The began with the opening speech of The President  of Turkish Chess Federation Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici. The Global Chess CEO Geoffrey Borg made a presentation related to Marketing & Sponsorship at 15.00.

Seminar Program

Ali Nihat Yazıcı Presentation (Turkish Chess Success)

Geoffrey Borg Presentation (Chess Sponsorship)

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The Board of TACTIC consists of following members: PATRON of TACTIC Kirsan ILYUMZHİNOV (President of FIDE), Ali Nihat YAZICI (Chairman, Vice President of FIDE), Ignateus LEONG (member, FIDE General Secretary), Lewis NCUBE (member, FIDE Vice President), Dabilani BUTHALI (member, Continental President of Africa), Lakhdar MAZOUZ (member, Chairman of FIDE Verification Committee), David JARRETT (member, FIDE Executive Director), Geoffrey D BORG (Secretary, Commercial Director of FIDE)

Any dispute in the tactics project will be solved by a Board decision.

3. Participation: Each African Federation is entitled to send one representative to the seminar.

4. Transport: each participant will receive USD 500, upon arrival, as contribution to the cost of the flight ticket.

5. Language: The language of the Seminar is English and all participants should be able to follow speakers and take part in discussions in the English language. There will be no translation.

6. Material Support: Each Federation participating in the Seminar will be given 20 chess clocks and 20 Chess sets free of charge by the Turkish Chess Federation. This donation concerns only Federations participating to the seminar.

7. Accommodation: Full board accommodation (All inclusive) will be provided by the Turkish Chess Federation in Antalya, Turkey between the 22^nd and 30^th of January in Antalya, Turkey. Accompanying person(wife/husband) will bear his/her accommodation and board costs.

8. Visas: Visas for Turkey will be facilitated by the Turkish Chess Federation through an invitation letter.

9. Deadline: Nominee of each federation should send his/her application along with passport scans by 15^th December 2009 at the latest to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

10. Schedule & Speakers: The Organisers reserve the right to re-schedule and/or change the Speakers.

Chairman -      Mr Ali Nihat Yazici               TSF President & FIDE Vice President

Speakers -       Mr Ignatius Leong                 FIDE General Secretary

Mr Peter Rajcsyani                FIDE PR & Marketing Director

Mr Geoffrey Borg                  FIDE Commercial Director & Global Chess CEO

Mr Lakhdar Mazouz               FIDE Chairman of Verification Commission

This document along with the application form may be downloaded here

Dear Friends,

I am sad as well as profoundly disappointed to inform you that I had to cancel the seminar that was due to take place in Khartoum. This decision of cancelling the seminar was not easy for me to take, in fact, I was always postponing it, hoping to maintain it on the date and the venue scheduled. But I had no other choice, the reason being that the Organizer could not fulfil all his needed obligations, I must say to his own sorrow.

I feel very sorry and I apologise sincerely for any inconvenience that may have occurred.

However, with my colleagues of the Turkish Chess Federation and with the cooperation of Fide, I am still determined, through Tactic, to assist Africa develop and popularise Chess in the whole Continent.

Starting from 2010, a new program of assistance will be defined and executed, taking into account the needs and wishes of African Chess Federations. We will organise the first seminar in Antalya from 22^nd January to 30 January 2010.

Hoping further to widen our cooperation and strengthen our relations for the benefit of Chess in Africa, I wish you all the success in your difficult but exciting duties.

Ali Nihat YAZICI - Chairman

TACTIC ! A new initiative by the Turkish Chess Federation, aimed at helping the development of chess Federations in Africa. TACTIC is an acronym, short for Turkish African Cooperation for Training and Instruction in Chess and was set up by the energetic President of the Turkish Chess Federation, Ali Nihat Yazici, last year.

The idea is to help Federations in all those critical areas ranging from introducing chess in schools, raising membership, organizing tournaments, getting finances and obtaining sponsorship. A program of lectures and activities has been planned for just over one week from the 5^th of December 2009 to the 12^th December in Khartoum, Sudan.

TACTIC_Seminar.doc TACTIC_Promo.doc

T.A.C.T.I.C  
ADMINISTRATORS AND MANAGEMENT SEMINAR

1. The Turkish African Cooperation for Training and Instruction in Chess (T.A.C.T.I.C) Seminar is jointly organized by the Turkish Chess Federation and the Sudan Chess Federation in cooperation with Khartoum Chess Federation, with the support of the Ministry of Sport of the Sudan Government. The venue will be one of the Hotels below at Khartoum, Sudan.

Kanon Hotel Suites: http://www.kanonhotel.com/hotelsuites/
Khartoum regency Hotel: http://www.khartoumregencyhotel.com/
Falcon Hotel: http://www.falconhotelsudan.com

2. Schedule & Speakers: The Organisers reserve the right to re-schedule and/or change the Speakers.

Chairman -      Mr Ali Nihat Yazici   Turkish Chess Federation President & FIDE Vice President

Speakers -      Mr Lewis Ncube                FIDE Vice President
Mr David Jarrett                 FIDE Executive Director
Mr Geoffrey Borg                Global Chess CEO
Mr Dabilani Buthali              FIDE African Continental President
Mr. Lakhdar Mazouz          FIDE Auditor
Mr.Obay Izzeddin Ali          Sudan Chess Federation

3. INFORMATION: The Board of TACTIC: The Board of TACTIC consists of following members: PATRON of TACTIC Kirsan ILYUMZHİNOV (President of FIDE), Ali Nihat YAZICI (Chairman, Vice President of FIDE), Ignateus LEONG (member, FIDE General Secretary), Lewis NCUBE (member, FIDE Vice President), Dabilani BUTHALI (member, Continental President of Africa), Lakhdar MAOUZOUZ (member, Chairman of FIDE Verification Committee), David JARRETT (member, FIDE Executive Director), Geoffrey D BORG (Secretary, Commercial Director of FIDE), Nadir SAMIR (Honorary Member, President of Sudan Chess Federation), Obay, Izeddin Ali (Honorary member, Sudan Chess Federation)

Any dispute in the tactics project will be solved by the Board decision.

4. Participants: Each African Federation is entitled to send one representative to venue. Turkish Chess Federation will contribute to each representative a contribution of USD500 towards flight ticket, payable on arrival. Participants who receive this support should present a copy of the flight ticket purchased. Sudan Chess Federation does have the right to participate with more than one representative. Candidates that apply and do not arrive will not be invited to TACTIC programme events in the future. We hope that everybody will understand such a sanction, considering that this programme is assistance without any financial obligation for African Chess.

If more than 15 federations apply for participation then the Board has the right to choose the participants. Candidates refused will have priority for the next Seminar of TACTIC.

5. Language: The language of the Seminar is English and all participants should be able to follow speakers and take part in discussions in the English language. There will not be any translation.
6. Material Support: Each Federation participating in the Seminar will be given 20 chess clocks and 20 Chess sets free of charge by Turkish Chess Federation. Sudan Chess Federation will be given 150 Chess clocks and 150 chess sets. To receive this donation, participation of one representative of the federation is an obligation.
7. Accommodation: Full board accommodation will be provided by Sudan Chess Federation in cooperation with Khartoum Chess Federation.

Kanon Hotel Suites: http://www.kanonhotel.com/hotelsuites/
Khartoum regency Hotel: http://www.khartoumregencyhotel.com/
Falcon Hotel: http://www.falconhotelsudan.com

8. Visas: All visas for Sudan will be provided by Sudan Chess Federation. Nominees of each federation and resource people should send their application by 1^st November 2009 at the latest to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . A copy of application must be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Application Form:

Application deadline: 1 November 2009
Name of the participant:
Surname of the participant:
Birth Date and Place:
Passport Number:
Passport Expire Date:
Placed issued:

Arrival date and time:
Departure date and time:
Position in federation:
e-mail address:
contact number:

About Sudan:

Sudan, the tenth largest country in the world,  the biggest Arab country, and the biggest in Africa too. Surrounded by nine countries ! With a population of 42 Millions (2009).

Sudan civilization started in 8,000 BC, and it is known now that the pyramids started in Sudan, and then the civilization moved north to Egypt, and there are 223 pyramids in Sudan as the biggest number of pyramids in one country in the world. While there are only 118 pyramids in Egypt.

The longest river in the world, the Nile is flowing like a snake in Sudan, bearing in mind that there are two Nile rivers in Sudan, one is the blue river and the other is the white river, both rivers has different colors, tastes, and fish ! They booth meet in Khartoum city, in a tourists spot called “Mugran”.

Sudan exports cotton, sesame, meat, gum Arabic, vegetable and fruits, sorghum, wheat, and considered the biggest manufacturer of cane Sugar in the world. And There are 200 Million acres waiting for foreign investment to be cultivated.

There are 142 spoken languages in Sudan. Official languages are Arabic and English. Main religions are Islam and Christianity.

It is known that in Sudan, you can see 983 kinds of birds.

There are many diverse places to visit in Sudan, because of the different weather for each region, you can visit desert,  jungle, beaches, rivers, mountains, and each area has its own environment and totally different tribes. one famous international spot is Dinder natural reserve (park), it is 3500 square meters. And you can reach it by traveling  for 7 hours from Khartoum!

Women education started in Sudan in the year 1920. Despite the poverty, but the country has a high literacy rate specially in the main cities and among the youth, and the number of educated girls is higher than boys.

Lieutenant General Albashir, the leader who ended a 40-years war between the South and North, was elected in 1993, and there will be elections in 2010 supervised by the UN.

Now President Albashir is trying his best to end a war that started in the 1970s in Darfur between tribes, President Al-Bashr and his government made major changes to Sudan, the main difference they made, is transferring the mentalities if people from import to export ! They brought new principles to the country like: eating from what we cultivate, and wearing what we make. So Albashir wanted this African country  to depend on its self, despite the sanctions from countries that is not happy with this new independent route Sudan is taking.

Albashir built many universities to achieve these goals, and now Sudan has the biggest number of universities in one Arab country, with 74 universities.

Despite the wars, Sudan now is considered the 17^th fastest growing economy in the world, and this Is according to international reports. But the country still has a long way to go.
And chess “The forgotten sport”, has a long way to go, and this is our first step, to start with T.A.C.T.I.C. program.

1 dollar = 2.25 Sudanese pounds.
1 Euro   = 3.45 Sudanese pounds