How to create successful International Organization for developing chess in Schools and Universities (more than 10 years of personal experience)

London Conference Chess and Society, 5-6 December 2015, Speaker: Alexander Kostyev, Russia

Head of Chess Chair in the Russian State Social University, Founder and President of the International School Chess Union (ISCU), Secretary Education Committee of European Chess Union.

Alexander Kostyev, born in 1948, Moscow, Russia.Graduated chess department of Central Institute of Physical Culture (1970) and High Coach School (1985), PhD.Former State Coach of Department Chess and Draughts in the State Sport Committee of USSR.

Author of several chess text books, translated into other languages and republished many times; author of numerous chess articles on chess methodic and chess programs.

World Youth Chess Championship World Youth U-16 World Junior U-20 FISU University Olympiad

In Russia there are: •  50 000 secondary schools •  1000 Universities and Institutes •  500 Youth Sport Schools on Chess •  Every Russian city has House of Youth Creativity

where chess study groups are organized

!  “White rook” All-Russian tournament is held for schoolchildren of secondary schools.

!  All-Russian Sport Schools Championship is held for the pupils of Youth Sport Schools on Chess.

!  All-Russian University Games (Universiada) is held for the students.

All these events are intended for the chess players with high FIDE rating only. There were no mass important World tournaments for school children and for non-rated players from Universities.

Motto of the International School Chess Union (ISCU):

A Posse ad Esse “From Possibility to Reality”

Question: How system is created?

Answer: Step by step or Turning words to action!

International School Chess Union building chronology

!  1998 – my festival “Chess in School” as a part of Demo Program of World Youth Games in Moscow was the impact to my decision to establish The International Organization for developing chess in schools.

!  1999 – ISCU was registered in Russia and became affiliated organization of European Chess Union and FIDE.

ISCU activity starts! !  2003 – FIDE Congress in Kallithea (Greece) approved ISCU proposal to

announce 2005 year as “School Chess Year in FIDE Countries”. !  2005 – starting from this year World School Individual Chess

Championships have been included into annual FIDE official Calendar.

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Turkey Check Republic

Turkey Greece Greece Turkey Poland Romania Greece Brazil Thai Land

Next WSCC-2016 and WSCC-2017 are planned to be held in Tunisia and Romania.

The System was built and became autonomous!

1. Establishment of the similar system for amateur university students at the same time with school system. 2. RSSU became the area for it. Triade Concept was proposed to the management of RSSU: - establishment of Chess Chair and Educational Chess Center - opening of Sport Chess School for Juniors at RSSU - organization of annual big chess festival with mandatory nominations for school children and students

Triade Concept of RSSU

University Chess Chair and Education Center

RUSSIAN STATE

SOCIAL UNIVERSITY

Youth Sport Schools on Chess in RSSU

RSSU Cup - All-Russian tournament for students, children, and adults

Departments

Chess qualification of our Professors and Coaches

IG IM FM CFM IO IA FA National coach of higher

qualification

Honour Coach of

Russia

Chess Chair (Ph.D-chess pedagogics)

1 1 1 1

International center of chess education (high sports, practices, tournaments with FIDE norms)

3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2

Chess School (for children and students; training and tournaments)

3 2 2 2 2

Total: 18 persons 7 3 3 5 3 1 1 4 2

The biggest chess tournament in Russia. About 2000 participants take part in the Festival

annually.

At Moscow Open Festivals disabled chess-players play on equal terms with the rest chess players.

A. Nikitin, USSR Honoured trainer

Professor N. Wiseman, Israel

FIDE Representative, International Arbiter A. Filipovich, Poland

ECU Representative, International Organizer, T. Tsorbatsoglou, Greece

A. Kostyev, FIDE Seminar for chess teachers

Secretary General of European Chess Union Theodoros Tsorbatsoglou

President of Moscow Chess Federation V. Palikhata

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Tournament hall (up to 200 players)

WIG I. Mikhailova training

Computer class, chess library and our awards exhibition

RSSU Chess House

Sergey Koryakin Valentina Gunina

Ernesto Inarkiev Alina Kashlinskaya

Our prominent students and graduates – members of national team of Russia

Yan Nepomnyaschiy

Russian State Social University, Russian Chess Federation and Russian Students’ Sport Union have established

Russian Students’ Chess League. The President of the League is Rector of RSSU

Natalia Pochinok

New member of European Chess Calendar

http://www.europechess.org/calendar/2016-2/

The Organizing Committee of the International CUP of RSSU (festival Moscow Open-2016) invites students who love chess to take part in personal-team tournament . That will be from January 28 till February 7, 2016). The Student Tournament will have three nominations: -  Participants with FIDE rating up to 1700 or without any rating -  Participants with FIDE rating up to 2000 -  Participants with FIDE rating up to 2300

The Winners of the nominations will be awarded with RSSU grant for the participation in Amateur World Chess Championship (Greece, April 2016;). Free hotel and transfer will be provided. The Regulations are on the web-site: http://open.moscowchess.org/festival

Full time students and post-graduate students are allowed to take part in the event. Participants should be not elder than 27 years (d.o.b. 1989 and younger). At registration (getting accreditation) one should have Certificate of studying at university (doing post-graduate course) or student ID card (record book).

RSSU invites chess players to take part in European Student Grand Prix. This tournament will be held in framework of Moscow Open – 2016.

1.  To establish international network of “Chess Universities” where chess work is done at any level. This network should be created in Russia. In future foreign universities should be invited to join it. First of all European universities are welcome.

2.  To distribute the system of European Student Grand Prix – to look for universities-organizers in European countries.

3.  To summarize the experience of teaching chess at schools and work out the discipline for pedagogical universities “Methodics of teaching chess pupils of elementary school”.

I invite all interested people into our Community!

Any questions?

My contacts: iscu@mail.ru; iscu1999@gmail.com

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!