On August 16, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who is on a business trip to Gaborone, held talks with the Minister of Education and Professional Development of the Republic of Botswana Unity Dow discussing the development of the project "Chess in Schools".

The meeting was also attended by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Grace Musila, head of the chess federation of the country Motokomedi Tabano, charge d'affaires of the Embassy of the Russian Federation Alexander Anoshkin and other officials.