1/27/2024 – The FIDE Trainers Commission is pleased to announce the winners of the 15th FIDE Trainer Awards 2023 and the Yuri Averbakh / Isaac Boleslavsky Award for the best book published in 2022. Ramesh R B, Abhijit Kunte and Djakhangir Agaragimov were chosen as the top trainers of the year. In the book category, a work co-authored by Sergei Tiviakov and Yulia Gokbulut received the top accolade, while Vassilios Kotronias and Mihail Marin were the runners-up. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

1/25/2024 – The FIDE Trainers’ Online Seminar will be held on February 2-4, 2024. The seminar is being organized by the Asian Chess Federation in cooperation with the FIDE Commission for Women in Chess under the supervision of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission. Artur Yusupov, Hou Yifan and Antoaneta Stefanova will be among the lecturers.

2/10/2017 – FIDE has partnered with ChessBase to provide FIDE training courses via Playchess. Anyone who wishes to acquire a FIDE Trainer title, can now register for this series of lectures and participate online without geographical restrictions. All participants will not only be eligible for one of four FIDE Trainer titles, but will also receive a full copy of ChessBase 14 upon registration. Please note that the course is limited to 30 participants, and will run from March 3 - 5. Don't miss this opportunity!

7/31/2015 – FIDE has certainly undergone a number of changes over the years, some good, and some less so, but certainly one of the best has been the creation and structuring of the FIDE trainer, allowing chess teachers of all levels to earn official accreditation. A separate section exists with the expected information, but did you know there is also a large selection of free chess lectures?

11/10/2014 – By January 2015, FIDE will have conducted 150 seminars to qualify and prepare trainers in over 75 countries and federations. 30 of these were conducted in Africa, over 20 in South America and more. One country had eluded this effort to provide top training, China, but no longer. With various titles for different levels of training, FIDE has now more than 3000 certified trainers.