‘Nobody ever really stops playing chess’By Yasir Abbasher, Senior ReporterPublished: December 26, 2008, 23:39 Al Ain: Former President of the International Chess Confederation (FIDE) Florencio Campomanes said that he has never stopped playing and enjoying chess. Born in 1927,...
The start of round 1
FIDE Honorary President Campomanes was making the first move in the Svidler – Korchnoi game. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Honorary President
FIDE Honorary President Campomanes welcoming the players on behalf of FIDE President Ilyumzhinov who got into a car accident in Moscow on his way to the airport to come to Dresden. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Honorary FIDE President Campomanes
Campo calls NCFP foreign tie-up ‘insulting’The Philippine Star Honorary FIDE president Florencio Campomanes Thursday questioned the decision of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines to enter into a contract with a Singapore-based group for the holding of at...
Campo recovering in Turkey
We thank all well wishers from around the world who sent emails to FIDE Honorary President Florencio Campomanes who celebrates his 80th birthday on 22 February. Casto Abundo, who is in Antalya, Turkey at mobile tel. +90.5394852613, reports from...
FIDE update of the condition of HP Campomanes
4 February 2007Official Statement about The Condition of Honorary President Florencio CampomanesOn February 4 in the morning, Turkish Chess Federation President Ali Nihat Yazici visited FIDE Honoraray President Florencio Campomanes in Antalya Anadolu Hospital together with Campo`s eldest son...
Honorary FIDE President Campomanes in serious car accident
Update on Campo`s Emergency Operation after Serious Car Accident FIDE Honorary President Florencio Campomanes has figured in a serious car accident when the car he was in turned turtle on his way today to the airport in Antalya, Turkey...