FIDE TRAINERS SEMINAR.

FIDE, Confederation of Chess in Americas, the Colombian Chess Federation and the
Vallecaucana Chess League have the pleasure to invite you to the Seminar for FIDE
Trainers to be held in the City of Cali from 10th to 14th November 2010.

1. Objective: Teach and Certify Trainers and Professors of Chess, approved by

FIDE and by the FIDE Trainers Commission (TRG)
2. Date: November 10 to 14 of 2010
3. Venue: Salon La Giralda del Hotel Mudejar (Calle 8 No. 5-53) Cali, Colombia
4. Time: 2:00pm till 7:00pm
5. Cost: Free Registration until 6th November. All Participants must present a
letter from their federation, whereby they certify his participation in the
Seminar.

Hotel Package:
Hotel Mudejar
Calle 8 No. 5-53
www.hotelmudejar.com

Single room: US$50 per day/person, package US$200

Double or triple occupancy: US$40 per day/person. Package US$160
Includes: Accomodation and meals from dinner of 10 until lunch of 14 of November.
Includes Hotel insurance, WiFi, Parking, Medical Emergency service, VAT.
Official exchange rate: 1 dollar = $1830 Colombian pesos fluctuating.
6. Course Teachers: GM Alonso Zapata and WGM Martha Fierro

7. Programme:

Zapata 2:00-2:45 FIDE Trainers Commission (TRG)

Zapata 3:00-3:45 TRG - A Look at the Past

Trainers’ Ranking / FIDE Guide

Zapata 4:00-4:45 Physical and Psychological Factors

Nutritional Practices of Chess Grandmasters
Day 1

Fierro 5:00-5:45 Differences Between Boys and Girls in Chess

Nature or Nurture

Fierro 6:00-6:45 Chess Literature

Trainers’ Common Mistakes

Fierro 7:00-7:45 Getting to Know Ourselves

Building a Repertoire
 Fierro 2:00-2:45 Middlegame & Endgame Theory
Chess Intuition

Fierro 3:00-3:45 The Role of Classics

Working with Classical Games

Fierro 4:00-4:45 Technique of Analysis

Day2

Zapata 5:00-5:45 Basic / Typical Plans

Zapata 6:00-6:45 The Role of Prophylactic Thinking

Principles of Opening Play

Zapata 7:00-7:45 Attacking the King

Zapata 2:00-2:45 Open File / Semi-Open File

Outpost

Zapata 3:00-3:45 Rook Endings

Rook vs Minor Piece
Day 3

Zapata 4:00-4:45 The Bishop-pair

Fierro 5:00-5:45 Bishop vs Knight / Knight vs Bishop

Fierro 6:00-6:45 The Isolated Pawn

Fierro 7:00-7:45 Doubled Pawns

Fierro 2:00-2:45 Backward Pawn

Fierro 3:00-3:45 Hanging Pawns

Fierro 4:00-4:45 Passed Pawn

Day 4

Zapata 5:00-5:45 Pawn Majority / Pawn Minority

Zapata 6:00-6:45 The Exchange Sacrifice

The Positional Sacrifice

Zapata 7:00-7:45 Bishop Endings

Knight Endings

Fierro 10:00-10:45 Won Positions / Lost Positions

Fierro 11:00-11:45 The Golden Rules of the Endgame

How to Think in Endgames
Day 5

Fierro 12:00-12:45 Pawn Endings

Zapata 1:00-1:45 Queen Endings - Mixed Endings

Zapata 2:00-4:00 Examinations