{"id":60950,"date":"2024-05-06T01:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-prison-inmates-awarded-certificates-by-fide-for-their-participation-in-first-ever-chess-intercontinental-championship"},"modified":"2024-05-06T01:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T01:39:00","slug":"malawi-prison-inmates-awarded-certificates-by-fide-for-their-participation-in-first-ever-chess-intercontinental-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-prison-inmates-awarded-certificates-by-fide-for-their-participation-in-first-ever-chess-intercontinental-championship","title":{"rendered":"Malawi prison inmates awarded certificates by FIDE for their participation in first-ever chess intercontinental championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Former Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) president, Susan Namangale \u2014 who is also Zone 4.5 president and the Global Head of the USA charity, The Gift of Chess \u2014 has delivered certificates to Zomba Maximum Prison for their participation in international chess federation, FIDE intercontinental chess championship last year.<\/p>\n

Namangale, who is also founder of Dadaz Chess Academy \u2014 that was primarily initiated with a quest to groom prodigies all over the country to promote the sport at grassroots and help Malawi become a strong chess-playing nation \u2014 successfully inculcated chess-playing culture amongst prison inmates using the sport for mindset change for them to become useful citizens once liberated into the society.<\/p>\n

In her message on Facebook, Namangale said she went to deliver the certificates and to discuss Dadaz Academy\u2019s chess plans for this year and was inspired to witness the \u201camazing love and passion for chess in prison and the happiness chess brings to their lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy chess in Prison?\u201d she wrote on Facebook. \u201cChess is a game that not only allows the inmates to spend a quality time and socialize in a smart and safe way, but also can serve for decreasing such common symptoms like depression, stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeveloping memory and logical thinking, improving concentration skills and imagination may foster their reintegration after liberation. Chess inspires self-motivation, develops the capacity to for-see consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that Dadaz Chess Academy\u2019s prison program helps intergrate ex-inmates into society, saying: \u201cWhen the chess players from prison get released, we give them chess sets gifted by The Gift of Chess and recruit them as our volunteers to help spread the love of chess in their society.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It is] to support their intergration and become change agents after spending time in prison with a hope that they can become useful citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing chess as a lesson that when you make a mistake on the chess game doesn\u2019t mean you are a loser, but you have a chance to make other better moves and improve your game to position yourself for a checkmate and so with whatever blunders inmates made to end up in prison, they have a chance to improve their life and become better people in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

With support from the Prison Commissioner General, engineering company Mota Engil and M1 Electronics, Dadaz organised two prison teams of Maula and Zomba prisons that participated in the intercontinental Online Chess Championship in October.<\/p>\n

This was the first time for Malawi to register prison chess teams that saw Maula team finishing in quarterfinals and the Chess in Prison programme has reached out to 16 penitentiaries in Malawi where strong clubs were formed at Maula, Zomba, Biyadzi Juvenile and Nkhotakota where tournaments were organised within the prisons walls and awarded with prizes and medals.<\/p>\n

Dadaz Academy is an ambassador for The Gift of Chess which distributes free chess sets and through Dadaz, over 1,000 chess sets (5 set gifts) were given out in the last quarter of 2023 in schools and prisons.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Former Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) president, Susan Namangale \u2014 who is also Zone 4.5 president and the Global Head of the USA charity, The Gift of Chess \u2014 has delivered certificates to Zomba Maximum Prison for their participation in international chess federation, FIDE intercontinental chess championship last year. 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