Chess for Freedom conference to be held in Pune next month will feature Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya and others including a chess Grandmaster, a prison official, and former prisoners from different countries. The conference, organized by FIDE, aims to showcase the transformative power of chess as a rehabilitation tool in correctional facilities worldwide.
The event, scheduled for June 19-21, will be hosted by the All India Chess Federation and the Maharashtra Chess Association. Vaidya will discuss the ‘Chess for Freedom’ project in India, which is part of Indian Oil’s `Parivartan-Prison to Pride’ initiative that offers training programs in various sports to jail inmates.
Last year, the youth chess team from the Pune prison emerged victorious at the Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners organized by FIDE and the Cook County (Chicago) Sheriff’s Office. The conference will include visits to the local Yerawada prison, chess games with inmates, and presentations by prison authorities.
Topics to be covered at the conference include supporting talents in prisons, the relevance of chess puzzles in prisons to life outside, personal stories from former inmates, and steps to implement Chess for Freedom in prisons.
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