Chess and Mind Games Club

I'm Fatih Uzun. I am a 4th year student in the Department of International Trade and Business Administration. I am also a member of the Chess and Mind Games Club. Our club was founded in 2015. The aim of our club is to develop people's chess skills and contribute to their social lives. We have our own room on the Etlik campus where have some tools and tables belonging to us. We gather there and have our meetings and play games. The number of our club members has reached 450 as of last year. But there are mainly about 70 people who actively participate in tournaments. Usually, the first-year students who actively try to socialize contribute to us, thank you for that. They're getting better. In terms of the basic activities we have done throughout the year, we organize tournaments at least twice a year. Our professional chess team goes to tournaments. Apart from that, we hold stands and meetings on certain dates as determined by our university. There we give various gifts, we introduce chess to people. We are trying to introduce other mind games apart from chess. We have made quite a lot of progress in this context. At present, our most impressive event is the participation of our university's professional team in inter-university tournaments. Our club is open to everyone at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. This includes the administrative staff who can join us too. Chess and Mind Games Club usually improves people's cognitive skills, and also provides benefits in terms of socializing and forming personal relations when the club gets together and organizes various activities. We can observe these. I recommend every student who comes to our university to come to our stand, and even if it’s not open, contact us through their social media devices, meet us and become a member of the club. I believe they will gain many things. They can be sure they won't regret it, I'm waiting for all of you.