Brussels, 20/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament adopted a written declaration on 15 March to promote chess in schools through the “Chess in School” programme. This finally exceeded the 10% of signatures required (415 signatures, whereas the minimum of 378 was obligatory). MEPs clearly recognised the benefits of chess with children and congratulated bodies promoting chess playing such as the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe and the European Chess Union, which will jointly...