What: Press Conference at Opening of SOM Chess Academy Children Seminar When:  Friday, 24th February 2017, 10am  

Where: Pope Paul Memorial Hotel, Rubaga 

What: Closing Ceremony of SOM Chess Academy Children Seminar 

When: Sunday, 26th February 2017, 4pm  Where: Pope Paul Memorial Hotel, Rubaga 

Inspired by the touching movie “Queen of Katwe”, the German Embassy Kampala is funding the SOM Chess Academy Children Seminar, taking place from 24th to 26th February 2017. German Chess Grandmaster Thomas Luther is going to coach 80 of the strongest young chess players from underprivileged backgrounds in Kampala and Gulu in chess strategies and tactics for two days.  

The Seminar has an inclusive approach and has also registered children with physical handicaps. 

Organized by Robert Katende, founder of the SOM Chess Academy (http://www.somchessacademy.com/), it is another step on the way to transform lives of vulnerable children and young people through chess. Uganda’s Queen of Katwe, Phiona Mutesi, is also eager to learn from the German Grandmaster and will actively participate in the event. 

On Friday, 24th February 2017, at 10 am, the seminar will officially be opened by German Ambassador Dr. Peter Blomeyer, followed by a joint press conference. The Ambassador is also going to attend the closing ceremony on Sunday, 26th February 2017 at 4pm.  

The media is kindly invited to cover both events. In order to prepare the venue appropriately, kindly confirm your attendance. Contact details given below. 

For further information: pr-100@kamp.diplo.de or +256 414 501111, Ms. Susanne Pflanz.