Armenpress News Agency, Armenia
February 9, 2018 Friday


Armenia in the first place again: FIDE President on newly-opened Chess
Scientific-Research Institute



YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, ARMENPRESS. By the establishment of the Chess
Scientific-Research Institute in Armenia, which is the first across
the world, a turning point starts in the world chess movement, FIDE
President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov told reporters in Yerevan, reports
Armenpress.

“I have already told the country’s President, perhaps not everyone
understands the importance of the newly-opened Institute in Yerevan.
In this century in this ancient game it seems we have reached
everything, many also understood the importance of teaching the chess
in schools. By opening this Scientific-Research Institute we move a
step ahead to future, this is a great step in terms of educational,
pedagogical thinking development”, the FIDE President said.

He said the research conducted by the Institute will help to
understand how chess affects the human brain, intelligence. “The chess
is the only way during which a child develops both cerebral
hemispheres while playing. The results to be developed at the
Institute will have their impact on the world chess development”, the
FIDE president said.

On February 9 the Chess Scientific-Research Institute opened in the
Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan. The
Institute will operate within the ASPU as a separate division. It will
conduct research on psychological, sociological, educational and other
issues of the chess.