World Chess for Peace Tournament in Ghana this November

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Hi everyone,

Ghana will be hosting the World Chess for Peace Tournament scheduled for 27-30 November, 2012. Planet Three Peace Programme (P3PP), a civil society group was over the weekend awarded the franchise to host the global tournament that will see renowned chess players competing for honours.

Read our previous Chess Blog post:

Youth, chess and Dalai Lama - Monroi holds unique event for peace

The franchise, symbolized by a chess pawn has been presented to Executive Director of P3PP, Mohamed Affum, by Frances Hagan, a representative of Mon Roi Incorporated of Canada, organizers of the tournament.

Affum said his outfit was proud to be the first civil society in Africa to be given the nod to host an international chess for peace. He said this opportunity would serve a platform to promote peace among the youth in Ghana and across the continent and the world.

“We (P3PP) are ready to host the rest of the world in this historic event in collaboration with the Ghana Chess Association, Ghana United Nations Association, National Sports Authority, Ministry of Youth and Sports.”

The maiden edition of the Mon Roi World Youth Chess for Peace Tournament was held in 2011 in Montreal, Canada

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Youth, chess and Dalai Lama - Monroi holds unique event for peace

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hello everyone,

Here is chess news for peace. An interesting event was organised recently in Canada. Twenty one youth chess players played the 2011 Youth Chess Tournament for Peace at the 2nd Global Conference on World’s Religions at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, Québec, Canada on September 7, 2011. And, the kids had the unique opportunity of meeting His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama!




The chess event was organised by the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism in collaboration with the Chess'n Math Association and MonRoi Inc. Myriam Roy was the Section A MonRoi PCM Winner and Zachary Saine was the Section B MonRoi PCM Winner.


Celebrating Diversity at the Chess for Peace Tournament, April Whyne, Brana, Maili Jade Ouellet, Dana Berman.


Here is a nice video from the event and you can read further at this link.

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Kosteniuk inaugurates Chess for Peace in Puerto Tejada

Hello everybody!

I am glad to report, that just a little over one month after the official announcement of my becoming a Champion for Peace, I was able to inaugurate the Chess for Peace Program in the town of Puerto Tejada, not far from Cali, Colombia.

The operation was sponsored by FIDE, the organization Peace and Sport, the Foundation Colombianitos, The Colombian Chess Federation, and me, Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk.

Articles came out in the newspaper El Pais, in El Tiempo, El Liberal, on FideAmerica, on Antena2, on ProclamaCauca and Arbitraje de Ajedrez.

The official photo album of the event is on ChessPics. Some of them:

With the Mayor of Puerto Tejada and

2 kids wearing the program t-shirt

Kids came from Popayan to

be present at the inauguration

The autograph session

I would like to thank all the organizations and people who made this inauguration a reality: FIDE, Colombianitos, Peace and Sport. They contribute to a better tomorrow and give hope to so many kids in difficult areas of the world. I sincerely hope that this program will take off, that many kids will start loving chess and succeed in school, and in their lives. I am thankful also to chess for helping!

I am glad to be part of this movement, that I can share my love of chess with all those young smiling faces. I hope I can come back to Puerto Tejada in the future and see many kids playing chess!

May all the wars in the world be conducted only on the chess board, that's my dearest wish!

Posted by Chess Queen® Alexandra Kosteniuk

12th Women's World Chess Champion

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