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Andrew Martin wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:01 pm

Nick,

Rob and I are also your colleagues, in the ECF.

What's your point, that we should all work together in perfect harmony? If so, how do you explain your public campaign to denigrate and defenestrate a mutual colleague?

Enjoy your evening,Nick

You too, I'll take that as no comment.

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:39 pm

If so, how do you explain your public campaign to denigrate and defenestrate a mutual colleague?

From
https://ejogguide.co.uk/news/why-ejcoa- ... -education

We invite all ECF members and chess organisations represented on the ECF Council to support our campaign, and are happy to send a speaker to your meeting (either online or in person) to explain why we are standing and to answer your questions.

I suppose this forum doesn't qualify as a "meeting". Otherwise it seems an obvious place for EJCOA to explain why they are standing and to answer questions. Some of those posting and probably others reading are also Council representatives of chess organisations and thus have influence over a vote or several.

Good Evening All

The English Junior Coaches and Organiser's association with the assistance of the World Chess Federation will be running an online Fide Trainers Seminar over the weekend of Fr Sept 3rd to Sun Sep 5th.

The cost of this course is normally around EUR300. However if we have a turn out similar to the ECU 101 course we have arranged a discounted fee of £100 which is an absolute bargain for the course bearing in mind the truly exceptional coaches and players doing the training.

So far confirmed to lecture are Arthur Yusopov, Ivan Sokolov, Thomas Luther, Jacob Aagaard.
Others possibilities still to confirm are Nigel Short, Sagar Shah, Antoaneta Stepanova,Alex Motylev

I think you will agree this is a star studded line.

The Lecture and discussion Topics and timings are below. The course is designed for all levels.
Friday 3rd Sept 2021 Subject
18.00 - 19.00 FIDE, TRG & Trainer System
19.15 0 21.15 Talent, The Role & Challenges of Trainers
ABC's of teaching chess
Saturday 4th Sept 21 Subject
10.00 - 12.00 Psychological & Training Issues
13.00 - 15.00 Use of Technology
Ways of Improvement/Different Training Methods
16.00 - 18.00 Opening Repertoire/Preparation
19.00 - 21.00 Basic Endgame Principles, Endgame Training
Sunday 5th Sep 21 Subject
10.00 - 12.00 Analyzing Own Games
13.00 - 15.00 Study of Classical Games and Strategic Patterns
15.30 - 16.30 Training of Calculation and Advance Tactics
17.00 - 19.00 Exam

There are 5 Fide trainers titles that can be awarded from this course. These are
1) Developmental Instructor
2) National Instructor
3) Fide Instructor
4) Fide Trainer
5) Senior Fide Trainer

Full details of requirements are in the link below
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0s0mfb1zsusjy ... 1.pdf?dl=0

Please can you advise urgently if you would like to attend this course To [email protected]

Evening All
Now 45 signed up with 3 GMs
It is pretty much full but could perhaps squeeze in a couple of extras.
Regards Rob

Evening All

Te Fide trainer seminar is now live on the Fide website on the following link
https://trainers.fide.com/2021/07/16/fi ... mber-2021/

I am very excited by the full list if trainers and topics listed below and the now 47 UK coaches so far who have signed up to the course.

Friday 3rd Sept 2021 Trainers Subject
18.00 - 19.00 Long, Bojkov FIDE, TRG & Trainer System, The ABC's of Teaching Chess
19.15 - 21.15 Yusupov Talent, The Role & Challenges of Trainers
Ways of Improvement/Different Training Methods

Saturday 4th Sept 21 Subject
10.00 - 12.00 Sokolov Study of Classical Games and Strategic Patterns
13.00 - 15.00 Aagaard Training of Calculation
16.00 - 18.00 Yusupov Analyzing Own Games
19.00 - 21.00 Bojkov, Luther Psychological & Training Issues

Sunday 5th Sep 21 Subject
10.00 - 12.00 Kobalia Opening Repertoire/Preparation
13.00 - 15.00 Luther Basic Endgame Principles, Endgame Training
15.30 - 16.30 Beaton Use of Technology
17.00 - 19.00 Long, etc Exam

Morning all

The fide training seminar due to start on Friday has 57 coaches signed up. I am very much looking forward to listening tonthe excellent panel of lecturers including Yusupov . Aagaard, Sokolov, Kobalia, Bojkov and Luther

Regards Rob

RobWillmoth wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 01, 2021 8:06 am

Morning all

The fide training seminar due to start on Friday has 57 coaches signed up. I am very much looking forward to listening tonthe excellent panel of lecturers including Yusupov . Aagaard, Sokolov, Kobalia, Bojkov and Luther

Regards Rob

Rob,

Will the seminar be recorded?

It would be a shame not to...

Yes fide will record but only for a short period afterwards as far as i am aware

The fide trainers has finished. It was a wonderful and also challenging weekend. In total 61 coaches attended of which 55 were from ejcoa.

The national group whats app group had over 100 messages talking about the weekend

A great success

RobWillmoth wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:55 pm

The fide trainers has finished. It was a wonderful and also challenging weekend. In total 61 coaches attended of which 55 were from ejcoa.

The national group whats app group had over 100 messages talking about the weekend

A great success

Congratulations on the successful training and I'm sorry to have had to miss it. Having said that, it's hard to avoid the impression that you [and Andrew, for that matter] are happy to post here on matters which suit you while declining to do so on matters that don't.
But, yet again, while I tend to support Mike Truran on most matters, I'm really not sure that a 'gagging order' was the best approach, not least because it implies that some or all ECF directors and/or managers can't be trusted to operate responsibly. It's also pretty futile because any director/manager wanting to get a point across has only to get a surrogate to post for him/her - something which I'd suggest, without naming names, already happens.

Roger Lancaster wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:30 pm

you [and Andrew, for that matter] are happy to post here on matters which suit you while declining to do so on matters that don't.

I may have missed something here but are we aware of many persons who post on subjects that do not suit them?

A few examples would demonstrate my vast ignorance.

John Upham wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:33 pm

Roger Lancaster wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:30 pm

you [and Andrew, for that matter] are happy to post here on matters which suit you while declining to do so on matters that don't.

I may have missed something here but are we aware of many persons who post on subjects that do not suit them?

A few examples would demonstrate my vast ignorance.

No, I suppose not. I probably should have been more specific and instead said something rather more along the lines of "you [and Andrew, for that matter] are happy to post here on matters which suit you while declining to post when questions are raised where it's a little awkward to answer". It just seems to me a case of both having one's cake and eating it.

Hi Everyone
I would also like to endorse thoughts of what a great training course over the weekend it was and a big thank you for Rob for arranging such a great event . It was impossible not to learn some useful points what ever level you are at in both training and playing .
If ever any one of our members on here ever get the chance to attend this course on zoom in the future you should do so as the topics are discussed by world class masters of chess . if masters who train players that are in the worlds elite eg top 10 want to give us lessons in chess training . its a no brainer to take part .