1. Objective: To educate and certify Trainers and Chess-Teachers on an international basis. This FIDE Trainers’ Seminar for FIDE Trainer Titles Diploma is approved by FIDE and the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG). The seminar is co-organised by the FIDE, the African Chess Confederation (ACC), the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) and the Tunisian Chess Federation (TCF).

2. Dates: March 17th to 20th, 2017.

3. Location: Atrium, Hammamet, Tunisia.

Regulations

Registartion Form

Central House of Chess Player Reopens in Moscow

Following a major renovation, the Central House of Chess Player was reopened on December 23 in Moscow. Many VIP guests attended the ceremony.

The legendary club that celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, was rebuilt with a help and support of Moscow Government.

The ceremony was attended by a number of VIP guests, including Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow, Dmitry Peskov, Chairman of RCF Board of Trustees and Press-Secretary of the Russian President, Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Government, metropolitan Ilarion, bishop of Russian Orthodox Church, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE President, Andrey Filatov, RCF President, FIDE Vice-President, Yunus-bek Evkurov, Republic of Ingushetia President, Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Speaker of Russian Duma, Gennady Timchenko, founder of Timchenko Charitable Foundation, Andrey Guriev, CEO of PhosAgro, Boris Mints, Chairman of O1 investment group, Vladimir Vorozheikin, Vice-President of Sberbank, General Director of French-Russian Board of Trade and Industry Pavel Shinskij, Eduard Taran, President of RATM Holding, RCF Executive Director Mark Glukhovsky, 64-Chess Review publisher Igor Burshtein, famous director Andrey Konchalovsky, TV producer Tina Kandelki, world's eldest grandmaster Yury Lvovich Averbakh, Vice-World Champions Sergey Karjakin and Boris Gelfand, grandmasters Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexander Riazantsev, Sergey Rublevsky, Vladimir Potkin, Sergey Shipov, Yury Dokhoian, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Zhukova, members of RCF Supervisory Board, and many other honored guests.



They all listened to welcome speeches of Andrey Filatov, Sergey Sobyanin, Arkady Dvorkovich, Dmitry Peskov, metropolitan Ilarion, Yury Averbakh, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and Sergey Karjakin.

The ceremony ended with a concert of the world famous pianist Nikolay Lugansky and cellist Boris Andrianov. “Sergey Rachmaninov recited in this building in the past”, said Andrey Filatov, “and now we have Nikolay Lugansky!”
















Photos by Vladimir Barsky

Olympiad through the eyes of captains

“I am a lucky person. The first Olympiad for me as a coach turned out to be perfectly organized chess fest. In the last year FIDE initiated the supporting program for small and poor chess federations. They choose 3 federations from each continent and pay for their coach during the Olympiad. I was assigned for Lesotho team. I surfed in Internet for the information about the country before going to Baku. There I got to know that my wards were to skip the first round! They started to book tickets too late, so there were no more available for the proper date. That doesn’t sound too bad if you compare it with the Djibouti team which arrived before the 6th round.

Both woman and man teams consisted of young people 18-19-year-old and only one 50-year-old player was playing at the 4th board in man team. His name is Molapo Joang, he’s former minister of the country and currently in opposition party of Lesotho. They all are handsome and polite young men. They have great respect to age. For example, in Lesotho it’s forbidden to smoke next to older person, one may be seriously punished for this.

Previously I didn’t pay much attention to the project of FIDE Trainers’ commission, now I realize how important it is. Apparently, that’s the only chance for such countries as Lesotho to get access to “high technologies” in chess. Initially I was supposed to train only man team, but seeing the enthusiasm of these young people in learning, I decided to help also the woman team. It was a bit tough, but I have no sorrows. I believe I could improve their level of play during the tournament. Every next round they played better and more confidently.

The woman team consisted of 3 rated and 2 unrated players. I liked the unrated girl at the 3rd board, she gained the norm of WFM! She played quite decent chess. Men team was at more serious level. Young man Tokela, elo 1663, who was playing at the first board, turned out to be great defender. His rating will move up in the nearest time. Other players were rated between 1685 and 1750. The third board - young man and gifted tactician named Katanelo. He played very fast and sometimes after the end of the game the was more time on his clock than before the start! Our discussions made his play more thoughtful.

I introduced him the theme of candidate moves in calculation of variations. Before that he normally chose the first appropriate move and calculated it. Finally, his choice of moves became more responsible.

Gibson Franklyn (1987) - Kananelo Latela (1736) [D43]
WCO 2016 (3.3), 04.09.2016
[Maksimenko Andrei]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.0–0 Nd7 10.Re1!? [Modern Anti-Moscow variation has been played. Both players are aware of ideas.] 10...0–0 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bg4

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15.h3 [The unexpected decision. The idea of 10. Re1 is exactly 15.Re3 and eventually recapture on f3 with the rook.]

15...Bd7 [Originally played] [15...Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxf3 1/2 (16) Vazquez Igarza,R (2601)-Riazantsev,A (2692) Saint-Quentin 2014]

16.Rc1 Rad8 17.Qe2І h5 18.Qe3 Nc8!? [Its typically for the style of Kananelo. He doesnt want to stay passively and looks for counterplay.]

19.Rc2 Nd6 20.h4 [20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Qxa7 Bxh3!]

20...a6 21.a4 Bg4 22.Ng5 Bh6 23.f3? [How can one weaken the dark squares if he has no darksquare bishop?] [23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Na2!±]

23...Bc8 24.a5 Qe7 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Na4 Nb5? [Black had spent over the move about 10 seconds and blundered in variation Rg6, it was necessary to play 26.. Bb7 first] 27.Qc5! [27.Rxc6! Nd4 28.Rxg6++–]

27...Bxg5 28.hxg5 Qxg5 29.Qe3 Qxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Ra1!? [Better was Nd4]

32.Nc5? [White couldnt withstand the tension. Better was 31 Nb5 Nd4 32 Rc5]

32...Nd4 33.Rcc3 Rxa5 [Haste] [33...Kg7 34.Ba4 h4±]

34.Bd1? [34.Ba4! Be6 35.b4 Rxa4 36.Nxa4 Rb8°]

34...Ra1 35.Be2 Rb1 36.Bxa6 Bxa6 37.Nxa6 Rxb2 [The rest is technical matter, which was on high level this time]

38.Rc4 Ra8 39.Nb4 Ra4 40.Nd3 Rxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Rxc4 42.Nxe5 Rc2+ 43.Kh3 Kg7 44.Rd3 Ne6 45.Rd7 Kf6 46.Nxf7 g5 47.Nd8 Nf4+ [If Kananelo learns to play more thoughtfully he may grow into a good player]

0–1

Naturally, their main drawback was lack of knowledge. They knew some opening theory, as there are plenty chess books on it everywhere. But in the middlegame and end game there were serious problems. The example of this may be the end game played by our 4th board.

Joang, Molapo (1685) - Moinzai,Khushal (1624) [E12]
Baku Olympiad (Men) 42nd Baku (6.4), 08.09.2016

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45...g6?? [could hold the position 45...Qa2] 46.Rxf7! [The minister strikes and the team has to win 2,5 –1,5]

46...Qd6+ [The last check before death] [46...gxf5 47.Rg7+ Kh8 48.Rh7+ Kg8 49.Rbg7#]

47.Qf4? [47.f4! Qa3+ 48.Kh4+–] 47...Qxf4+ 48.Rxf4 Rxf4 49.Kxf4

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Who could know it that rook endgame with 3 against 2 pawns is drawn. It would be funny if it were not that sad. White had…lost this endgame, so the team lost 1,5–2,5.

What is interesting that not only my team members but also other players from some African countries came to me for advice how to work on chess, which matherial to use. It means the system is working! To sum up I must admit that both Lesotho team and their coach acquired priceless experience. I hope the program will keep on working and bring more use”.

Dear sirs,

Now that the Olympiad dust have finally settled, please allow me to say that on behalf of the Lesotho Delegation that attended the Chess Olympiad in Baku, the players and the entire chess community here in Lesotho, we wish to thank FIDE and the Trainers Commission for providing us with a skilled and knowledgeable coach during the Olympiad.

Because of his skills our players were able to perform much better and this is evidenced by the fact that three of them are in line to receive tittles from their performance in the Olympiad.

Aside from being a brilliant and hard working person, coach Andrey Maksimenko is a wonderful person!

We are really thankful that he coached the players and most of them will use the skills he gave them for the rest of their lives as chess players.

Once again, on behalf of the chess playing community in Lesotho, a big THANK YOU ALL. GENS UNA SUMUS!!

Regards,

Tseliso Motloheloa
Lesotho Chess Federation

Olympiad through the eyes of captains

Chess Olympiad attracts many people who follow the performance of the best national teams. Normally they follow the games of top players, when few of them realize how much is left behind the scenes at Olympiad. It’s like an iceberg, when you only see the top of it. For example, in addition to the main medals, the teams were fighting for the medals in their rating groups. According to average team rating the tournament is divided into 5 parts. So some unremarkable last round match at 50^th board may be decisive to determine Group D champion. Accordingly, the group winner receives not only medals but also feeling of success of being ahead of more than 30 teams of close rating. As we mentioned the topic, let me this year’s winners in their categories: India, Iran, Azerbaijan 3 (to pleasure of organizers), Sudan and Chinese Taipei. In women section: Russia, Belarus, Malaysia, Syria and Indonesia.


Malaysia team


Belarus team

Captains’ work is also left behind the scene. Previously this position was not always taken seriously. There used to be teams with local officials in role of captains, whose main task were photo shooting and sightseeing. Nowadays there came understanding that players not only need help in booking tickets and some other technical issues but with the raise of information in preparation they need help in opening preparation, psychological support and also team composing before each round. FIDE Trainers Commission now requires team captains to be licensed coaches thus cutting off tourism at the expense of chess players. It also contributes to a more serious approach to the training process. The importance of preparation has long time been recognized by top seed teams, which normally have 2-3 more trainers apart from captain. These coaches prepare opening files against tomorrow opponents in the night and during the game itself they can sleep with a sense of accomplishment to be ready for further night work. Normally during the evening team meeting the team composition is proved and tasks for night analysis are set. The names of these nocturnal coaches are rarely mentions in press, but very often the quality if their work is being proved during games. For example Russia in addition to official Rublevsky and Filatov had also Riazantsev, Potkin, Postovsky being noticed around. We can never exclude some more guys helping through Skype. No doubts this could only be afforded by rich and ambitious federations. Mere mortal beings as a rule have no nocturnal coaches but only one captain who has to organize the optimal way of preparation for 4 players, at most he can use the 5^th reserve player in some help with preparation. Far not all the countries have or are able to invite experienced coaches.

So this year FIDE Trainers’ Commission headed by Grandmasters Mikhalchishin and Grivas has implemented excellent idea by inviting famous coaches for those countries, which lack them by one reason or another. Such project provides sharing experience and chess knowledge to different regions.

For example, Haiti chess players could never dream before to have famous Mikhail Gurevich as their coach. Here is the full list.

Such cooperation is memorable experience for coaches too. I had pleasure to be captain of Barbados team.


Barbados team

The fact itself, that in the last round our team approached the scene and played against Denmark team, which had grandmaster even as reserved player, is surely success for country with population of 277 thousands. This success of Barbados team was noticed by press. Thus IM Farley Terry who won 5 last games in a row, including the first in his life victory over grandmaster, was announced the best sportsman of the week in Barbados. Interestingly his result could be even better. He missed most beautiful opportunity.

Farley,Terry (2203) - Jose Queralto,Daniel (2107)
Baku Chess Olympiad , 08.09.2016

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Seemingly, white can't take the bishop because of famous kids motive.

29.Qc5+?= [After this check position in equal, white even lost because of further mistake]

[29.Qxb2!! impossible is possible! 29...Re1+ 30.Rxe1 Qxb2 31.Bg6 The position is beautiful but it's simplicity. The black queen can't destroy the mating box built by 2 white pieces]

The chess component of their performance was also decent. Let me share one memorable part of game played in match between 99^th and 103^rd rated teams at Olympiad. I believe even GM could be proud of such finding.

Jones,Richard S (2396) - Husbands,Orlando (2257)
Baku Chess Olympiad | (10.1), 12.09.2016

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With his last move White has prepared a trap. Obvious capture of bishop failed to variation. 27...cxb2 28.Rxc8+ Bd8! (28...Qxc8? 29.Nh6+ gxh6 30.Qxc8+ Kg7 31.Qc2+–) 29.Rxb8 b1Q+=

Young leader of Barbados team coped excellently with calculation and found the perfect move which pushed White to resign]

27...h5!!

The point of the move is freeing square for the king, what is important in the following line 28.Qh3 cxb2 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8 30.Nh6+ Kh7! 31.Qxc8 b1Q+

0–1

About the author

Kravtsiv, Kryvoruchko, Grabinsky, Volokitin

Vladimir Grabinsky (15 January 1974) – FIDE Senior Trainer, International Master.

13 of his students awarded Grandmaster’s title (Kryvoruchko, Volokitin)

Together with his student Andrei Volokitin, they wrote the book «Perfect Your Chess». Later it was translated into 5 languages.

In 2014 FIDE awarded him with Euwe Max medal for junior’s trainer.

A FIDE Arbiters' Seminar is going to be organized from 1 to 5 February 2017 in Moscow, Russia, by the Moscow Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Russian State Social University in Moscow.

The Lecturer will be IA Alexander Tkachev (RUS), FIDE Lecturer.

The language of the Seminar will be Russian.

The Seminar will give FIDE Arbiter norms and titles, according to the Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters.

For more detailed information:
E-mail: moschess@mail.ru

APPLICATION FORM


IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

Jan Hendrik Timman – 65 JT

To celebrate the 65th birthday of the famous Dutch over-the-board GM and endgame study composer Jan Timman, two composing tourneys for endgame studies are announced:

1. Only for over the board title-holders (FIDE GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM, WFM)
Theme: free
Judges: Yochanan Afek & Hans Böhm
Tourney director: Harold van der Heijden
Prize fund: 1000 EUR

2. Open section
Theme: mate by the bishop (or struggle against mate by the bishop)
Judges: Jan Timman & Hans Böhm
Tourney director: Harold van der Heijden,
Prize fund: 1000 EUR

Send your originals before July 1st 2017 to the tourney director: heijdenharold@gmail.com preferably in PGN-format. In both sections there is a maximum of three studies per composer. Co-authored studies are allowed (in the first section all authors must be title holders). The final award will be ready on December 14th 2017, the 66th birthday of Jan Timman.

The prize money is made available by Böhm Communications BV www.hansbohm.com

In this way, Hans Böhm celebrates 50 years of close friendship with Jan Timman.

From 27 to 31 December 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Tamuning, Guam, by the Guam Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS), Councillor of the FIDE Chess for the Disabled Commission and FIDE Lecturer.

The lectures were in English language.

Eight (8) National Arbiters from Guam participated in the Seminar and seven (7) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm or title of FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:

IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

A FIDE Arbiters' Seminar is going to be organized from 7 to 9 April 2017 in Uddingston, Glasgow, Scotland, by the Chess Scotland Arbiters’ Committee, in cooperation with the Scotland Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be in 10 Chrighton Green, Uddingston G71 6TU.

The Lecturer will be IA Alex McFarlane (SCO), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Lara Barnes (ENG).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give FIDE Arbiter norms, according to the Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters.

Application Form

For more detailed information:
Lara Barnes, e-mail: larabarnes@btinternet.com
34 Beaconsfield Street, Blyth NE24 2DP

IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

A FIDE Arbiters' Seminar is going to be organized from 20 to 25 April 2017 in Kremenchuk, Poltava Region, Ukraine, by the Ukrainian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Oleg Tovchyga (UKR), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Yuriy Gnyp (UKR).

The venue of the Seminar will be the Hotel “Naftokhimik”, in Kremenchuk.

The language of the Seminar will be Russian. The Seminar will give FIDE Arbiter norms, according to the Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters.

For more detailed information:
IA Oleg Tovchyga, e-mail: olegtovchyga@ukr.net
IA Yuriy Gnyp, e-mail: rating@ukr.net

Application Form


IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG)

The results of FIDE Trainers’ Seminar for FIDE Trainers’ Titles that was held in Athens, Greece, from 13th to 15th January 2017.

RESULTS (pdf)

The Romanian chess is in mourning: one of its greatest players, IM Cristina Adela Foisor (nee Badulescu) passed away on 21st of January, at the age of 49 years.

Starting playing chess in official tournaments at 13 years, Cristina made quick progresses, winning in 1985 the bronze medal at the European Chess Championship in the Romanian resort Baile Herculane. In short time, she became a main member of the Romanian Olympic team, with 14 presences between 1988 and 2016 (13 of them at the first two boards), missing only the edition of 2008, with 7th place as best individual board result (1990) and 4th place in general standing (1994). As team performances, she won silver and bronze with Romania (1997, 2001) at the European Team Championship, as well as gold and two silvers (1998, 2000, 2001) with the club AEM Luxten Timisoara at the European Club Cup. In the continental field, it has to be mentioned the 5th place at the individual edition of 2001 and the title of European Union Champion, gained at Arvier in 2007.

At the World Women Championships, her highest performances were the qualification at the Candidate Tournament in Tilburg (1994) and the access into the quarter of finals at Moscow (2001). Sadly, the last qualification (for Tehran 2017) will no more be honoured by her presence.

Five time individual champion of Romania (from 1989 to 2013), she had many gold medals in the National Team Championships.

It is important to remember, too, her involving into chess developing and popularization, as President of the Romanian Committee for Women Chess and also grace to her blog foisorchess.wordpress.com. As trainer (alongside with her husband IM Ovidiu Foisor, National Champion in 1982), she has the accomplishment of launching, in the top chess, of their daughters WGM Sabina-Francesca (now playing for USA) and WIM Mihaela-Veronica (resident in Great Britain).

With her sudden disappearance, Cristina-Adela Foisor let a huge empty place in the National team but, also, a spiritual heritage which has to be always a landmark for the whole Romanian chess movement.

1. Objective: To educate and certify Trainers and Chess-Teachers on an international basis. This FIDE Trainers’ Seminar for FIDE Trainer Titles Diploma is approved by FIDE and the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG). The seminar is co-organized by the FIDE, the African Chess Confederation (ECU), the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) and the Ethiopian Chess Federation (ECF).

2. Dates: April 14th to 16th, 2017.

3. Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Regulations

Registration Form

The Singapore TRG Seminar scheduled for 2017 was estimated at 16 participants pending interest from the community at large.

However as we draw near to the end of 2016 several interested persons approached the SCF to extend the deadline and duly submitted their ID Cards, with the last one incoming at 14 January. We were indeed blessed with 2 of them seeking upgrade of their current titles. Some from abroad attended the Arbiter’s Seminar and stayed on!

FST Thomas Luther came in and discussed the topics with FT Bong Villamayor while FI John Wong assisted mainly with the administrative work on attendance, printing of certificates and the compiling of results in consultation with the group.

After 4 days (2 weekday nights and 2 weekend afternoons), we finally developed 2 FTs, 11 FIs, 11NIs and 1 DI.

RESULTS (pdf)

All trainees have listened attentively to the lectures conducted and did well in their written test. The spectrum of experience varied as most of the trainees this time were averagely rated players with moderate coaching experience except for a few who are currently coaching full time.

Thanks to all Lecturers and trainees who were happy with their results! Till the next seminar…

By FI John Wong

From 12 to 16 January 2017, a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Hammamet, Tunisia, by the Tunisian Chess Federation, under auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Atrium Hotel in Hammamet.

The lecturer was IA Bechir MESSAOUDI (TUN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Wajdi CHOUARI (TUN).

The lectures and the exams were in French language with translation in Arabic and English.

Fourteen (14) International and National Arbiters from Algeria and Tunisia participated in the Seminar and twelve (12) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm of FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:

IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

From 10 to 12 January 2017 a FIDE Arbiters' Seminar was organized in New Delhi, India, by the All India Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Park Plaza Hotel in New Delhi.

The Lecturer was IA Prof. R. Anatharam (IND), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Councillor and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran (IND).

The lectures were in the English language.

Fifty nine (59) people from India participated in the Seminar and in the examination test held after the lectures. The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a FIDE Arbiter Norm, after the approval of the next FIDE Congress:

IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

From 15 to 18 January 2017 a FIDE Arbiters' Seminar was organized in Singapore, by the Singapore Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), Asian Chess Federation Executive Director and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA Kwai Keong Chan (HKG).

The lectures were in the English language.

Eighteen (18) Arbiters from Singapore, Myanmar, India, Philippines, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Macau participated in the Seminar and in the examination test held after the lectures. The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a FIDE Arbiter Norm, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board: