Five seminars are being organised in India under the All India Chess Federation’s “Chess for Everyone” initiative and to ensure there are certified trainers everywhere in India to support capacity building, there will be FIDE Trainer Seminars in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, from 18-20 February, in Patna, Bihar from 25-27 February, in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 4-6 March, in Guwahati, Assam from 11-13 March and in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 25-27 March. 

These will be conducted by a team led by FIDE Senior Trainers Ramesh RB, Vishal Sareen, Sekhar Sahu and Praveen Thipsay. 

Europe, Africa and Asia will be served by a FIDE Trainer Online Seminar being organised in English from 11-13 March by the Asia Chess Academy. 

Perhaps the most exciting development is the first of four workshops to be conducted by FIDE Senior Trainer and Grandmaster Artur Jussupow, himself a student of the great Mark Dvoretsky and also a World Championship Candidate who has been ranked as high as third behind legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov at their peak. 

Photo: Vladimir Jagr

Jussupow will share his methodology and approach on ”How to Teach Pawn Endings’ for six hours online on 26 March, offering complete lessons for use by trainers and which is also invaluable training for any player. 

It is a part of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission Trainer Professional Education and Development Program, and so existing licensed trainers will get credits towards title upgrades while new trainers will be given bonus points for the written exam in future seminars. 

Other languages are not forgotten in this period leading up to the World Chess Olympiad in July. 

To start with, amongst many more planned, there will be a FIDE Trainer Online Seminar from 15-17 April to serve Spanish speaking Americas, May is expected to see a seminar in Serbo-Croatian languages for the Balkan states, while 3-7 June will have a seminar in Olginka, Russia.