Vyacheslav Volodin: chess in schools should come through interest, not directives

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that chess should come to schools not through directive methods, but through creating conditions for children to be interested in the game.

Volodin noted that at the Phoenix boarding school, the children’s interest in chess and the support of experienced coaches grew into the creation of a club.

The Chairman of the State Duma visited the Phoenix boarding school, where a children's chess club named after Stanislav Govorukhin opened.

MOSCOW, September 7 - RIA Novosti. If there is a goal for chess to come to school, it is necessary not to use directive methods, but to create conditions so that children themselves are drawn to the game and love it, said State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.

“If we want chess to come to school, we need to use not directive methods, but create conditions so that children themselves are drawn to the game and love it,” said Volodin, whose words are quoted on the website of the House of Parliament.

According to him, when there is a request, the content takes shape. The Chairman of the State Duma noted that this is what happened at the Phoenix boarding school: the children’s interest in chess and the support of experienced coaches grew into the creation of a club.

In his opinion, it is important not to impose, otherwise it will simply turn into a “tick”. Volodin added that playing chess is much better than sitting in a gadget, living someone else’s life in it, emphasizing that chess teaches you to think, develops intelligence and contributes to the formation of a multifaceted personality.