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BRUSSELS, Belgium – June 8, 2011 – Garry Kasparov, the world's most legendary
chess player, and Jan Callewaert, Founder of Option, today announced the creation of
the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe. The mission of this non-profit organization will
be to bring the many educational benefits of chess to children and young people – aged
between six and eighteen - throughout schools in Europe, both public and private, by providing a
complete chess curriculum and enrichment programs. The Foundation will also promote
the study of chess as a cognitive learning tool and organize tournaments and
competitions for children and young people.
The Foundation will be based in Brussels, where a core team has started the preparations for the operational rollout of the Foundation scheduled for mid September 2011. Financial support for the working of the Foundation will be sought via charitable donations from individuals, private foundations, corporate sponsors and government support.
The Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe is the second foundation started by Garry Kasparov. In June of 2002, Kasparov Chess Foundation, Inc. was founded in the United States. KCF has developed and published the program "Teaching Chess Step by Step", with more than 3500 schools from all 50 US states signing up for the program.
Garry Kasparov, chairman of the Foundation, states: "With the creation of the Kasparov
Chess Foundation Europe it is my ambition to further realize the dream of bringing chess
into classrooms far and wide so that everyone may enjoy the many benefits the game
offers. I'm looking forward to setting up a close collaboration with European institutions to
bring chess into schools in the 27 current member states of the European Union."
Jan Callewaert, co-founder and member of the Board of the Foundation, commented: "I'm excited to be part of this new European wide chess initiative. We have come to know
Garry very well these past years via the Belgian chess event "Your Next Move". When
he raised the idea of creating the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe it was a nobrainer
to get involved in this project. As chess can bring so many benefits to a great
number of people I fully support the Foundation's mission and its activities."
Schools and chess teachers that are interested in the activities of the Foundation can go to www.kcfe.eu and sign up to receive news updates as the activities of the Foundation get underway.
The press material contained the outline of the main points:
Mission
"To bring the many educational benefits of
chess to children and young people
throughout schools in Europe by providing
a complete chess curriculum and
enrichment programs"
KCF Inc US
KCF Europe
Goals
Structure