London Chess Conference 2016

Stanislav Vlček, Bratislava, Slovakia 11th December 2016, London

Stanislav Vl čekBratislava, Slovakia

- Manager of the project Chess in Schools Slovakia (Slovak Chess Fedearion)

- Chairman of the Youth Chess players Commission of Bratislava Chess Union

- Chess kids trainer in the club ŠK Doprastav Bratislava

- Organizer of youth chess tournaments, chess teachers seminars and other chess events

Basic info about Chess in Schools (CiS) Slovakia

• Kick off of the CiS – april 2011 – SVK YCH Bad Sliač• Project initiators – Slovak Chess Federation, FIDE• Project Aims:

1. To teach as more kids as possible to play CHESS and use it as an educative tool to MAKE THEM SMARTER.2. Motivate kids to meaningfull spending of their leisure time as a prevention against harmful addictions.3. Increasing of the membership SŠZ, FIDE4. Searching for the talents a provide them adecuate support

Support from CiS to schools and LTCEvery School/LTC registrated to CiS Slovakia typically gets FREE package:

• 12 chess sets• 1 demonstation board • 1 set of books School of Chess 1,2,3 – Paleček,

Muríň)• Book First steps on The Chessboard (Ivan

Paulička)• 1 propagation poster CiS• Free participation in the Seminar for Teachers• CD with further material• Chess summer – illustrated collection of rhymes

for kids – (Adriana Ducháčková)

CiS chess set Magnetic DEMOboard

Rhymes compilation A. D. Lex

Škola šachu 1, Škola šachu 2, Škola šachu 3 (Paleček, Muríň)

Ivan Paulička – Prvé kroky na šachovnci Poster CiS

Material is lend to school/LTC for FREE for unlimited time on the condition that their chess course still continues.

With support of FIDE and their Chess in Schools Comission we obtained altogether 6000 chess sets and 250 demo boards.

We have already registrated about 270schools/LTC.

Children can buy 10 € premium package PSM, which contains 1 book, 1-year FED membership, welcome CiS letter, ID card and different online services.

We had about 700 PSM children and altogether about 2100 SM registrations so far.

PSM CiS ID

Vision of Slovak chess structure [Martin Huba]

Národná šachová

akadémiaRegionálne

šachové akadémie

Šachové kluby

Šachové krúžky

Rodina a Škola

What is expected from the Chess teachers?

1. FIDE, SVK FED, chess clubs : increasing of members, mainly those who will stay and pay , registration

2. School/LTC : safety and responsibility for children, administration, better behauvior and school results as general

3. Parents : safety, reliability of the chess teacher, meaningfull leisure time for their kids, results (!race horses!)

4. Trainer/Coach : competitions, chess improving, success

(5.) 1. KID expects• Positive emotions, rewards, attendace and

respect of parents, trainers and other adults

• Meeting of old friends, making of new ones, sightseeing of new places

Trainer, coach as a rule has to fulfill

kids demands!!!So we need not only teaching/learning, but :

Joy and

PLAY

Fun,

GPX for Youth in Slovakia- a practical example of a good idea

From the rules of competition:- 10 years history- for children 14 y.-o. and younger, rapids 7-9 rounds (1 day events)- common tournaments, 6 cathegories (B/G08, B/G11, B/G14)- for beginners (at the start of season their max. Rtg 1400)- Basic part (from October till May) - points: the last one gets 1 point, winner gets n points + bonuses (like in F1:

40-32-26-22-18,...)- even the last gets some prize, low cost (max. 3€ fee)- 6 best results of each player is taken to summary account - TOP 9 from every cathegory + 1 wild card advances to the next stage. - 3 Regional Semifinals (Begin of June) - National Final (Mid of June) - almost every year unique winners

www.gpx.jogo.sk

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Robert James Fischer , 11th World Chess Champion

«If you want to find what is possible, try impossible.»

Thank you for your attention!

Great thank to CSC for motivation of us to do impossible things .

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! “