Monday, March 25, 2013

Armenia is the first country in the world to make chess mandatory in schools, aiming to build a better society...

Little Susie Hunanyan attended her favourite class in school last week, and it wasn't drawing, crafts or sport. The seven-year-old sat studiously through an hour of chess lessons.

In Armenia, learning to play the grand game of strategy in school is mandatory for children - the only country in the world that makes chess compulsory - and the initiative has paid dividends. Armenia, a Caucasus country with a population of just three million, is a chess powerhouse.

Susie listened attentively as her teacher explained chess moves on a large board in front of the class at the Yeghishe Charents Basic School in the capital, Yerevan.

"I like chess lessons a lot. They always pass by smoothly," she said, setting up pieces sequentially on her board. Full story...

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