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January 20, 2013 Sunday 07:35 AM GMT+4
Armenia was the first in the world to start teaching chess in schools-FIDE
TSAKHADZOR Armenia, January 19
- "Armenia has become the first country in the world to include chess
in a school curriculum," Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the
International Chess Federation, said a meeting of the FIDE
presidential council held at a highland Armenian resort. Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan who's the president of the Armenian Chess
Federation is taking part in the meeting.
The Armenian Chess Federation can serve as a model to other chess
organizations, Ilyumzhinov went on to say. He said that "Chess at
school" was the main topic for discussion in Tsakhadzor. The program
is being brilliantly applied in Armenia.
"It's not accidental that we have chosen Armenia as the venue for our
meeting, because its chess players have been showing excellent
performance in recent years," the FIDE president said.
"No one has ever achieved what Armenia managed to achieve by teaching
chess in schools," Ilyumzhinov said.
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January 20, 2013 Sunday 07:35 AM GMT+4
Armenia was the first in the world to start teaching chess in schools-FIDE
TSAKHADZOR Armenia, January 19
- "Armenia has become the first country in the world to include chess
in a school curriculum," Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the
International Chess Federation, said a meeting of the FIDE
presidential council held at a highland Armenian resort. Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan who's the president of the Armenian Chess
Federation is taking part in the meeting.
The Armenian Chess Federation can serve as a model to other chess
organizations, Ilyumzhinov went on to say. He said that "Chess at
school" was the main topic for discussion in Tsakhadzor. The program
is being brilliantly applied in Armenia.
"It's not accidental that we have chosen Armenia as the venue for our
meeting, because its chess players have been showing excellent
performance in recent years," the FIDE president said.
"No one has ever achieved what Armenia managed to achieve by teaching
chess in schools," Ilyumzhinov said.
-0fil/