Invitation for Online Olympiad Trainer Support
Dear National Chess Federation
FIDE has agreed to provide training support for up to 30 teams that are confirmed to be participating in the coming FIDE Online Olympiad 2021 to be held from 13 August – 15 September.
Selection of Federations was based on the combined results of men and women teams at the Batumi Olympiad.
Eligible to apply are:
| No | Team |
| 1 | Gabon |
| 2 | Djibouti |
| 3 | Central African Republic |
| 4 | Gambia |
| 5 | Seychelles |
| 6 | Burundi |
| 7 | Tanzania |
| 8 | Rwanda |
| 9 | Togo |
| 10 | Palau |
| 11 | Ivory Coast |
| 12 | Senegal |
| 13 | Lesotho |
| 14 | Sierra Leone |
| 15 | Sao Tome & Principe |
| 16 | Mauritius |
| 17 | Ghana |
| 18 | Bermuda |
| 19 | Cameroon |
| 20 | Bahamas |
| 21 | Ethiopia |
| 22 | Netherlands Antilles |
| 23 | Guyana |
| 24 | Maldives |
| 25 | Kenya |
| 26 | Swaziland/Eswantini |
| 27 | Thailand |
| 28 | Cyprus |
| 29 | Surinam |
| 30 | Jordan |
If you are interested in this offer, please contact the FIDE Trainers’ Commission urgently via email: trainers@fide.com.
Your deadline is 30th July 2021
We are now also inviting trainers to apply to be your coaches, to provide five (5) hours of preparation for your team in advance and another five (5) hours after to review the performance.
Once we have this list, and you have confirmed acceptance, we will then invite you to choose on a first come first serve basis.
Thank you and best wishes
Peter Long
Secretary, FIDE Trainers’ Commission
Here are the Federations that have so far confirmed:
| No | Federation | Person in Charge | Title |
| 1 | Gabon | M.BONGO AKANGA NDJILA Barthélémy | President |
| 2 | Lesotho | Tseliso Motloheloa | President |
| 3 | Sao Tome and Príncipe | Espírito Santo. Tomé | President |
| 4 | Bermuda | Serguei Gontcharov | Captain |
| 5 | Djibouti | Yassin Souleiman Hassan | President |
| 6 | Ghana | Philip Ameku | President |
| 7 | Senegal | Amadou L. Cisse | President |
| 8 | Cameroon | Paul Fouda | Secretary |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | Ansumana Kamara | President |
| 10 | Rawanda | Alain Patience Niyibizi | Captain |
| 11 | Kenya | Benard Wanjala | President |
| 12 | Cyprus | Pambos Zacharoplasti | Secretary |
| 13 | Burundi | Deo Ntagasigumwami | President |