FIDE TRAINERS’ ONLINE SEMINAR (English) Aug 22 – Aug 24, 2025
FIDE TRAINERS’ ONLINE SEMINAR (English)
Aug 22 – Aug 24, 2025
Organized by the Melikset Khachiyan Chess Academy under the supervision of FIDE Trainers’ Commission.
- SEMINAR PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
| DAY & TIME (Pacific Time) | TOPIC | LECTURER |
| Friday, 22-Aug-2025 | ||
| 7:30-9:30 | 1. Introductions to FIDE, TRG and the Trainers System. The Roles and Challenges of the Trainers, The Role of the Captains. 2. Methods of improvements. | FST, GM Melikset Khachiyan |
| 10:00-12:00 | 3. The ABCs of Teaching Beginners. | FT, WFM Ke Chen |
| Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 | ||
| 07:00-9:00 | 4. Important basic endgame knowledge. | FT, WGM Katerina Nemcova |
| 9:30-11:30 | 5. Middlegame strategy. | FT, GM Mikhail Antipov |
| 12:00-14:00 | 6. Training of Calculation. | FST, GM Liem Le |
| Sunday, 24-Aug–2025 | ||
| 07:00-9:00 | 7. Study of Classical Games. | FT, WGM Sabina Foisor |
| 9:30-11:30 | 8. Tactical training. | FT, GM Peter Prohaszka |
| 12:00-14:00 | 9. Analysing Own Games. | FST, GM Melikset Khachiyan |
| 14:30-16:30 | Exam. | TRG |
2. REGISTRATION & INFORMATION
2.1. ORGANISER & CONTACTS
FST & GM Melikset Khachiyan, meliksetk@hotmail.com, 1-818-731-5447
IA, AO Judit Sztaray, judit.sztaray@gmail.com, 1-919-265-7560
Register via https://forms.gle/LNWp9K79GmxMc1Z46
Registration deadline: Aug 21, 2025.
For any last-minute registrations, please contact the organizer to check for available spots.
2. 2 VENUE
The seminar will be held online via Zoom.
The Zoom meeting ID, password, and other important details will be sent to registered participants a few
days prior to the start of the seminar.
2.3. SEMINAR PARTICIPATION FEES:
285 USD (course & exam fee)
—Payable to the organizer, Melikset Khachiyan Chess Academy, via PayPal. The address is provided on
the registration Google Form. Please do not send money to FIDE.
Please note that after completing the seminar and obtaining title confirmation from the FIDE Council,
seminar participants are also responsible for paying a separate fee for the awarded title, which must be
paid directly to FIDE. For further details, including the amount required for the titles, please see:
https://trg.fide.com/trg-billing-collection-procedures/
2.4 LECTURER(S)
FST, GM Melikset Khachiyan
FT, GM Mikhail Al. Antipov
FT, WFM Ke Chen
FT, WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor
FST, GM Quang Liem Le
FT, WGM Katerin Nemcova
FT, GM Peter Prohaszka
2.5. SEMINAR LANGUAGE: English
2.6. THE RULES & REGULATIONS: https://trainers.fide.com/trg-online-seminars/