Nigel Freeman, FIDE Treasurer and Executive Director signed a Memo of Understanding regarding Chess in Schools on 8th October between FIDE, the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Education and the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Federation. This was at the end of a very successful meeting at the Ministry of Education with, the Ministry regarding chess as an important tool in their new education policy. Mr Freeman thanked the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Federation, Russell Smith and his colleagues on the Board for all the hard work that had done to ensure the success of this project. Later, together with Allan Herbert, FIDE Development Commission Chairman and Russell Smith, he then made a speech at the Trinidad and Tobago University to potential teachers of the Chess in Schools programme.