FIDE The 82nd FIDE CONGRESS By PIOTR KAIM


Krakow, Poland


Large USCF delegation attends to make U.S. issues heard


The annUaL FIDe CongreSS waS heLD In KraKow, PoLanD this past october 15-22, 2011. During the event, FIDe President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov signed the final agreement with the organizing Committee of the 2014 Tromso olympiad. The Congress was marked by heated debate over FIDe finances and USCF attempts to receive FIDe acceptance on U.S. time controls and multi-schedule tournaments. Unlike FIDe Congresses held during olympiads, this one was not hosted by the


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general assembly. Therefore, the most important events were the executive board (eB) meetings scheduled for the last two days preceded by preparatory works that were done by numerous FIDe commis- sions. however, given the number of delegates (approximately 200) and the fact that many of them were fresh to this kind of gathering, the real business-at- hand was sometimes no more important than building relationships. “I’m here for the first time at a FIDe Congress and I’m satisfied I was able to get to know a


lot of people from many countries,” said Kevin Bohnam, a delegate from australia. Making new contacts and reinforcing


the old ones is equally important for FIDe insiders like gM adrian Mikhalchishin, chairman of the FIDe Trainers’ Commis- sion. when asked about his greatest achievement, he mentioned contacting members of the CaCDeC (Committee for assistance to Chess Developing Coun- tries). “we cooperate with CaCDeC to launch Internet courses for the Third world trainers. on top of this, we will give the


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