All India Chess Federation To Host 10 FIDE Trainer Seminars In 2025

Last Updated:July 16, 2025, 16:57 IST

The All India Chess Federation will conduct 10 FIDE trainer seminars with the aim to empower Indian chess coaches.

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The All India Chess Federation (AICF) will conduct 10 FIDE trainer seminars this year and one in January 2026. These seminars, designed to empower Indian chess coaches to train talents of all levels, will commence in Vijayawada in August and span various Indian cities before concluding in Ranchi in January 2026.

“For the first time ever, we are witnessing a national federation organising 10 FIDE Trainers’ Seminars in a single calendar year – and remarkably, a proposal for the 11th seminar has already been submitted for January," said Sami Khader, the chair of the TRG (FIDE trainers commission).

“This outstanding initiative by the All India Chess Federation (AICF) is a testament to their unwavering commitment to developing chess trainers and raising the bar for training standards across the region.

“The FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) would like to emphasise that this is not only a record-breaking achievement but also reflection of the strong, ongoing collaboration and mutual trust between AICF and TRG."

AICF head of operations, AK Verma, explained that the initiative aims to produce trained coaches who can offer quality coaching to budding chess players. “We have been trying to provide a lot of training support to our coaches and give them the best available training so that they can use the knowledge to train students in their respective academies, institutes, personal coaching as well as in schools," said Verma. “For the past could of years, the AICF has been organising five such seminars and from five to 10 is a big leap forward, we just hope more and more coaches join to reap the benefits of this initiative."

Verma also expressed hope that schools would recognise the importance of having properly trained trainers/teachers with valid training certificates from the apex world body.

Top Indian coaches, including FST and Dronacharya awardee R B Ramesh, head coach of the Indian team N Srinath, head coach of the Indian women’s team Abhijit Kunte, GM Pravin Thipsay, and GM Tejas Bakre, have confirmed their participation as coaches for these seminars.

What Is The Schedule?:

• Vijayawada August 8–10
• Madurai August 22–24
• Kottayam September 12–14
• Pune September 19–21
• Jaipur September 26–28
• Noida November 14–16
• Kolkata November 28–30
• Guwahati December 5–7
• Bengaluru December 19–21
• Ahmedabad December 26–28
• Ranchi January 23–25.

(With inputs from PTI)

Ritayan Basu

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