"The programme fits well into the school education and meets the needs of parents. Chess wins the competition with computer games among the children and it has the positive effect on the development of the child", he says.
The studies confirm that chess helps in the development of such characteristics of personality as the tendency to strategic planning, spatial thinking and endurance and makes children competitive in everyday life.
The programme's success is obvious. Chess is the compulsory subject in countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Mexico, Spain, Slovenia and Paraguay. The Russian "Chess in Schools" fund is engaged in the development of the project. Chess is taught in Moscow, Kalmykia, KhMAO, Pskov, Kurgan, Tomsk, Ulyanovsk and Voronezh regions.
The first vice-president of CFM Nikita Kim said that the demand for the teaching of chess is enormous: "We started with the chess textbook, made in cooperation with the Russian design studio, because we see chess as not only an intelligent but also as a fashionable game.”
The project and the textbook were presented to the Russian leadership. The response was positive. As a result, the "Chess in Schools" drew the attention of big business. Today, the programme task is to conquer Russia and the whole world.
"Chess in Schools" is the rare project when all seem to be ready to help. We get support from the Departments of Education and Sports in Moscow. Grandmasters participate in master classes and games of multiboard chess. This year, we started in Moscow and immediately received more than 50 applications from schools. "We do our work complexly", stressed Nikita Kim. “We have made tutorials and conducted training courses for teachers. Our target is to ensure that the half of the capital's schools would teach chess".