For a world
that thinks better.

30 years of refinement

Refining chess-based learning for education.

500+ schools in Denmark

Reached through Dansk Skoleskak nationwide.

Across countries & contexts

Bringing chess-based learning beyond Denmark.

Grow through chess

Chess-based learning turns the focus, logic and dialogue of chess into practical experiences for child and adult development. The Chess Learning Institute develops and shares structured approaches that partners can adapt to their own contexts.

A child concentrating on a chess move during a learning activity.
Children concentrating on a chess game during a learning activity.

Refined over 30 years

For three decades, Dansk Skoleskak has developed a structured methodology that supports traditional education while strengthening learning, collaboration and problem-solving.

Refined through school practice

Built on experience from Dansk Skoleskak’s work with more than 500 Danish schools, CLI helps partners adapt chess-based learning to different systems and local contexts.

Children gathered around a chessboard during a school learning activity.
A child reacting with excitement during a chess-based learning activity.

Learning goals that can be measured

Our programmes are designed so partners can define and evaluate goals for academic learning, social behaviour and classroom engagement while participants practise focus, cooperation and problem-solving.

We work with schools, communities, organizations, and institutions globally to bring this approach to people around the world.

Schools

Structured programs that strengthen learning in classrooms around the world.

Municipalities

Stronger institutions and greater engagement across regions and school systems.

Youth Development

Opportunities for children and adolescents to succeed beyond traditional learning contexts.

Communities

Shared learning experiences that help people engage and collaborate across differences.

Prisons

Learning that supports reflection, personal development and new opportunities.

Businesses

New ways to collaborate, communicate and exercise strategic thinking.

We use chess as the journey,
not the destination.

Numbered coordinate grid laid out as a chessboard.
Two chess pawns in conversation on a chessboard illustration.

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Make the next move.

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