Iraqi chess center helps amateur players reach int'l tournaments

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Iraqi chess center helps amateur players reach int'l tournaments

STORY: Iraqi chess center helps amateur players reach int'l tournaments DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a teacher teaching at the center 2. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish): DANA JAMAL QADIR, Founder of the King's Center for Chess Education and Development 3. various of students playing chess STORYLINE: A chess center in Iraq provides opportunities for amateur players to participate in local and international chess tournaments. Many chess enthusiasts of different age groups spend several hours a week at the King's Center for Chess Education and Development in the city of Erbil. Since its establishment in 2018, the center has been able to teach more than 400 trainees the game of chess in its detail and develop their abilities, and then help them to compete in local and international tournaments. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish): DANA JAMAL QADIR, Founder of the King's Center for Chess Education and Development "We were able to achieve the goals that we

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