Vietnam's Anh Khoi earned IM norm, this is double norm so I suppose he got complete norms already? 2448 na ELO nya so I suppose he already met the ELO for IM title

A Coach-friend who closely follows global / PHI youth / grassroots development na research sI GM Babakuli Annakov (orig from Turkmenistan, 12 yrs Coach in a Texas school), Evgeny Pigusov, GM Zerebukh, Gabor Kalai and of course GM Ino are among the Coaches of next bruited about USA prodigy GM Jeffrey Xiong.

Also among GM Annakov's studes are IM Li (featured article in this thread), IM Josh Sheng, Simona Nayberg,Victoriya Nazarova.

Naasar daw Nil's BFF si PT, kapag nabibigyan ng credit etong Coaches, Kasparov Foundation, Sinquefeld group, eh bakit kaya di naman kasama GM Xiong sa Spice program? Is it due to competition,bad for business?

Coach Kayumov was also previously hired by Vietnam, kasama sa students si IM Nguyen Anh Khoi and now WGM Thi Mai Hung (5th WGM ng Viets).

German prodigy eh 11 yr old Vincent Keymer, direct student ni Kasparov since he was hired, nag 3rd recently sa Vienna Open.

We have to keep track and also learn from their success stories, looks like yung mga galling USSR na attended some Russian chess school eh effective din and affordable. Back when Campo was still alive, he reportedly mentioned Dvoretsky to NCFP Pres Pichay to support Wesley back then, but somehow di natuloy. Eh Dvoretsky commands rate daw na over USD 100 per hour ?!

I mentioned Dvoretsky, the chess world was saddened by his death today at age 68 na pala, and moment of silence observed in the Tal Memorial. I was just able to listen to early part of the video with GM Gustaffson, the general answer on training is it depends on the individual's playing style and personality. I have Mark's Endgame Manual, probably the 1st edition and showed it to some players for the basic principle of opposition, which sadly some beginners are not drilled in their early stages

"One day I realised that I look at chess in a different way from previously and with other eyes than those of a practical player. But I value variations and exact analysis as highly as before. Without them, any general discussions become indefensible, unprovable, and float in the air. But it is impossible for me not to look for the essence of the position behind the variations and the hidden mechanisms that direct the play. Here we have not only chess ideas and technical devices, but also the rules of thought and the principles of rational searching and decision-taking.

Mark Dvoretsky wrote this in the preface to his very first book, "Secrets of Chess Training," published by Batsford 25 years ago. In all his writings that followed, this approach to chess training would return—in short: the search for the truth by thorough analysis."

"Dvoretsky is seen as arguably the best chess trainer in the world; a reputation he built from the late 1970 onward in the Soviet Union. The fame was based on a unique and original training method, developed by Dvoretsky himself. It consisted of creating a "diagnosis" for each student, noting what were his skills and his weaknesses. His method combined lectures and practical training. For each skill, he had numerous chess positions in a huge database (written in an old computer language), dealing with e.g. intermediate moves, combinational vision, or prophylaxis. His collection includes thousands of positions."

I remember during the sole session my 2 youngest boys and Jasper had with the late IM Rudy Tan Cardoso, he was a stickler on endgames, since as I recalled almost half of actually played games reach the endgame. A player who consciously steers his games to endgame phase after getting an advantage is Panopio Jr of Calamba.