Second workshop on increasing inner strength to be held on March 27
WGM Jana Krivec, a Doctor of Psychology and a university professor, author of a book titled “Improve Your Life By Playing A Game” and a seven-time winner of the Slovenian Women’s Championship, continues a series of monthly workshops “Increase your inner strength”, scheduled between February and November 2022. The project is a part of the Queens’ Festival, also under the umbrella of the Year of the Woman in Chess, that the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess prepared for this year. It aims to increase awareness of the power of the mind, help people to get to know themselves better, understand their inner world and learn some useful mental techniques to increase inner strength. “Within webinar 2 of the workshop “Increase your inner strength”, we will be the detectives of our own personality traits. We will discuss the concept of identity, self-awareness, personality, self-esteem and optimism. Participants will be asked to complete surveys, and we will discuss how to interpret the results. That is how we will begin our journey to our inner self,” Jana Krivec said about the second event of the project. The second workshop is scheduled for Sunday, March 27, at 15:00 CET. If you are interested, please fill out this form.
Workshop: How to Teach Pawn Endings by Artur Jussupow
The FIDE Trainers’ Commission announced a new workshop “How to Teach Pawn Endings” by GM Artur Jussupow, a World Championship Candidate who has been ranked as high as third behind legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov at their peak. The seminar will be held in English via Zoom. Photo: Vladimir Jagr Here are several most important topics to be discussed at the workshop: 1. Correct approach to the study of pawn endgames, all the necessary elementary positions2. Classification of pawn endgames into two types3. Description of typical pawn endgame ideas4. Difficulties that our students may encounter when studying the opposition.5. Using the pawn endgame to train calculating variations, to develop strategic thinking, to develop logical thinking6. Forms of training used in studying the pawn endgame7. Other challenges for the trainer. Answers to the questions “This wonderful study by M. Zinar from 1987 will help you get rid of the inappropriate overestimation of the role of the opposition in the pawn endgame. We will discuss this study on March 26,” Artur Yussupow said, introducing his seminar. White to play and draw Fee: €50 for Licensed Trainers, €80 for others. Current licensed FIDE Trainer title-holders will be given credits towards potential title upgrades at attendance in a future seminar. Artur decided that all proceeds from the workshop are to be given to the FIDE Ukraine Support Fund. You can also join this great initiative of providing support to the Ukrainian chess players by making your donation here. Please download and complete the following registration form and email at: trainers@fide.com *Female Participants are Free – FIDE’s The Year of the Women in Chess – with Nomination or Endorsement of the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess.