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The friendly international online jail chess tournament was organised on chess.com platform on August 2.

The programme started in women establishment in Iļģuciema, Latvia.

In the run-up to the Championship Armenia hosted a series of qualifying events at several of the nation’s prisons.

The 2nd Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners will be held from 13-14 October 2022, on the International Day of Education in Prison.

The tenth anniversary of the Chess in Jail program of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office was celebrated on April 1st.

The program, under the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Social Commission, was on Thursday launched at Kisii Main and Kisii Women’s Prisons.

To discuss the future cooperation and expand the initiative, a round table discussion was held with the organizers of the tournament, representatives of prisons and correctional facilities.

Team Mongolia became the winner of the first Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners after defeating Team Zimbabwe in the final of the biggest ever chess event among correctional facilities. The event was organized by FIDE and the Cook County (Chicago, IL, USA) Sheriff’s Office and coincided with the International Day of Education in Prison. …

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The teams of Mongolia and Zimbabwe will battle it out tomorrow (CET 10:00) for the gold in the first Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners – the biggest ever chess event among correctional facilities. Both teams topped their groups in the championship stage today. Mongolia was the first team to progress to the final by winning …

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The first Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners – the biggest ever chess event among correctional facilities – kicked off on October 13. 41 teams from 30 countries representing all continents participated in the tournament, which aimed to popularize chess as an efficient tool for reintegrating incarcerated people. The online opening ceremony featured FIDE President Arkady …

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