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It aims to spread the practice of chess through training inmates and prisons officials, first phase of the Special Maximum Security Penitentiary Establishment.

Medalists were congratulated by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich who attended the Penitentiary Home in Belgrade (Padinska Skela) during his visit to Serbia.

Teams of the Philippines and Mongolia became the champions of the second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners after winning the final of the biggest-ever chess event among correctional facilities.

Teams that will play the final matches of the second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners were determined today.

The second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners – the biggest ever chess event among correctional facilities – kicked off on October 13.

58 teams representing 32 countries have already registered for the second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners, scheduled for October 13-14, 2022, on the International Day of Education in Prison.

Convicts from Belgrade prison Padinska Skela played simultaneous exhibition with GM Aleksandar Indjic.

Сorrectional facilities from 20 countries have ready registered for the competition.

Prisoners in Archidona escape mentally from their incarceration with a chess demonstration from GM Ernesto Fernández Romero.

24 teams from 17 countries have already registered for the competition.