for chess.

Martin Huba

• Martin Huba

• European Chess Union Treasurer

• [e-mail]

• http://www.europechess.org/