The Competence Center "Rafael Vaganian" was established in December 2008 due to Bucharest City Hall (District 4) and mayor Cristian Popescu Piedone help and support.
The center’s activity goals are various and include holding of interesting chess events for further development and popularization of the chess sport. The program also includes carrying out the chess events to support chess veterans and especially young chess players.
One of our basic purposes is to reveal talented children and to deepen their love towards chess, as well as to give the children an opportunity to realize and show their abilities to play chess, regardless of their financial position.
The selected perspective young chess players are given the opportunity to participate in the educational trainings and to have trainer's help for free.
The educational program provides individual approach to each participant, directed on the latter perfection in chess, as well as on his multilateral development as an individual.
"Nobody will regret the time given to chess, for them it will help in any profession…"
Tigran Petrosyan