He Chess it will become in compulsory subject in all the centers of basic education of Mexico from the new school year. This is the news issued by the current president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsán Iliumzhínov. It is about 200,000 schools who will participate in the program Chess in School (chess in the school) that FIDE performs in 60 countries of the world and in order to verify the initiative several FIDE technicians will travel to Mexico.
The biggest challenge is to get teachers to be certified as trainers and for that and it raises the possibility that Mexican educators are trained in Russian universities. Mexican children will study one more subject that will be called Chess and will be mandatory in all basic training centers in Mexico.
We also remember that soon there will be elections to decide who will be the person leading the FIDE International Chess Federation. In these elections they face Kirsan Ilumzhinov Y Garry Kasparov. So this project, very commendable but tremendously ambitious, may not be consolidated. The president of the Mexican Chess Federation is called Raúl Hernández and has joined the initiative, currently serving the third period of his four years in the Mexican federation.
Being an exemplary measure for the education and training of children it seems to me that you can stay in an initiative without any route because it is necessary a lot of investment and very high dedication To make it succeed. In any case, if in the end it is carried out to a good end, there will be an important participation of Mexican children in international tournaments and of course chess can be a good professional outlet for many children instead of other more dangerous life forms.
