18 August 2009: new site online
The new site for the 2009 event is online at www.yournextmove.be . This site will remain here so you can refer back to the 2008 event.
3 nov 2008: Video and game-overview
We've got our hands on the introduction video of the Your Next Move 2008 event. More video will be made available in the upcoming days. You'll need Flash 8 or better to view the video.
The complete overview of the tournament, move by move, is also available for download in PGN-format or as plain text .
17 oct 2008: Ranking Garry Kasparov tournament
The event has come and gone. No one beat Garry Kasparov, but all players defended themselves valiantly. The ranking for the tournament is now online.
13 oct 2008: 4 Children selected for Garry Kasparov tournament
In the tournaments that took place at Option on 11 and 12 October 2008, a total of 90 children played against Nigel Short simultaneously. Nigel selected 4 winners to play against Garry Kasparov on October 14th in the Alfacam TV-studios.
These are the winners:
Van Mieghem, Arnaud Réal Thibault Vanroose Sibran Terryn Ezra Pictures of the chess events
All pictures of the different events can be found here .
Chess events
In the coming months Alfacam, Option and CVWarehouse will be organising a number of chess events. The series of events culminates in a grand finale with a simultaneous tournament against former world-champion Garry Kasparov. To see which events lead up to this grand finale, and how to participate, check the event schedule or the overview .
Introduction
Grandmaster Garry Kasparov is coming to Belgium for the second year in a row to play chess against two dozen opponents in a simultaneous chess tournament at the Alfacam television studios in Lint on Tuesday 14 October 2008.
Three Belgian entrepreneurs – Inge Geerdens (CVWarehouse), Gabriël Fehervari (Alfacam) and Jan Callewaert (Option) – have invited Mr. Kasparov in order to promote the game of chess in general and with young children (aged 6 to 12 years) and their parents in particular.
By playing chess, children learn to analyze and assess difficult situations, act fast and under pressure. Chess enables them to make links and learn to think strategically. Those same qualities will prove to be indispensable later on in life, when they want to be successful in business too.
Did you know that a pilot project in the province of Limburg has proven that a child’s attitude changes when chess is part of the curriculum in primary schools? While playing chess, children learn to have respect for others. More information on this subject can be found online at www.schaakacademie.be (in Dutch).
Chess is not an official sport in Belgium, making it difficult to find financial support to coach young talented chess players. This event aims at changing that. We want to:
promote chess through entrepreneurship and strive for chess as being part of the curriculum in all primary schools in Belgium;
promote chess as a sport so that young talented players receive the necessary coaching and can take part in international tournaments.
