Category Archives: Chess Schools

The Glukhiv City Children and Youth Sports School (director – Koltachikhin Fedir) is located in Glukhov

The chess club “Brigantyna” (means Brigantine in Ukrainian) has been working in the city of Kyiv for more than 10 years.

At the end of 2013 with the support of the All-Ukrainian Charity Foundation “Chess for Children” the chess club was opened at the House of Youth Education in Sosnivka. The institution was equipped with a classroom for chess lessons with the necessary equipment.

With the support from the All-Ukrainian Charity Foundation “Chess for Children” at the end of 2012 in the city of Kryvyi Rih a new modern chess club started operating on the basis of the chess department of the Children and Youth Sport School No. 3. The premises of the chess club and school for children were renovated, and the 5-metre marble chess piece – the tallest in the world – was installed in front of the club on the city’s art square. The chess club is equipped with modern inventory and equipment in accordance with the standards of the International Chess Federation, technical capabilities have been created for conducting online broadcasts of events and chess tournaments.