Presentation of the Book – Chess for Everyone

The presentation of the book – Chess for Everyone was held online on The International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2020. The authors of the book are international masters in chess: Salome Melia and David Jojua.

The project was financially supported by: Caucasus International University; Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia; Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Adjara; Charity Foundation “Khareba”; Georgian Chess Foundation.

The presentation was attended by Marina Gedevanishvili, Head of the Quality Assurance Service of Caucasus International University, Anano Tsivtsivadze, Head of the Public Relations Service, and Vepkhvia Odisharia, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Founder of the Georgian Chess Foundation.

It should be noted that Chess for Everyone is the first book in Georgia, which was published in Braille for the blind, in Georgian, which gives them the opportunity to independently share this beautiful sport. Blind and visually impaired people have been involved in chess for many years, but there is not much chess literature written in Braille in the world, and they are only available in Russian or English languages. The authors hope that access to chess literature for people with disabilities will help them advance at a professional level and in the future their goal will be to win various tournaments as well.

The book was published in two formats, in Braille and in Mkhedruli. There are symbolically 64 pages based on the number of cells on the chessboard in the book published in Mkhedruli script. Along with the study of the first steps, it contains a chess form and a diploma signed by the authors.