11 January 2017

Bashkiria Continues Developing Chess to Orphanages Project

New sets of chess equipment were delivered.

The charitable project of RCF “Chess to Orphanages” is being carried out in the Republic of Bashkiria. The RCF representatives have recently visited four orphanages. In each of them, the President of Bashkir Chess Federation Filyus Ishbulatov and Executive Director of the Federation Amir Daukaev presented 10 chess sets with clocks, demonstration boards, books, and other necessary inventory. They visited Birsk Orphanage, Bashkir Republican Orphanage #1, Orphanage #9 in Ufa, and Ufa Special Boarding School #13.

Representatives of chess federation and principals of boarding schools agreed upon further contacts, ranging from specially arranged coaching sessions to taking lessons online. 

Representatives of the republican charitable foundation “Podarim Zhizn” also took part in the event. 

Information by Anna Golotova