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The first-ever Continental Online Chess Championships for Prisoners will take place in May 2025.

After several intense final matches, the 4th FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners successfully concluded, crowning champions in the Open, Women, and Youth categories. The victors were the United Arab Emirates in the Open section, Mongolia in the Women’s section, and India 1 in the Youth section. Let’s take a closer look at the …

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The FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners is back with its fourth edition, and this year is the largest event yet, with over 115 teams from 51 countries competing. This championship which brings together inmates from around the world over chessboards is an integral part of FIDE’s mission to demonstrate the power of chess …

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This week marks the start of the 4th FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners, part of FIDE’s Chess for Freedom initiative, which unites incarcerated individuals from over 50 countries competing in a global online chess event. This championship exemplifies FIDE’s mission to highlight the transformative power of chess within correctional facilities, promoting self-improvement, and …

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The 4th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners is set to take place from October 8-10, 2024

“Parivartan – Prison to Pride” is a pioneering initiative designed to empower prison inmates

The Chess for Freedom Conference, hosted by Indian Oil Corp. in collaboration with the All India Chess Federation and the Ministry of Justice, continues in Pune, India. The event explores the transformative power of chess as a rehabilitation tool in correctional facilities worldwide. On the second day of the conference, attendees discussed concepts of teaching …

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The Chess for Freedom Conference started on June 19.

The prison yard of the Penitentiary Institution Alphen has a self-made chess table, crafted by the inmates

The conference aims to highlight the transformative role of chess in correctional facilities worldwide.