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Fifteen teams from 9 countries have already confirmed their participation

FIDE is excited to announce the third Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners, to be held from October 11-13, 2023.

More than 40 participants dicussed concepts of using chess as a rehabilitation tool for incarcerated people.

More than 40 participants have come to Chicago to discuss concepts and approaches to using chess as a rehabilitation tool for incarcerated people.

Tony Ballard from the Gift of Chess paid a visit to Topeka Correctional Facility, the only women’s prison in Kansas.

The first in-person Chess for Freedom Conference will take place from 17-20 May, 2023, in Chicago, USA. The event will feature many experts from the worldwide chess community and will be broadcast live on FIDE’s Youtube channel. Additionally, its participants have the possibility to join the Zoom call and ask questions to the speakers. In order to …

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The event will feature many experts from the worldwide chess community introducing concepts and approaches to using chess as a rehabilitation tool for incarcerated people.

The first in-person Chess for Freedom Conference features many experts from the worldwide chess community.

FIDE officials met the inmates of the Penitentiary Home in Belgrade (Padinska Skela) during their visit to Serbia.

The conference will take place on May 17-20, 2023 in Chicago, USA.