IQ Fest: Chișinău hosts inaugural family games festival
The inaugural intellectual games festival, IQ Fest, took place in Chișinău, offering families a range of challenges from chess to robotics.
The event saw chess, giant puzzles, virtual reality, robotics, and science experiments used to combine play with intellectual challenge for all ages.
Participants, from children to adults, tested the games and experienced the atmosphere.
"Chess isn't difficult. I learned to play on my phone," one participant said.
Another added: "It's all for the children. I find it interesting because I'm learning something and developing my mind."
One child reported: "We started with chemistry and made juice. We learned how a radio is made and how to make 'fake blood' from a colour."
Many adults joined in the games alongside the children and enjoyed every challenge.
"It's the weekend, so it's something interesting for the children and adults, a day spent together," said one parent.
"We have Uno, we have Jenga, and we’re planning to find this kind of circuit board too because we thought it was very useful," another commented.
"We’re developing our minds and learning how to play. Competitions are welcome. Most often we play on the computer, but we also practise chess."
The festival aims to cultivate and popularise intellectual games from an early age, according to the organisers.
"People are the most important resource we have, and the smarter they are, the happier they are, and the country will be more prosperous," said Evghenii Poleacov, president of the Intellectual Games Association.
The event is organised by the Intellectual Games Association of the Republic of Moldova.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
