Trainer Workshop: “How to Teach Calculations” by Artur Jussupow
FIDE Senior Trainer and GM Artur Jussupow, a World Championship Candidate who has been ranked as high as third behind legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov at their peak, will conduct a workshop “How to Teach Calculations” on 14 May 2022. The workshop will be held in online format. This is the second of a series by […]
Qualification Commission renews its leadership
Nick Faulks, chair of the Qualification Commission (QC), and Alex Holowczak, its Secretary, have decided to step down from their current positions. They both will remain as Councillors and will also keep cooperating with FIDE in other areas, putting their invaluable experience to use. The intention of this change of leadership is to allow for a […]
Ten years of Chicago chess in jail
Ten years ago, a very fortunate connection happened in Chicago when Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart approached his children’s chess coach, Mikhail Korenman. Apart from being a seasoned teacher, Mikhail had already been engaged in all kinds of chess activities, from founding chess clubs and schools, to organizing events. Sheriff Dart thought that the game […]