Olympiad Training Support Announcement

The FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce that registration for the Olympiad Training Support program is now open. Federations in FIDE development levels 4 and 5 are eligible to register for training support for the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest, Hungary.

Below are the lists of eligible federations:

Chess Development Level 5 Federations:

  • Antigua & Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros Islands
  • Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Grenada
  • Guam
  • Guernsey
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jersey
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Lesotho
  • Macau
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Mauritius
  • Nauru
  • Niger
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • Swaziland/Eswatini
  • Tanzania
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • US Virgin Islands

Chess Development Level 4 Federations:

  • Afghanistan
  • Aruba
  • Bahrain
  • Barbados
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Cyprus
  • Ghana
  • Hong Kong
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Isle of Man
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Malawi
  • Mauritania
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Korea
  • South Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Thailand
  • Yemen

This training program will be conducted in two phases: an online phase and an on-site phase during the Olympiad. Federations must confirm their interest in both the online and on-site training support and indicate their language preference no later than June 23, 2024. Based on the number of registered federations and their levels, the training program and budget will be designed by TRG accordingly.

FIDE-licensed trainers who are interested in assisting teams should register with TRG no later than June 23, 2024.

Olympiad Trainer Application Form

Federations in FIDE development levels 4 and 5 who are interested in Olympiad Training Support program should register with TRG no later than June 23, 2024. 

Olympiad Training Support Application Form