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World-famous chess master Garry Kasparov described offering chess classes as an elective course in Turkish public school as an admirable development.
Noting that he has been striving for the past 15 years to spread the idea of making chess a part of the curriculum all over the world, Kasparov said: “I applaud Turkey for having made chess a part of the curriculum in public schools. This is a first in terms of being this widespread and I hope it is taken as a model by other countries.”
Kasparov, who came to Turkey for the presentation of a book entitled “My Masters” prepared by a bank, held a press conference with Ali Nihat Yazici, the president of Turkey Chess Federation.
Heaping praises on the steps taken for chess, Kasparov said he had long been trying to get chess to be a part of education in schools: “People don’t seem to understand this, whereas chess doesn’t entail costly infrastructure works like football and tennis do.”
Noting that he has been striving for the past 15 years to spread the idea of making chess a part of the curriculum all over the world, Kasparov said: “I applaud Turkey for having made chess a part of the curriculum in public schools. This is a first in terms of being this widespread and I hope it is taken as a model by other countries.”
Kasparov, who came to Turkey for the presentation of a book entitled “My Masters” prepared by a bank, held a press conference with Ali Nihat Yazici, the president of Turkey Chess Federation.
Heaping praises on the steps taken for chess, Kasparov said he had long been trying to get chess to be a part of education in schools: “People don’t seem to understand this, whereas chess doesn’t entail costly infrastructure works like football and tennis do.”
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