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Asian Chess Federation FIDE
National Chess
Federation of
Philippines
FIDE TrainersCommission
FIDE Trainers Seminar
for
FIDE Trainer Titles
From 21
st
to 25
th
May 2013 a FIDE Trainers Seminar was held in Manila, Philippines. The event tookplace in hotel Midas, where the Asian Continental Championships were parallel held as well. The
seminar was held for 26 hours in 5 days and the Lecturer was GM & FST Efstratios Grivas (Greece -
Secretary of the FIDE Trainers Commission), assisted by the first ever Asian GM (& FST) Eugene
Torre and GM & FT Jayson Gonzales (both Philippines).
From left to right: 2nd: Jayson Gonzales, 3rd: Efstratios Grivas and 5th: Eugune Torre.
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As some participants stated, it was a joyful and quite educational seminar. A sample from the feedback
of the participants is illuminating:
GM Grivas, I am an employee of the Department of Education under the School Sports Events and
Activities Unit (SSEAU). The SSEAU handles the school sports program of the Department and
manages the conduct of Palarong Pambansa wherein Chess is one of the sports events. In addition to
this, the SSEAU also conducts seminar and training for Physical Education teachers and coaches every
year. This is to update or refresh the teachers and/or coaches on the latest development of their
respective sports and on what to teach their students and athletes. As an International FIDE Arbiter, Iam part of the training staff for Chess.
This program of the World Chess Federation, the Seminar for Accredited FIDE Trainers which was
designed to educate and accredit Chess Trainers in the international method of teaching chess to
various levels of students and ages, will not only benefit me, but the Department of Education, the
teachers, coaches and most of all the student-athletes. If given the chance to secure the most sought
after FIDE Trainer and/or FIDE Instructor titles, the knowledge that I have acquired from this
Seminar will be conveyed to my fellow Chess trainers, teachers and coaches of the different schools
from the 17 regions and will eventually be taught to our students especially the Chess lovers.
IA Edmon Prado
Dear GM Grivas,
Thank you for everything. The seminar was very instructive and entertaining with your anecdotes and
jokes. I hope we will meet again in the future.
Regards IM Jimmy Liew
Thank you so much GM Efstratios for sharing with us this wonderful experience and knowledge. Hope
to see you again by the time I will be upgrading to the next level. Thank you so much!
NM Rudy Ibanez
Sir Grivas,By now you are probably reading this from Dubai!
I just wanted to take this opportunity, on behalf of my husband (IM Idel Datu) and myself, to say thank
you for a very insightful and interesting learning experience! Your lessons, lectures, and anecdotes gave
us new insights to and appreciation for chess training.We hope in turn that you've enjoyed your stay in the Philippines and return again someday either for
leisure or to spread more of your trainer-wisdom.
Best Regards, Chiara Datu
A nice touch with Efstratios
and two of the participants,
James Infiesto (left) and
Idelfonso Datu (right).
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Well, 26 training hours was already a good experience for the trainees, but there also an examination
and FIDE titles to be awarded as well. Here is the final table (DI= Developmental Instructor NI=
National Instructor FI= FIDE Instructor FT= FIDE Trainer):
Titles Award Table
N Surname Name Birth Country FIDE ID Award
1 Bitantes Jesus 25.03.1979 Philippines 5216885 DI
2 Cadiz Arnolito 26.04.1967 Philippines 5217296 NI
3 Caluya Ralph 03.06.1973 Philippines 5208890 DI4 Carag Erwin 26.03.1967 Philippines 5200423 FI
5 Carandang Roberto 19.01.1979 Philippines 5204925 DI
6 Carlos Leo 22.11.1979 Philippines 5207274 FT
7 Castro Dari 19.11.1962 Philippines DI
8 Cudiamat Enriquito 14.07.1968 Philippines NI
9 Datu Chiara Reina 03.06.1983 Philippines 5217768 NI
10 Datu Idelfonso 12.06.1972 Philippines 5201101 FT
11 Dungca Ryan 21.08.1983 Philippines 5202140 NI
12 Garcia Neal Jerusalem 22.07.1988 Philippines DI
13 Gotel Michael 13.02.1973 Philippines 5207347 FI
14 Hicap Joel Anthony 17.03.1967 Philippines FI
15 Ibanez Rudy 25.01.1958 Philippines 5202698 FI
16 Infiesto James 24.06.1968 Philippines 5205670 NI
17 Lam Minh Chau 07.03.1967 Vietnam 12402095 NI
18 Lao Elias 17.02.1948 Philippines 5200377 FI
19 Liew Jimmy 19.11.1958 Malaysia 5700019 FT
20 Lopez Florante 16.01.1968 Philippines 5216893 DI
21 Lubis Endar Saktri 29.08.1977 Indonesia 7102062 FI
22 Marcial Augusto 24.08.1958 Philippines 5201810 NI
23 Navaja Luis 12.02.1962 Philippines 5211379 DI
24 Neri Susan Grace 07.11.1991 Philippines 5205158 DI25 Neri Wilfredo 08.12.1966 Philippines 5210143 FI
26 Perez Ilann 04.08.1959 Philippines 5203341 DI
27 Poloyapoy Felix Jr. 12.02.1977 Philippines 5210208
28 Prado Edmon Grey 28.04.1973 Philippines 5208882 DI
29 Quezon Alan 18.03.1968 Philippines DI
30 Samaniego Hermilo 27.12.1949 Philippines 5215226 DI
31 Sharavdorj Dashzegve 21.10.1974 Mongolia 4900340 FT
32 Silva Winston 03.10.1977 Philippines 5210542 FI
33 Tumbaga Eliseo 17.05.1954 Philippines 5213193 NI
The seminar was co-organised by FIDE, the Asian Chess Federation, the FIDE Trainers Commission
(TRG), the National Chess Federation of Philippines, the Florencio Campomanes Chess Academy and
theEugene Torre Chess Foundation, Inc..
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In the last day the first stone ceremony in the prestigious-to-be- Eugene Torre Chess Foundation, Inc.
was on the cards. Grivas, Torre, Kuzmin, Abundo and many others had to work hard (for another one
time) under the hot Philippino sun! Here are the evidences:
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The closing ceremony was honoured by the National Chess Federation of Philippines President Mr.
Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.. He (2nd from right) delivered a nice speech and the diplomas of participation to
every one of the 33 participants:
I had a wonderful experience in the Manila seminar and I feel like thanking everybody who made it
possible! I promised to return in the near future for more training and more experience to be gained by
everybody! Thanks Philippines!
See you soon,
GM & FST Efstratios Grivas
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