Chess Coach education at the FIDE Trainer Academy in Berlin

Thursday, 27 March 2008

We have received the attached report of the FIDE Trainer Course which was held in Berlin from March 14th to 20th.

Please download the Report in PDF format.

The 10th International FIDE Trainer course took place from 14 to 20 March 2008 in Berlin. All participants were high-motivated and followed the lessons and presentations of the lecturers well concentrated six days along. The themes were as follows:

Horst Metzing, ECU Secretary General and Sports Director of the German Chess Federation: Structural structure, functions and tasks of the World Chess Federation FIDE and the European Chess Union ECU.

GM Adrian Mikhalchishin, Vice-president of the FIDE Trainer Committee: Didactically appropriate training ways for different age and performance levels to topics in the opening, middle game and endings.

GM Uwe Boensch, Coach of the German National Team of DSB and FIDE Senior Trainer: How to treat important strategic proceedings in the middle game? Training methods and practical examples.

PD Dr Habil Marion Kauke, pedagogical and social psychologist:
How important are the pedagogical-psychological competencies of the chess trainer? In which ways difficult situations at teaching and training are to handle and do cope with. The lessons were held by the means of role-playing and supervising.

IM Michael Richter, FIDE Trainer and ChessBase expert: Modern education with the support of the computer, learning aids particularly with use of important functions of the program ChessBase 9.0 and Fritz11.

The lecturers praised the active cooperation and discipline during the entire course. Accordingly all participants completed their 30 -and 45minutes demonstration lessons wellprepared. Using different teaching aids, like laptops, beamer and the demonstration board the following topics were discussed, which were commentated and judged afterwards by the two GM colleagues Adrian Mikhalchishin and Uwe Boensch in an examination part.

Alexandre Vuilleumir, Switzerland: The principles of Tarrasch and their modern development.
Hedin Steingrimson, Island: The classical French endgames.
Rene Deubelbeiss, Switzerland: Training of chess mates.
Roman Schnelli, Switzerland: Chess against Grandmaster.
Arash Akbarinia, Iran: Attaching the king!

In a short conclusion ceremony, the course leader Uwe Boensch handed out the certificates as ``FIDE Trainer`` and ``FIDE Instructor`` to all participants. With friendly words the participants thanked the organizers, lecturers and the hosting German Chess Federation for the instructive and pleasant days in the capital Berlin. The from far away travelling to Berlin Arash Akbarinia from Iran thanked the officials of the FIDE Trainer Academy with cordial words: ``Everything was simply perfect and it was such a pleasure for me to attend his course. I learned so many excellent methods of teaching chess and also met extremely kind people. So thanks a lot.``

The traditional Blitz tournament arranged in the ``Berlin Chess School`` was won by Arash Akbarinia and Alexandre Vuilleumier with 5,5 points.
As already remarked, the next international course to educate FIDE Trainers and Instructors will be executed from 11 - 17 July 2008. For further information please take a look at www.fide-trainer-academy.com

Report by GM Uwe Boensch, Headmaster of FIDE Trainer Academy

Please download the Report in PDF format.

Here are the photos from the Seminar:

Uwe Boensch, Headmaster of FIDE Trainer Academy

Adrian Mikhalchishin, Vice-President of the FIDE Trainer Committee

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