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Chess in Bulgaria

Impey, JoFebruary 3, 2012

For some, chess may have been a major part of life, but many children in the West barely know how to play the game. But there's one school in Bulgaria that's trying to change that.

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The school claims to be the first in Europe to have introduced chess as a compulsory subject for all its students. And those behind the project want the idea to be extended across the continent. Deutsche Welle's Joanna Impey took a trip to school in the Bulgarian capital Sofia to learn more.