FIDE Social Commission, FIDE Commission for Women's Chess and French Chess Federation are pleased to announce the "Chess for Social benefits and Women inclusion & INFINITE CHESS Evolution" conference that will take place on December 01, 2022, in Paris, France. The conference will be held in a hybrid format and is open for both offline and online participation.

The 4.5-hour event will be devoted to two topics: FIDE, ECU & FFC - Chess for Social benefits and Women & Social in the world: ambitions, projects, trends. 

Current and new social projects of the International Chess Federation, European Chess Union and French Chess Federation will be presented during the event. Besides, the preliminary results and the evolution of the pilot FIDE INFINITE CHESS Project will be announced.

The panel of speakers includes Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Deputy Chair of the FIDE Management Board, Eloi Relange, President of the French Chess Federation, Franck Droin, ECU Social Comission Chairman, President of the Health Social Disability Commission of the FFE, Anastasia Sorokina, Infinite Chess Project Leader, Abhijit Kunte, 4th grandmaster of India, Coordinator of the Chess Social Projects in the Indian Oil Corporation and coach of the Indian National women team. The speakers will exchange experiences and showcase how chess helps people worldwide and make changes for the better. 

Topics and speakers:

WHO Project – Eric Desailly

FIDE INFINITE CHESS Project (chess for kids with autism spectrum disorder) - Anastasia Sorokina, Infinite Chess Project Leader, Natalija Popova, member of the ECU Social Commission, author of the FIDE Chess Program for kids with ASD, Ala Mishchanka, author of the FIDE Chess Program for kids with ASD, Special needs educational assistant, more than 15 years of experience (Canada), Researchers from the Chess Research Institute at ASPU named after Kh.Abovyan

ICAR Project (International Chess Benefits Assessment Resources) - Franck Droin, ECU Social Commission Chairman, President of the Health Social Disability Commission of the FFE and ICAR Team Leader

ECU Social Commission - ECU Social Commission

Social trends -  Alexandra Weldon, Head of Philanthropy, MOHARI group

Prison to Pride: countrywide realisation of the Chess for Prisoners program - Abhijit Kunte, 4th grandmaster of India, Coordinator of the Chess Social Projects in the Indian Oil Corporation, coach of the Indian National women's team

Chess for women in FIDE - Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Deputy Chair of the FIDE Management Board, Anastasia Sorokina, Infinite Chess Project Leader, Anastasiya Karlovych, member of the ECU Social Commission.

Chess like a tool for social responsibility -  For Coloured Girls, Geraldine Engelman.

CUTE: Ukrainian Women Program 2022-2025 - Franck Droin, ECU Social Comission Chairman, President of the Health Social Disability Commission of the FFE, Anastasiya Karlovych, member of the ECU Social Commission

Second Brain Project - Virginie Dubois

All attendees are required to register for the conference online using this link.

You can find the detailed programme of the conference here.

If you have any questions, please email them to socialchess@fide.com