According to international reviews, it is the most colorful chess festival in the world, an event that celebrates the versatility of chess, showcasing the points of connection between the game and sports, education, culture, science and art. Our foundation has been the main organizer of the Judit Polgar’s Global Chess Festival since 2015.
MISSION
- Promoting universality: General popularization of chess, presenting its applications and social integrative role.
- Connecting through chess: Aiming for five million people across five continents to play chess simultaneously within the festival framework, fostering collaboration and friendships despite differences in space, language, origin, social status, or age.
- Establishing Global Chess Day: Creating an annual event where communities from different countries connect through coordinated chess activities online.
- Strengthening family relationships: Highlighting chess as a game that offers generational connections and shared experiences within families.
- Developing skills: Raising awareness of the Chess Palace Program, demonstrating how the Judit Polgar Method enhances children’s school performance, creativity, visual thinking, problem-solving skills, and memory.
- Sharing knowledge: Promoting chess as an effective educational tool for the digital age and presenting Hungarian and international projects.
- Focusing on future generations: Emphasizing talent development and supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds or with disabilities.
- Preserving values: Announcing and supporting chess study composing contests.
Judit Polgar’s Global Chess Festival 2024 is a two-day event
- Day 1: all-day family programs, chess tournaments, workshops, presentations, lectures in an exclusive venue – opportunity to meet the stars and influencers of the sport, outstanding representatives of education, science and arts.
- Day 2: Educational Chess Summit is an international educational conference with the participation of recognized international experts. How can we use chess as a game to develop children’s abilities and social skills? How does chess strengthen our ability to collaborate as key to our future? How do innovative methods and programs using chess as an educational tool fit into systemic school education? Best practices from around the world.
