Chess is a compulsory lesson in 1500 public schools in Armenia and Artsakh since 2011.
As of 2018, more than 50,000 school children are being taught chess annually.
Teachers are undergoing special training programs three times every year.
When the program was adopted 8 years ago in Armenian schools, the decision was widely covered and praised by international journalists and chess experts.
Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was among those praising the initiative.
“I think that Armenia’s such approach, especially including chess in ...
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