I am honored to be the first woman to win one of the world’s most prestigious awards for chess coaching. I would like to dedicate this special award to Webster University for the tremendous support for chess and chess in education.
Botvinnik Mikhail (MT) – Furman Symeon (WT) Awards
2008 Petrosian Arshak (ARM) – Ye Jiangchuan (CHN)
2009 Azmaiparashvili Zurab (GEO) – Ye Jiangchuan (CHN)
2010 Tukmakov Vladimir (UKR) – Dokhoian Yury (RUS)
2011 Petrosian Arshak (ARM) -Dokhoian Yury (RUS)
2012 Dokhoian Yury (RUS) – Rublevski Sergei (RUS)
2013 Chuchelov Vladimir (BEL) – Polgar Susan (USA)
FIDE Trainer Awards 2013
The FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce the sixth FIDE Trainer Awards Results for 2013. The final results were decided (voted) by the following judges’ panel, consisting of seven members, with reputation and knowledge in the field of training:
JUDGE PANEL OF FIDE TRAINER AWARDS
1. Nigel Freeman (Bermuda) – FIDE Treasurer & Executive Director (Chairman)
2. Israel Gelfer (Israel) – FIDE Vice-President
3. Kurt Jungwirth (Austria) FIDE Honorary Vice-President
4. Grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia) – GM/FST * TRG Chairman
5. Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas (Greece) – GM/FST * TRG Secretary
6. Grandmaster Alonso Zapata (Colombia)- GM/FST * TRG Member
7. Grandmaster Smbat Lputian (Armenia) – GM/FST
Congratulations.
Congrats Susan, you DESERVED it. To your detractors, haters, bashers.., I have one message to all of them …
Congrats Susan. At least FIDE honored you for your great coaching skills not unlike US College Chess were the one that finishes 3rd ALWAYS gets the award which is RIDICULOUS. I can sense politics played the deciding factor and the sexist at the award giving body. A simple smile & wink from you, your branded as a threat to US National Security and everyone fears you lol