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Pattern Recognition and Typical Plans
On this DVD GM Adrian Mikhalchishin presents games of the World Champions of the past to explain typical patterns and strategic concepts of these games and to show how grandmasters apply these ideas today.
Press release
The FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce the Trainer Awards results for the best achievements in 2018.
The Mikhail Botvinnik Award, for achievements by a trainer of men or a team in an open event, goes to William John Donaldson.
Donaldson (Los Angeles, 1958) has been the Captain of the US Open team for most of the Olympiads since 1986 — which equals to say, for most of his adult life. He retired from his job at San Francisco Mechanics' Institute earlier in the year, but hopefully not from the US team. In the last two Olympiads, the US took Gold and Silver, with an identical lineup after paper-thin tie-break finishes.
The Vakhtang Karseladze Award, for achievements by a trainer of women -or a team in a women’s event-, goes to Yu Shaoteng (余少腾).
Yu Shaoteng (Guangzhou, 1979) became China's 17th Grandmaster at the age of 25. As a coach, he has five World Championships under his belt as a coach: two with Hou Yifan, one with Tan Zhongyi, and two with Ju Wenjun. He is also the coach of the Chinese Women's team that triumphed at the Batumi Chess Olympiad. Since Ju Wenjun won, not just one but two World Championship titles in 2018, Shaoteng was a clear favourite to win this award.
The Mark Dvoretsky Award, for achievements by a trainer of juniors or a team in a juniors event, goes to Ramesh RB.
Ramachandran Ramesh (Chennai, 1976) has coached a total of 39 Gold winners at Junior, Youth and Cadet World Championships, starting with Aarthie Ramesh in 1999, and lately the 14-year-old prodigy Praggnanandhaa, who just won the 2019 World Championship for players U18, and is not among the leaders in the U20 section.
The Tigran Petrosian Award, for special achievements, goes to Michal Konopka.
Konopka (Prague 1966) has been the captain of the Czech Men National Team, and since 2013 he has been the manager of both Men and Women National teams. Along the past decades, he has coached at many World and European Youth Championships, where his students won several medals. He has also been a second for elite players like David Navara and Viktor Laznicka.
Pawn structures you should know
Every pawn structure has its typical plans and to know these plans helps you to find your way in these positions. On this DVD Mikhalchishin presents and explains the most common central structures: The Hedgehog, the Maroczy, Hanging pawns and the Isolani.
The Yuri Razuvaev Award, for Contributions to Trainers Education, goes to Adrian Mikhalchishin.
Adrian Bohdanovych Mikhalchishin (Lviv, 1954) was the TRG chairman for a decade after the death of his mentor and predecessor, GM Yuri Razuvaev. With lots of hard and passionate work, Adrian's dream of increasing the prestige of chess trainers is quickly becoming a reality.
The Awards will be handed over at five different times and locations, according to the wishes of the winners. All the awardees will receive the trophy "The Tree of Chess", designed by the famous Ukrainian sculptor Volodymyr Odrehivskyj.
The final results were voted by the most qualified and diverse panel of judges ever, consisting of both experienced players and trainers. All continents were represented in a gender-balanced panel, which includes four world champions:
Strategy University Vol. 5: Winning Methods of great Players
Using ideas and games of great masters from the past, the famous Ukrainian trainer GM Adrian Mikhalchishin deals with various themes.
The Averbakh/Boleslavsky Award for Book of the Year is judged separately. This award has three judges: Nigel Short, Artur Yusupov, and the World's oldest living grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh. The shortlist is expected early November, and the winner will be declared some weeks thereafter.
The deadline for submission for the 2019 Awards will be Friday April 3rd, 2020. The categories are likely to be slightly altered to reflect new priorities. Eligible to nominate are any FIDE Office Bearers, Continental Chess Federations, National Chess Federations, TRG Commission Members, and FIDE Endorsed Academies. Eligible are all FIDE trainers with a valid license for 2018 and 2019, except for the TRG Chairman (Jacob Aagaard) and Secretary (Peter Long). The same person can not be nominated in more than one category from the same eligible body. The 2020 Awards will be handed out at the Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk.
