Obituary – Honorary President Campomanes

Obituary – Honorary President Campomanes

It is with very great sadness that we have learned that FIDE Honorary President, Florencio Campomanes has passed away.

A detailed news will be published here soon…

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Please read Casto Abundo’s news below…

Florencio Campomanes, FIDE President from 1982 to 1995, passed away 1:30 pm today, 3rd May in Baguio City, Philippines after a bout with cancer. He was 83. FIDE joins together in sending condolences to his family and to the National Chess Federation of the Philippines. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said by phone “I thank him many many many times for all he has done for chess. Please send my condolence to his family.”

Campo’s family is in Baguio City for the cremation services as he willed and they said “Whatever memorials federations around the world will do in Campo’s memory will be much appreciated. After his February

2007 accident in Turkey, his recovery was a miracle, and the additional years he had with us was a gift from God.”

I wrote an article about Campo’s life in chess which can be downloaded from the FIDE site: http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS/download/campolegacy.doc

After his recovery from from his 2007 car accident, he continued to be active in FIDE, Asian and Philippine chess until his bout with cancer reached terminal stage four last year. He was still strong and hearty on his 83rd birthday last February 22nd but his health quickly deteriorated. I was at his bedside at the Notre Dame Hospital in Baguio City on 1st May. As I thanked him for all our chess years together, he smiled and said “We had fun.”