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Kasparov in Lneburg, Minister to promote chess in schools04.10.2012 Recently the northern German city of Lneburg saw a festive chess event.

Guests of honour was Garry Kasparov and the Culture Minister of Lower a!ony "r.

#ernd $lthusmann. Kasparov used the opportunity to pressure the minister into

ma%ing chess part of the school curriculum. &f things go as planned a pilot pro'ect willsoon introduce chess as a regular sub'ect in ()) schools.

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Kasparov in Lneburg

/he Chess -vent in the 0orth 1/en against Lneburg1

The big event with Garry Kasparov was staged in the North German city of Lneburg:
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The center of the festivities was the Ten against Lneburg part: ten masters! "ed by the

wor"d#c"ass GM A"e$ei %hirov! p"ayed &'#board simu"s against "oca" p"ayers and fans that had

come from a"" over Germany for the event(

The "ten" who played against Lneburg: Alexei Shirov, Jonny Hector, Jens!ve ries

#ielsen, Al$oscha euerstac%,

Judith uchs, &arta &ichna, Sarah Hoolt, &elanie !h'e, Alexander #au'ann and (avid

)ara'id*e

The si'ul 'asters pose be+ore the start with the ulture &inister o+ Lower Saxony

(r- )ernd Althus'ann .in the dar% suit/ and 0arry 1asparov .third +ro' right/
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A little girl in the &elanie !h'e si'ul gets so'e help +ro' the &inister and 1asparov

An 2nternet 'atch between a tea' +ro' Lneburg and opponents in South A+rica


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The 'atch was conducted on 3laychess, with pupils o+ a school in Johannesburg

4sing a parallel S%ype connection 0arry was able to tal% to the %ids---


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--- who could chat with hi' and discuss the ga'es in real ti'e---

--- over a distance o+ 5,666 %' .7,866 'iles/


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1asparov used his ti'e in Lneburg to explain to the 'inister his views on chess in schools

There was also a'ple opportunity to discuss the sub$ect with )$9rn Lengwenus

Lengwenus is a schoo" headmaster in )amburg and has for many years now pioneered chess

teaching in his c"asses *there+s areport on thatin the nationa" TV channe" ,TL-( )e initiated

the officia" schoo" pro.ect /hess instead of Maths and in &001 was awarded the German

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the internationa""y acc"aimed and pri3e#winning chess "earning software for chi"dren! which

has gone on to four vo"umes and has been trans"ated into 5' "anguages( This program series

a""ows teachers in e"ementary schoo"s to conduct four years of chess c"asses without having

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Later in a public debate 1asparov see%s to convince the 'inister to ta%e action

The Minister for /u"ture in Lower %a$ony! 8r( 9ernd A"thusmann! is a"so the 2resident of the

Minister of /u"ture /onference for the who"e of Germany( nfortunate"y *in our opinion- he

says he is not current"y considering running for /hance""or of Germany( )e is a ;een chess

amateur and was very receptive to the idea of putting chess on the regu"ar curricu"um of

schoo"s( The event in Lneburg has impressed me! said 8r( A"thusmann! and has shown

me that chess can be a meaningfu" addition to regu"ar "essons( 2"aying chess enhances the

abi"ity to concentrate and to thin; "ogica""y( < am de"ighted that so many schoo"s in Lower

%a$ony are invo"ved in teaching chess in schoo"s( 9ut < can imagine that much more can be

done in the future( =e wi"" "oo; into it( < wi"" put it on the agenda of the /onference of

/u"tura" Ministers in Germany and wi"" advocate imp"ementing chess in schoo"s( A"" said in

front of TV cameras(


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An earlier 'eeting between )$9rn Lengwenus and 0er'anys

Labour &inister 4rsula von der Leyenregarding chess in schools

Minister A"thusmann suggested that >0! ?0 or even '0 schoo"s shou"d participate in a pi"ot

pro.ect of teaching chess for one hour a wee; as a regu"ar sub.ect( 9.@rn Lengwenus! who has

underta;en to write the necessary instructions for teachers and "ead the pro.ect! is more

ambitious: =hy not go for 500! in )amburg and Lower %a$ony(


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0& Hel'ut 3+leger explains to the public what was going on between the two, and

also interviews Till, who gave his i'pressions on what it was li%e to wor% with 1asparov

0arry and Till, who' we expect to reach 0& status in the next +ew years


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An interview with the pri'e ti'e national channel ;( < you can watch the report

.in 0er'an/ here- The video is available inhigh =uality, 'ediu'and low-

Towards the end o+ the day a very long line has +or'ed, people waiting +or---
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--- the boo% signing- This little boy even got an indelible +elt pen signature on his trophy-

A +inal progra''e point: the signing o+ the 0olden )oo% in the Lneburg Town Hall,where 1asparov was very war'ly received by Lord &ayor >duard 1olle


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Typically 1asparov gave the tas% a +air deal o+ thought and ca'e up with the above


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&ayor 1olle showed 1asparov around one o+ the 'ost beauti+ul and historical town halls in

0er'any

0arry engaged in a vigorous debate with the &ayor and his aids over this double

headed eagle, which they had erroneously clai'ed ca'e +ro' the House o+ Hannover
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!ne o+ the 'ost splendid stainedglass windows outside a church, in the Lneburg Town Hall

Cfficia" web site of the event *in German-
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