On 3 June 2026, the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted a chess tournament for the Academy’s staff, employees, master’s students and doctoral candidates, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Yuri Alexandrovich Khitrin, State Counsellor of Justice, 2nd Class.
The aims of the competition were to promote physical education and sport at the Academy, popularise practical and recreational sports, encourage a healthy lifestyle, and strengthen team spirit, mental resilience and concentration.
Academy staff, as well as Master’s and PhD students, took part in the tournament.
Following a series of tense and exciting games, the prize places were awarded as follows: 1st place – Ardak Manarbekovich Aidarbekov, Senior Research Fellow at Institute No. 2; 2nd place – Timur Rakhmetollaevich Akshukeev, a Master’s student at the Academy; 3rd place – Anuar Amangeldievich Kuanaliev, senior lecturer at the Department of Prosecutorial Supervision, Institute 1.
Holding such events contributes to the development of the participants’ intellectual potential, the strengthening of corporate culture and the promotion of chess as one of the most effective means of developing strategic thinking
