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Chess Week: Meetings and Initiatives

Translated from Russian with the help of AI. Original: Russian version

A post about meetings with the FIDE president on developing children's chess and introducing chess in schools.

This week was devoted to chess. We are working actively and holding meetings. After meeting with the Head of State, @the_darmen and I held a very productive meeting with the FIDE president. An international tournament supported by our Federation took place in Aktobe, and the FIDE president came to its closing ceremony to congratulate the winners in person.

With the FIDE president, we discussed the possibility of hosting international children's competitions in Kazakhstan, which would allow many of our kids to take an active part. We also talked about the upcoming Olympiad in India and about chess in schools. We agreed to continue the dialogue and to cooperate actively.

Photo by Galim Khussainov

Photo by Galim Khussainov

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