2024-07-23 15:55:18
The Burkinabè Chess Federation organized a chess tournament on Saturday July 20, 2024 at the regional sports directorate of the Central region in Ouagadougou. This competition provides training for school coaches and chess judges.
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New skills for chess players in Burkina Faso. After forming a federation, these activists continue by training their members. Therefore, she organized a training workshop for referees and school trainers.
This new step will allow the Burkinabè Chess Federation to organize its national championship from next year with local referees from July 18 to 20, 2024.
« They will have the right to work as school trainers in schools and as referees in competitions. We will organize the national championship with a local referee. Then, we have to develop the game so that there are players who come from other provinces », Emphasizes the president of the Burkinabè chess federation Nicolas Carbonell. He recognizes that the provincial players are not ready yet. He points out that this is the first in a series of competitions that will take place every 3rd Saturday of the month.
The Burkinabè chess federation has new coaches and referees.
Training for the next generation
However, this tournament is part of the centenary of the creation of the international chess federation, which was created on July 20, 2024.” I think it would be a Guinness record for tournaments created at one time in the world », Nicolas Carbonell hopes.
« It must be admitted that it was not easy because there were newcomers and established players. It is a training that requires time to go in depth and apply the new rules that are added, but I am happy because we had a satisfactory result from the participants’ point of view. », notes Fidé Wonibangue Pakidame, the trainer from Togo. The latter was accompanied by Leclaire Ajavon who provided the training part for school trainers.
Jean Eric Kaboré, a chess player, took part in this training. He hopes to share his experience with young people. While waiting to organize the next national championship, the Burkinabè chess federation plans to continue training players and expand the discipline, especially at the school level.
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