Internaţional - Monday, October 23, 2017 11:50 - 0 Comments

The little boy who introduced Syrian children to chess: 10-YEAR-OLD ALP MADE TURKEY PROUD BY WINNING AN AWARD!

Alp Aydınlar is only 10 years old. He won a very prestigious award in Canada for his social responsibility project “A Move for Hope”, developed for Syrian children. Aydınlar has also become the youngest contestant to receive an award from the International Play Association. 5 of the 123 Syrian children between the ages of 8 and 12 who were introduced to chess with this project are now registered chess players.

Last month, Alp Aydınlar stood among all other contestants with the social responsibility project he developed for Syrian children and won a very prestigious award that has a history going back to year 1993.  During the conference held by the International Play Association (IPA) in Calgary city of Canada, Aydınlar became the youngest contestant to win the “Recognition of Excellence and Impact” award among the two contestants from Canada and the contestants of Italy, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Alp Aydınlar stated that while receiving an award made him feel proud, what made him happy was to introduce Syrian children to chess and become friends with them. Continua…