1. European Chess Union as your partner in educational, social and development projects

2. ECU 2015 facts … 56 Member federations
rated active players (73% FIDE)
titled players (68% FIDE)
1 189 GM and 313 WGM players (76% FIDE)
8 543 standard opens and standard rated games (79/74% FIDE)

3. ECU main products and their possible future
Youth Championship
Club Cup
Individual Championship
Women Individual Championship
Team Championship
General Sponsorship

4. ...there are many individual and national good examples of CIS but no European Armenia, Turkey, Poland, Sweden... Written Declaration of the European Parliament... Erasmus plus supporting also chess projects...

5. How ECU can support Chess in School
and establish a win-win situation
Information gathering
ECU CIS events
Communication with Media and Sponsors
Support to CIS teachers
Investing to systematic CIS
A. Karpov

6. Professional European system of education of chess teachers.
ECU CIS vision
Sustainable and popular European kids mass events sponsored by large companies and followed by important media.
Professional European system of education of chess teachers.
Let´s do it

7. How?
Transparent management, open communication with all relevant chess stakeholders and reverting very quickly the ECU into a modern sport organisation are vital pre-conditions to develop the European chess.
Good Governance

8. Sustainable and Successful?
First real pan-European chess event for kids combining advantages of scholastic and competitive chess
European Smart Kids Challenge

9. Social inclusion tool Africa?
Lesotho chess federation needs a help to develop chess. Are we finally able to come with a real support to African chess???
Social inclusion tool

10. Chess Is More Than Sport
... Join the idea of European Smart Kids Challenge and be part of the biggest chess event ever! ...Let us be together responsible for developing chess outside Europe! ...Come to us with your project ideas and suggestions to develop chess!
Chess Is More Than Sport

12. Thanks for your attention martin.huba@ibsslovakia.sk