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Trainer Seminars & Titles in 2019

In 2019, a total of 38 seminars were organised in 27 countries including 5 online, in 14 different languages, and resulting in 902 trainer titles being recommended for approval by the FIDE Presidential Board and FIDE General Assembly.

Asia led the way with 13 seminars (giants India having four (4) and China two (2), Europe having 11 seminars (Germany and Bulgaria with two (2) each), Africa no less than eight (8) seminars (Tunisia with two (2), and the Americas with one (1) seminar.

Five (5) seminars were also conducted online, three in English and two in Spanish.

No.DateLocationParticipants
101.02-03.02Chennai39
207.02-10.02Spain – Online23
314.02-16.02Amman9
414.02-17.02Cologne17
528.02-02.03Hammamet8
622.03-24.03Chess Evolution14
730.03-31.03Rome9
825.04-28.04Oran14
903.06-05.06Sochi18
1005.06-08.06Sofia26
1111.06-16.06Mandalay34
1211.07-14.07Hammamet6
1325.07-27.07Dhaka17
1426.07-30.07Nassau21
1502.08-05.08Bratislava 21
1603.08-05.08Taipei4
1706.08-09.08Paris 20
1817.08-19.08Kabul30
1924.08-26.08Weifang60
2025.08-28.08Casablanca56
2115.09-22.09FIDE – Online12
2219.09-22.09Nairobi51
2303.10-06.10Weissenhorn   12
2404.10-06.10Mumbai31
2516.10-20.10Spain – Online18
2618.10-20.10Delhi42
2728.10-31.10Nouakchott24
2813.11-17.11FIDE – Online20
2914.16-17.11Johor Baru18
3025.11-28.11Mali7
3126.11-28.11Beijing57
3229.11-01.12Andorra10
3313.12-15.12Gaborone22
3413.12-15.12Shumen10
3520.12-22.12Sofia27
3620.12-22.12Trebinje9
3726.12-28.12Ho Chi Minh 52
3827.12-29.12Meghalaya34
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These seminars were supported by lecturers from the Commission which were Chairman Jacob Aagaard, Honorary Chairman Adrian Mikhalchisin, Ramesh RB, Alonso Zapata, Slim Bouaziz, Jop Delamarre, Sami Khader, and Secretary Peter Long.

Other eminent trainers who served as seminar lecturers (listed in no particular order) included Artur Yusupov, Ivan Sokolov, Ye Jiang Chuan, Xie Jun, Uwe Bonsch, Sergey Janovsky, Igor Stohl, Mikhail Gurevich, Darcy Lima, Georg Mohr, Xu Jun, Dejan Bojkov, Roberto Mogranzini, Efstratios Grivas, Xu Yuhua, Vishal Sareen, Sekhar Sahu, and Pep Suarez.

Guest lecturers included Peter Heine Nielsen, Alojzije Jankovic, Oscar de la Riva, Amirreza Pourramezanali, and Sune Berg Hansen.

The efforts of Asian Chess Federation Technical Chairman and the Secretary of the Commisson for Womens Chess for arranging for subsidies that were well supported by the Planning & Development Commission deserves special mention.

We also thank the FIDE Executive Director for approving fee waivers and discounts to assist developing countries.