Florencio Campomanes (born Manila, February 22, 1927) is a Filipino political scientist, chess player and chess organizer. Nickname: Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Manila Coordinates: 14°35 N 121° E Country Philippines Region National Capital Region Districts 1st to 6th districts of Manila Barangays 897 Incorporated (city) June 10, 1574 Government  - Mayor Jose L. Atienza, Jr. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ...

He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of the Philippines in 1948. Then, he studied at Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island), where he earned his M.A. in 1951. He undertook doctoral studies at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., from 1949-54. The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... The Oblation UP Diliman, the flagship campus of the U.P. System UP Baguio UP Los Baños UP Manila UP Visayas in Miag-Ao This article is about the University of the Philippines System. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Nickname: Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Government  - Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area  - City  20. ... Georgetown University, incorporated as the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is one of the top private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. With roots extending back to March 25, 1634 and founded in its current form on...

He was a National Master strength player during his peak years, and was Philippine national champion on two occasions (1956, 1960). He represented his country at five Chess Olympiads: Moscow 1956, Munich 1958, Leipzig 1960, Varna 1962, and Havana 1966. He met some distinguished opposition as a result, losing games against Pal Benko and Ludek Pachman at Moscow 1956, Oscar Panno at Munich 1958, Mikhail Tal and Miguel Najdorf at Leipzig 1960, and Lev Polugaevsky at Havana 1966. The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organised by FIDE since 1927 and takes place in even years. ... Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [1]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ...   [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony in Germany with a population of over 504,000. ... The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Varna The Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre Varna (Bulgarian: ) is the largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, and 79th-largest in the European Union, with a population of 357,752 ([1]). Commonly referred to... Nickname: (Spanish) City of Columns Position of Havana in Cuba Coordinates: Country Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Administrative Divisions 15 Founded 1515a Government  - President of the Peoples Power Provincial Assembly Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... Pál BenkÅ‘ (born July 15, 1928 in Amiens) is a chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems. ... Ludek Pachman (May 11, 1924 – March 6, 2003) was a Czechoslovakian chess grandmaster. ... Oscar R. Panno (born 1935) was an Argentine chess grandmaster. ... Mikhail Tal Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal (IPA: ; Latvian: ; Russian: ) (November 9, 1936 - June 28, 1992) was a Jewish Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. ... Miguel Najdorf (born as Mieczysław Najdorf; 1910 - 1997) was a Polish-Argentine chess player. ... Lev Polugaevsky (sometimes transliterated Polugayevsky; (20 November 1934-30 August 1995) was an International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that title. ...

He became involved in FIDE as a national delegate, and worked his way into prominence in Asian chess organization. Campomanes often boasted that he was close to the notorious dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines with an iron hand from 1965 to 1986. Campomanes helped to organize the World Championship match at Baguio, Philippines, in 1978, between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi. The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was the tenth president and dictator of the Philippines, from 1965 to 1986. ... A World Championship is any contest to determine the best in the world in a particular field. ... Click here for the entry on Baguio City ... Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ... Viktor Korchnoi (also Korchnoy, Kortchnoy, Kortschnoj, etc) (Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й) (born March 23, 1931) is a professional chess player. ...

He is best remembered as the President of the international chess organization FIDE. He was elected to that post in 1982, and held it until 1995, through several controversies, most notably the abandonment of the 1984-85 World Championship between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov without result, after 48 games, and the break-away from FIDE of the Professional Chess Association in 1993. The cancellation threw the international chess calendar into disarray for the next several years, since a series of matches had to be held to resolve the matter, and these impacted other qualifying events. The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Current World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. ... Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... The Professional Chess Association was created 1993 by Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short for the marketing and organization of its chess world championship, as a consequence of the then FIDE President, Florencio Campomanes, abrogating the voting rights of the players. ...

On the positive side, the membership of FIDE grew significantly, by about 50 member nations, during his tenure as FIDE president. Campomanes was succeeded as FIDE President in 1995 by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. He has since been appointed as, and remains to this day, FIDE Honorary President, and is often present at significant international competitions such as zonal and continental championships, chess olympiads and world chess championships The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Russian: Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов) (b. ...

Campomanes was the only Filipino to ever hold the highest position at FIDE, the world chess governing body based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Lausanne (pronounced ) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura mountains to its north. ...

On February 5, 2003, the Philippine anti-graft court Sandiganbayan convicted Florencio Campomanes, the former FIDE president, for failure to account for the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) government funds amounting to PhP12.876 million (or US$238,746 at an exchange rate of PhP53.932=$1). The PSC entrusted these funds to the FIDE for the World Chess Olympiad in Manila, hosted by the Philippine government from June 6 to 25, 1992. Subsequently, Florencio Campomanes was sentenced to one year and 10 months imprisonment. According to a FIDE Press Release, dated 1/16/2007, Campomanes was cleared of these charges by the Philippine Supreme Court in December, 2006, though FIDE's release states that the penalty was the equivalent of a 100 Euro Fine. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Campomanes' charges were overturned based upon a technicality. There was never any resolution about what happened to the 12.876 million pesos mentioned in the above paragraph. The rationale for the overturn was that the Supreme Court of the Philippines decided that Campomanes was not a government official to whom the anti-graft laws applied. Thus as a non-government official, Campomanes had no duty under the law he was prosecuted to render an accounting of the 12.876 million pesos: Manila Times article by Jomar Canlas

In early February of 2007, Florencio Campomanes suffered injuries from a car accident, at which time he was in intensive care. Chessbase News Article

Curriculum Vitae of Florencio B. Campomanes

• B.A., Cum laude, University of the Philippines, 1948
• M. A., Brown University, Prov., R.I. 1951
• Doctoral Studies, Georgetown University, Wash. B.C. 1949-1952
• Fullbright Guarantee, 1948
• Lecturer, (Political Science) University of the Philippines, 1954-1956
• Chess Columnist, Manila Times and Manila Chronicle, 1954-1961
• TV Producer – Host, “Chess Today” , PTV 4 Manila, 1973-1982
• Permanent Philippines Delegate to FIDE, 1956-1982
• FIDE Asian Zone President, 1960-1964
• FIDE Deputy President for Asia , 1974-1982
• FIDE President, 1982-1995

• FIDE Chairman, 1995-1996
• FIDE Honorary President 1996-...
• Philippine Champion, 1956, 1960
• Tied 2nd-3rd with Edmar Mednis, New York State Championship, 1954
• International Arbiter, 1957
• Philippine Olympiad Team Member, New York State Championship, 1954
• International Arbiter, 1957
• Philippine Olympiad Team Member and/or Captain
• Moscow 1956-Board 2, Munich1958-Board 3
• Leipzig 1960-Board 1,Tel Aviv 1964-Board 4
• Havana 1966-Board 4, Lugano 1968, Siegen 1970
• Skopje 1978, Nice 1974, Haifa 1976, Buenos Aires 1978,
• Malta 1980.
• Administered under FIDE: Olmypiad-Greece 1984,19888
• Dubai - 1986 , Novi Sad-1990, Moscow-1994
• Organized for the Philippines, Manila 1992
• World Championship, 1978
• Interzonals, 1976, 1989
• World Juniors 1974, 1987
• First Asian Zonal, 1958
• First Asian Junior Championship, 1977
• Raised FIDE Membership from 100’s to 150’s
• Raised US $13,000,000 for six Men’s World Championship in nine years: Moscow 1984-1985, Moscow *1985, London&Leningrad 1986
• Turned FIDE into a truly universal body by activity Asian,African, and Latin American Chess.
• Convicted by the Philippine anti-graft court Sandiganbayan, February, 2003, for failure to account for 12 milion pesos.
• Conviction overturned by Philippine Supreme Court in December, 2006, on technicality, assessed 6,000 pesos (the approximate equivalent of 100 euros) fine.

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