Muscat,(ONA) - The school chess coaches course, organized by the Oman Chess Committee in cooperation with the Oman School Sports Association, began today via videoconferencing, and will continue until October 16 with the participation of 90 teachers.

The course includes a number of practical and theoretical sessions focusing on methods and tactics of training for the age groups, selecting talented students in schools, some small educational methods and techniques for openings, plans, closing situations, playing strategies for children and everything related to the game of chess. The course program includes a number of main themes, including chess, the importance of teaching it in schools, mechanisms for gifted discovery, and getting to know a number of small physical games in chess.

The course is part of the programs of the Oman Chess Committee in cooperation with the Oman School Sports Association, with the aim of spreading the game of chess in schools, which was opened in 2018 in 100 schools in all governorates of the Sultanate and includes nearly 2000 students. It also aims to rehabilitate and train school cadres, which are the pillar and main goal of the committee’s plan in the field of spreading the game and work to find a broad base of coaches from the various governorates of the Sultanate capable of training and managing the activities of the game in clubs, centers and schools and discovering and preparing players able to participate and compete in tournaments supervised by the Oman Chess Committee, and work to develop the performance of players for the age groups and prepare them for international competitions.

(ONA)