India Gets 19 FIDE Licensed Chess Trainers

India Gets 19 FIDE Licensed Chess Trainers

By Arvind Aaron

India got four FIDE Trainer titles at the end of the FIDE Trainer Seminar that was organised by the All India Chess Federation at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from April 30-May 7.

Among the 19 chess trainers who came from all over India, four got FIDE Trainer title, seven obtained the FIDE Instructor title, three received the National Instructor and five took the Development Instructor title.

Titles given were based on the training capacity of the trainees and also the strength of the players they have trained thus far. A series of tests, some of them comparing to the competitive examinations were held. They were grilled with 243 position to solve in 120 minutes which came to about 45 seconds per problem solving.

"It was ten times more difficult," said G.B. Joshi of Air India, Delhi. We thought we knew everything about chess but from this course course we understood that chess was much more and what we knew was very little, ceded Joshi.

International Masters Neeraj Mishra (Jha), G.B. Joshi (Del), FIDE Master V. Hariharan (TN) and K. Visweswaran (TN) received the more prestigious FIDE Trainer title.

Woman International Masters Saheli Barua (Ben) and Mrunalinee Kunte (Mah) K. Muralimohan (TN), Prasenjit Dutta (Del), V. Ravichandran (TN), Santanu Lahiri (Ben) and Prasad P Deshmukh (Mah) received the FIDE Instructor titles.

"These courses opened our eyes," said K. Murali mohan, Secretary of the Chennai District Chess Association, who was a trainee himself.

 

Certificate for trainers will prove essential as sporting careers of young chess players are placed in their hands by hopeful parents. It is going to get popular in the days ahead.

The course was conducted by Senior Trainer and International Master Jovan Petronic of Belgrade, Serbia and Peter Long of Malaysia in a very professional manner.  ever smiling FIDE Instructor Mr.Praful Zaveri was the Course Co-ordinator

 

The Results of the Seminar

 

SL Name          Gender State Title Awarded
1 Neeraj Kumar Mishra M Jharkand FIDE Trainer
2 K.Visweswaran M Tamilnadu  FIDE Trainer
3 G.B.Joshi M Delhi FIDE Trainer
4 V.Hariharan M Tamilnadu  FIDE Trainer
5 Prasenjit Dutta M Delhi FIDE Instructor
6 Dhar-Barua, Saheli F West Bengal FIDE Instructor
7 V.Ravichandran M Tamilnadu  FIDE Instructor
8 Kunte, Mrunalini  F Maharashtra FIDE Instructor
9 Muralimohan K. M Tamilnadu  FIDE Instructor
10 Santanu Lahiri M West Bengal FIDE Instructor
11 Prasad P. Deshmukh  M Maharashtra FIDE Instructor
12 Nitin Warde M Maharashtra National Instructor
13 K.Ganesan M Tamilnadu  National Instructor
14 Avinash Malvankar M Goa National Instructor
15 Kavlekar, Sanjay R. M Goa Developmental Instructor
16 Sakthi Prabhakar M Tamilnadu  Developmental Instructor
17 N.K.Nandakumar M Tamilnadu  Developmental Instructor
18 K.Kanna Reddy M Andhra Pradesh Developmental Instructor
19 K.V.V. Sarma M Andhra Pradesh Developmental Instructor


 

 

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