After ten days of fierce chess clashes the curtains have been lowered at the 25th European Youth Chess Championships in Porec. Competitors from 41 European countries, 838 of them in groups of up to 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years of age, in the men’s and women’s competitions respectively, were deciding on who will win the medals. After 10 days of hope, fear, sadness and joy, at the closing ceremony, the best were awarded medals and special gifts in the form of laptop computers, tablets, chess sets, chess software and books. Opširnije… »

In the Valamar “Diamant” Hotel, the FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is under way. The aim of the seminar is to provide norms and FIDE Arbiter titles (in accordance with Article 3.10 of the regulations for awarding the title of FIDE Arbiter) to the participants who pass the exam with 80% or better success. Opširnije… »

Ivan Mandekic: You have worked as a trainer in many countries, most recently in Slovenia. What can you say about the talents and the training work outside Russia?

Adrian Mikhalchishin: In Russia and the former Soviet Union there were even trainers’ faculties. I know a few people from this region who studied in Moscow, Zsuzsa Polgar in Minsk, and at these institutions an enviable level of trainers was created, but now the number of these institutions is getting smaller. In the West there is a big problem with the basic level of education. In this sense Yugoslavia was always better because there was a tradition and people who have passed on the knowledge from generation to generation, but these trainers were not appreciated enough. I, as president of the FIDE Trainer’s Commission, think that the trainers do not work enough on bettering themselves. They should pay more attention to learning psychology, pedagogy and work methodology. Opširnije… »

As part of this year’s European Youth Chess Championship in Porec, on September 24, the FIDE Trainers’ Seminar has started. The seminar is organized by FIDE, the European Chess Union (ECU), FIDE Trainer’s Commission and the Croatian Chess Federation. Opširnije… »

The best young European chess players in Porec. The best young European chess players from 42 countries have gathered these days in Porec, where, in the “Zatika” Sports Centre, the 25th European Youth Chess Championship is being held. The championship is attended by 841 competitors (boys and girls) in six age groups, from 8 to 18 years of age. 640 trainers and professional staff are accompanying them, and due to the age of the competitors, the youngest chess players are also accompanied by their parents. Opširnije… »

In the Valamar “Diamant” Hotel, on Saturday, September 26, 2015, starting at 9:30 AM, the FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar will begin. The aim of the seminar is to provide norms and FIDE Arbiter titles (in accordance with Article 3.10 of the regulations for awarding the title of FIDE Arbiter) to the participants who pass the exam with 80% or better success. The completed FIDE seminar is worth as one norm and without it you cannot become a FIDE Arbiter. Opširnije… »

To begin our conversations about chess, I think we could not choose a better speaker than a chess expert, publicist and erudite, Adrian Mikhalchishin, the Ukrainian grandmaster with a Slovenian passport, the Chairman of FIDE Trainer’s Commission. Adrian is just old enough to connect us and take us back to the time of past greats such as world champions Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal and the young Anatoly Karpov and Gari Kasparov, but he’s also young enough to familiarize us with the contemporaries and the current champion Magnus Carlsen as well as other top chess players of the younger generation. Opširnije… »

A meeting of all participants of the FIDE Trainers’ Seminar with the lecturers will be held on Thursday, September 24, at 3:15 PM, in the “Zatika” Sports Centre, in the conference room on the first floor. Opširnije… »