By Amaechi Agbo

Enugu – The board of Enugu State Chess has distributed chess materials to nine secondary schools in the Enugu metropolis.

The Distribution exercise was part of programmes to end the 2025 Chess CONCLAVE of Enugu Sports Club on Friday.

The  Chess CONCLAVE members, visited 9 Selected secondary schools, which include, Queens School, Enugu; College of the Immaculate Conception, Enugu; Holy Rosary College, Enugu; Abakpa Girls Secondary School, Enugu, among others. The 9 secondary schools were provided 2 Chess boards, 2 dictionaries, while the students were taught how to play  chess game

The objectives of the sensitisation and promotion, according to the Chairman Enugu State Chess Association Board, Dr.Onwumere ,were to teach students Chess game, promote the game as well as   help select some of the best players who will represent Enugu State in the forthcoming national Sports festival scheduled to hold in Enugu State.

“After the visits we will seat down and do our mathematics and start  further visits  and give the students time to learn the game, master it  and then play among themselves.

“During the next visit we will do assessment and monitoring to determine the Champions amongst them who will represent Enugu State in the forthcoming national Sports festival.We have no reason to lag behind. As you know we have male and female category, senior and junior and middle categories” Enugu State Chess Board Distributes Materials to 9 Sec. Schools

“It is important we have Champions of each category so that they can win medals for Enugu state.” he said.

In his remarks, the Deputy Leader   , Enugu Sports Club, Sir Clement Okwor, observed that the students were excited, “” they were excited  by our visit and want to learn playing chess. Playing chess needs intelligence if they can translate to their real life, being calculative, being careful, being strategic in their life situation, because life is all about judging the environment and taking the opportunities you have”

In Chess game, you do not just move, you move by calculating the pros and cons in the movement

“I am happy the students are catching up fast. If we continue  to do this in all Secondary schools in  Enugu State we will turn out to be chess tournament zone and the children will win laurels at the state, national and international levels”, he stated.