FIDE Course Inaugurated at Chennai, India


The FIDE Trainer and Instructor Courses is being held in India for the first time and was inaugurated by J.C.D. Prabhakaran, Vice President of the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on May 1.


Speaking at a brief ceremony, D.V.Sundar, Honorary Secretary of the All India Chess Federation said bringing this prestigious training course to India helped mitigate the financial strain of Indians who had to travel to Germany or Singapore in the past.


Chief Guest Mr.J.C.D.Prabhakaran, in his inaugural address lauded the efforts of the All India Chess Federation in bringing such courses to India. He was particularly impressed, the way the AICF is running its affairs under the leadership of its President Mr.N.Srinivasan.


The courses will be conducted by International Master Jovan Petronic of Serbia and FIDE Master Peter Long of Malaysia. Petronic is one of the world's senior trainers having trained four Yugoslav World Chess Olympiad teams. Peter Long is a former Malaysian champion.


The students numbering around twenty include International Master Neeraj Mishra, Woman International Master Mrunalinee Kunte, Women International Master Saheli Barua, International Arbiter K. Muralimohan, FIDE Master V. Hariharan, G.B.Joshi, FIDE Master Visweswaran etc.


"When I visited India in the past, I learnt many things from your players like International Master Raja Ravisekhar and it is a honour to teach now in India," said Peter Long who is well known in Indian chess circles.


"On arrival at Chennai, India, the country where chess was born, my second dream was complete," said Jovan Petronic. His first dream was to meet Robert James Fischer which he said happened during the second Fischer-Spassky match near Belgrade. Co-ordinator, Praful Zaveri of Mumbai introduced the trainers who were garlanded.


D.V. Sundar said this event will provide Indian chess with tremendous amount of training opportunities in the period ahead.
 

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