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A Rohingya School Teachers Chess Training under the financial support of FIDE and Asian Chess Federation was organised by the  Bangladesh Chess Federation last weekend at the Refugee and Repatriation Camp-5, Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

The Chess for Refugees social project was held with the cooperation of the South Asian Chess Council, Office of Refugees and Repatriation Commissioner’s (RRRC), UNICEF and Jagoani Chakra Foundation

The main objective of organising this training program was to teach the game of chess to the students studying in Rohingya camp schools. Md. Ahsan Habib, Senior Assistant Secretary, attached to Refugees Relief & Repatriation Commissioner ‘s Office (RRRC) of Camp In Charge of Camp-5 inaugurated the three-day training program as the chief guest at CiC conference room, Camp-5.

National Chess Champion of Bangladesh, FIDE Trainer and Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib, International Chess Arbiter Md. Haroon Or Rashid, Md. Tanvir Rahman Bhuiyan, UNICEF Education Officer, Md. Abul Kashem Mozumder Project Focal of Jagorni Chakra Foundation Mehedi Kaiser, and Program Coordinator of Johns Hopkins Center Communication program spoke on the occasion.

UNICEF’s Communication Officers Alam Farvis and Md Pavlo and UNICEF’s Special Visitor Chris Henderson from Teachers College Cilumba University of New Zealand were present at the time. A total of 30 school teachers from different Rohingya school camps participated in this training program.

FIDE Trainer GM Enamul Hossain Razib, International Chess Arbiter Md. Haroon Or Rashid and FIDE Instructor Showkat Hossain Pollab gave training on different subjects of how to learn chess. Rohingya school teachers participated in this event with great interest.

Books on chess and laws of chess were given to participating school teachers. Organizers hope that students studying in Rohingya schools will learn chess with great interest and will enjoy playing chess. At the same time, by practicing chess, they will be more focused on learning the game. At the end of the training, each of the 30 schools will be provided with ten sets of chessboards with pieces.

FIDE IO Online Seminar was held from 17th to 21st July 2023 via Zoom.
It was organized by the Asian Chess Federation Academy under the auspices of FIDE Events Commission and supported by the FIDE Planning and Development Commission.

The opening session was attended by Hisham Al-Taher, General Secretary of the Asian Chess Federation, Ozgur Solakoglu, Honorary Chairman of the FIDE Events Commission, Casto Abundo, ACF Executive Director, and Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Secretary of ACF Arbiters Commission.

At the opening ceremony of the Seminar, the ACF General Secretary Hisham Al Taher welcomed the participants to the Seminar and urged them to make full use of the information that the lecturer will provide. He wished everyone good luck.

Ozgur Solakoglu, Honorary Chairman of the FIDE Events Commission, delivered the speech on behalf of FIDE and Events Commission who praised the efforts of the Academy of the Asian Chess Federation and Asian lecturers in organizing courses to prepare, qualify and develop technical cadres in the Asian member countries and all Arabic speaking countries.

The Lecturer of the Seminar was the FIDE Lecturer IO/IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE) FIDE Chairman of the ACF Arbiters Commission. The seminar was moderated by Hisham Al Taher, Secretary General of the Asian Chess Federation.

The Language of the Seminar was in Arabic.

Daily lectures were from 18.00-22.00 Dubai Time (+4 GMT). 21st July 2023 was the seminar examination test (3 Hours)

Twenty-One (21) participants registered from Nine (9) federations, namely, ALG, KUW, JOR, KSA, EGY, LBA, PLE, SYR, and UAE. Seventeen (17) of them passed the examination test which was held after the end of the lectures.

The Seminar will give FIDE IO norm, Seminar Certificate according to the Regulations for the FIDE Events Commission after the approval of the next FIDE Council meeting.

Asian Chess Federation joins FIDE in celebrating International Chess Day today 20 July 2023. Visit fide.com.

 

 

Dear national federations,

Olympic Council of Asia announced that the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Thailand in November 2023 have been postponed to February-March 2024.
Originally set for November 17-26, 2023, the new dates for AIMAG 6 are February 24 to March 6 2024.

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A FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Arabic was organized by the Asian Chess Federation, and under the auspices of FIDE Arbiters Commission 22-26 June 2023 via Zoom. the event was supported by the FIDE Planning and Development Commission.

The Lecturer was IA/IO Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE) FIDE Lecturer, Councilor of FIDE AC, Chairman of ACF AC. The Technical was KK Chen, the Organizer Hisham Al Taher (ACF General secretary), the observer was IA/IO Casto Abundo (ACF Executive
Director).

The Language of the Seminar was Arabic. Daily lectures from 18.00 to 22.30 Dubai Time (+4 GMT). total of (22 hours), 30 th June 2023 was the examination test online (4 hours). Twenty (22) participants were registered from ten (10) deferent federations, nine (9) of them were female. The participants were from ALG, EGY, UAE, BRN, TUN, MAR, YEM, KSA,
SYR, and LBA. Twenty-One (21) of them attended the exam.

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The Dato’ Arthur Tan Chess Centre (DAT Chess Centre) with endorsement from the Malaysian Chess Federation will be organizing the 18^th Malaysian Chess Festival – 25^th August – 03^rd SEPTEMBER 2023 comprising the following events as per the details below: All the events will be held in Cititel Midvalley Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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1) SMS DEEN MERDEKA OPEN RAPID TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

Dates: 25^th & 26^th August 2023 (Friday & Saturday)

Type: Rapid, Time Control: 20 minutes + 5 seconds to finish

No of Rounds: 9 (nine), Team Swiss System – (Prize Fund: RM 20,000)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

2) DATO’ TAN CHIN NAM FOUNDATION MERDEKA JUNIOR TEAM (U-12) CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Dates: 25^th & 26^th August 2023 (Friday & Saturday)

Type: Rapid, Time Control: 20 minutes + 5 seconds to finish

No of Rounds: 9 (nine), Team Swiss System – (Prize Fund: RM 10,000)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

3) MERDEKA BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP – (Saturday, 26^th August 2023)

Dates: 26^th August 2023

Type: Blitz, Time Control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds to finish

No of Rounds: 9 (nine), Swiss System – (Prize Fund: RM 2,500)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

4) DATO TAN CHIN NAM FOUNDATION AGe-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

(UNDER 06/08/10/12/14/16/18)

Dates: 27^th August 2023 (Sunday)

Type: Rapid, Time Control: 25 minutes to finish  – No of Rounds: 6 Round Swiss

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

5) 18^th IGB DATO’ ARTHUR TAN MALAYSIAN OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Dates: 27^th August (Arrival)  – 04^th September 2023 (Departure)

Type: Standard, Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1 to finish – (Prize Fund: US$ 18,000)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

6) 16^th MID VALLEY CITY MALAYSIA CHESS CHALLENGE

Dates: 27^th August (Arrival)  – 04^th September 2023 (Departure)

Type: Standard, Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1 to finish – (Prize Fund: RM 15,000)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

7)  11^th DATO TAN CHIN NAM INTERNATIONAL SENIORS OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Dates: 27^th August (Arrival)  – 04^th September 2023 (Departure)

Type: Standard, Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1 to finish – (Prize Fund: RM 18,500)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

8) MERDEKA DAY AGE GROUP (OPEN, UNDER 6,8,10,12,14 & 16)

Dates: 31^st August 2023

Type: Rapid , Time Control: 20 minutes to finish

No of Rounds: 6 Round Swiss System – (Prize Fund: RM 3,000)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

9) FESTIVAL BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP – (Saturday, 3^rd September 2023)

Dates: 3^rd September 2023

Type: Blitz, Time Control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds to finish

No of Rounds: 9 (nine), Swiss System – (Prize Fund: RM 2,500)

 

http://register-datchesscentre.com/ Website: Malaysian Chess Festival 2023 – DAT Chess Centre

 

 

 

 

 

H.E Sheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah has been elected today as the new President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for a new term of 4 years, during the 42nd General Assembly held in the Thai capital, Bangkok. H.E Sheikh Talal beat Kuwaiti Husain Al-Musallam, the organisation’s director general and President of World Aquatics, at the OCA General Assembly in Bangkok by 24 votes to 20.

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H.E Sheikh Talal, 58, held several positions previously, most notably the presidency of the Kuwaiti Olympic Committee and the Football Association before he moved away from the sports scene in recent years due to health conditions.

H.E Sheikh Talal replaces his older brother Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, who led the OCA for more than three decades, as he held the position since July 1991.

Additionally, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Second Vice President, His Excellency Dr Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, has been re-elected as the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Vice President for West Asia during the 42nd OCA General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand.

H.E Dr. Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari will now serve the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Asia for a further four-year term.

The meeting has seen Sheikh Talal Al-Fahad Al-Sabah elected as the OCA President, Mr. Timothy Fok as the OCA Vice President for East Asia, Mr. Dato Seri Chaiyapak Siriwat, as the OCA Vice President for South East Asia, Mr Timur Kulibayev as the OCA Vice President for Central Asia and Lt. Genl. Syed Arif Hasan as the OCA Vice President for South Asia.

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Warmest congratulations and best wishes to Sheikh Dr. Talal Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the occasion of winning the presidency of the Olympic Council of Asia, seen below with Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher (right).

Many thanks and gratitude to Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in the State of Kuwait, for his great efforts in supporting athletes and Asian sports, and for chairing the Olympic Council of Asia from 1990 to 2023. From Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher (right)