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Jerusalem. The ICRC sponsors the organization of a chess tournament. Usaid Taki Al Deen Abed Al Baset from Hebron in the West Bank is 6 years old and has been playing chess for a year.
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Usaid said: “I love chess because it helps me develop my mind, my abilities in time management, and my patience. I am the champion of the 6-year-old category and I am participating in an International Chess Competition in Dubai next week. I am so happy to represent Palestine in my category,” Usaid said after winning one of the nine rounds of a chess tournament held in Al Jib, a small village in the north west of Jerusalem, on 16 July.
ICRC website photo gallery, 04.08.2016: "Jerusalem and the West Bank: Checkmating violence. Jerusalem and the West Bank: Checkmating violence. A recent chess tournament to encourage self expression and intellectual stimulation as alternatives to violence brought together 76 players, including many children and teenagers.
The tournament was part of a series of youth activities that the ICRC has launched in Jerusalem during 2016.
As well as providing alternatives to violence, our youth activities raise awareness of our work and of three of the fundamental principles that guide it – humanity, neutrality, and impartiality.
"Chess requires cleverness, willingness, strength and toughness. These psychological aspects help develop students' personalities, because they're still young. It helps them become leaders, take the right decisions, find ways to develop themselves, be more independent and take decisions under pressure," said youth chess trainer Diaa' Ahmed Al Faqieh.
The tournament was organized by the Palestinian Chess Federation and the Qattana and Al Jib youth sports clubs. Entitled "Together for Humanity", it was sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross."
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