{"id":763,"date":"2017-04-14T17:40:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T17:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=763"},"modified":"2017-04-14T17:48:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T17:48:27","slug":"kcf-education-in-asia-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"KCF Education in Asia II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The trip to Malaysia finished with a seminar in Putrajaya, Malaysia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-768\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170403_110618.jpg\" alt=\"20170403_110618\" width=\"597\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170403_110618.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170403_110618-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/20170403_110618-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KCF Tour &#8211; last stop in Kuala Lumpur. 80 teachers and Education representatives attended from all over Malaysia. Seminar ably managed by Putrajaya Chess Association at the Ministry auditorium!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Group_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-767\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Group_2.jpg\" alt=\"Group_2\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Group_2.jpg 4459w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Group_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Group_2-1024x575.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ignatius Leong, Puan Rabitah Abdul binti Razak (Director of Chess in the MOE), Michael Khodarkovsky and Mohd. Firdaus Ismail (President of Putrajaya Chess Association).<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-8208055395885055914yiv2363896341MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">2 weeks ago, 555 players competed in the National Youth Championships. The top 3 in the U8 U10 U12 U14 &amp; U18 will be awarded subsidies sponsored by KCF Asia Pacific for their participation in this year&#8217;s ASEAN Age Group Championships.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-8208055395885055914yiv2363896341MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_QA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-769\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_QA.jpg\" alt=\"MK_Q&amp;A\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_QA.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_QA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_QA-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_3013689643531362274yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491965320882_46808\">Q&amp;A after the seminar conducted by KCFAP Director Ignatius <span class=\"il\">Leong<\/span> and KCF President Michael Khodarkovsky<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_speach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_speach.jpg\" alt=\"MK_speach\" width=\"488\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_speach.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_speach-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MK_speach-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Key speaker &#8211; KCF President Michael Khodarkovsky<\/p>\n<p>A farewell dinner was hosted with representatives of the Malaysian Chess Federation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170405-WA0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-771\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170405-WA0006.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20170405-WA0006\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170405-WA0006.jpg 800w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-20170405-WA0006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>left to right sitting: Michael Yep, Ignatius Leong, newly appointed FIDE delegate Christie Hon, Michael Khodarkovsky. Standing: Abdul Hamid Majid<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The trip to Malaysia finished with a seminar in Putrajaya, Malaysia KCF Tour &#8211; last stop in Kuala Lumpur. 80 teachers and Education representatives attended from all over Malaysia. Seminar ably managed by Putrajaya Chess Association at the Ministry auditorium! Ignatius Leong, Puan Rabitah Abdul binti Razak (Director of Chess in the MOE), Michael [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}