5/3/2010 – He was responsible for putting the Philippines on the chess world map, a player, organiser and teacher. In 1982 he was elected to the FIDE presidency and held the position for 13 years. As from 1995 he was Honorary President of FIDE and appeared in a ceremonious function at numerous events. "Campo", as his friends called him, passed away on 3 May, after a protracted bout with cancer. Eulogy.
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Florencio Campomanes, February 22, 1927 – May 3, 2010
Florencio Campomanes was born in Manila and graduated in Political Science
from the University of the Philippines in 1948. He studied at Brown University
(Providence, Rhode Island) and earned his M.A. in 1951, following that with
doctoral studies at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., from 1949-54.
Florencio Campomanes in 2005
As a chess player he was of National Master strength, and won the Philippine
national championship twice (in 1956 and 1960). He represented his country at
five Chess Olympiads: Moscow 1956, Munich 1958, Leipzig 1960, Varna 1962, and
Havana 1966, facing Pal Benko, Ludek Pachman, Oscar Panno, Mikhail Tal, Miguel
Najdorf and Lev Polugaevsky. He became involved in FIDE as a national delegate,
and worked his way into prominence in Asian chess organization. He was close
to the former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and helped organize the
World Championship match at Baguio, Philippines, in 1978, between Anatoly Karpov
and Viktor Korchnoi.
Campo at 80 (in 2007)
Campo is best remembered as the President of the international chess organization
FIDE. He was elected to that post in 1982, and held it until 1995, through several
controversies, most notably the termination of the 1984-85 World Championship
between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov without result, after 48 games. During
his tenure in 1993 the Professional Chess Association broke away from FIDE,
after which there were two world champions. On the positive side, the membership
of FIDE grew significantly, by about 50 member nations.
Campomanes was succeeded as FIDE President in 1995 by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. He
was appointed as FIDE Honorary President, and was often present at significant
international competitions such as zonal and continental championships, chess
olympiads and world chess championships.
Campo and Casto Abundo playing in a FIDE Presidential Blitz Tournament in
Antalya in January, just a few days before his car accident in 2007
Playing against TCF President Ali Nihat Yazici in his hospital bed after
the accident
In early February 2007, Florencio Campomanes suffered injuries from a car accident,
at which time he was in intensive care. He was at the time already suffering
from cancer, but continued to attend chess events. The last time we saw him
was during the World Championship between Anand and Kramnik in Bonn, in October
2008. Campo passed on May 3, 2010, in the Philippines.
Condolences from Boris Spassky
My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Florencio Campomanes. Fortunately
I had always very correct and friendly relationship with Florencio. I think
that in the period of political opposition between West and East he saved the
chess world from splitting. He showed his outstanding diplomatic talent –
Baguio 1978 – and his further presidentship was evidence of that.
Boris Spassky
Tenth World Champion
In August 2005 Campomanes was at a FIDE
Congress in Dresden, Germany. During a pause in the deliberations he sat
down in the restaurant outside the Sport Hotel for a 45-minute interview with
Frederic Friedel for ChessBase
Magazine. The following section touches on the termination of the 1985 match
and "Campo" gives the reasons for the step he took.
Brief curriculum vitae of Florencio B. Campomanes
Born 22 Feb 1927, Manila Philippines
B.A., Cum laude, University of the Philippines, 1948
Tied 2nd-3rd with Edmar Mednis, New York State Championship, 1954
International Arbiter, 1957
Philippine Olympiad Team Member, New York State Championship, 1954
International Arbiter, 1957
Philippine Olympiad Team Member and/or Captain
Moscow 1956-Board 2, Munich1958-Board 3
Leipzig 1960-Board 1,Tel Aviv 1964-Board 4
Havana 1966-Board 4, Lugano 1968, Siegen 1970
Skopje 1978, Nice 1974, Haifa 1976, Buenos Aires 1978,
Malta 1980.
Administered under FIDE: Olmypiad-Greece 1984,19888
Dubai - 1986 , Novi Sad-1990, Moscow-1994
Organized for the Philippines, Manila 1992
World Championship, 1978
Interzonals, 1976, 1989
World Juniors 1974, 1987
First Asian Zonal, 1958
First Asian Junior Championship, 1977
Raised FIDE Membership from 100’s to 150’s
Raised US $13,000,000 for six Men’s World Championship in nine years:
Moscow 1984-1985, Moscow 1985, London&Leningrad 1986
Turned FIDE into a truly universal body by activity Asian,African, and Latin
American Chess.
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Campomanes hospitalized after car accident 03.02.2007 – The long-time president (1982-1995)
and current honorary president of FIDE, Florencio Campomanes, was badly
injured in a car accident on his way to the airport after the FIDE Presidential
Board meeting in Antalya, Turkey. After a 7½ hour operation Campomanes
was said to be in stable condition. Details.
Florencio Campomanes turns eighty 22.02.2007 – Three weeks ago Florencio Campomanes
suffered a serious car accident and has been hospitalised in Antalya,
Turkey, ever since. Today the long-time (1982-1995) president of the world
chess organisation celebrates his eightieth birthday. We congratulate
him and bring you a comprehensive look
back at the Campo years.
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