FIDE TRAINERS’ ONLINE SEMINAR (English) May 30 – June 1, 2025
FIDE TRAINERS’ ONLINE SEMINAR (English)
May 30 – June 1, 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 30-May-2025 | ||
| 15:00-17:00 | 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 |
| 17:30-19:30 | 3. Analyzing your own games. | FST, GM Melikset Khachiyan |
| SATURDAY 31-May-2025 | ||
| 07:00-9:00 | 4. Basic Opening Principles. | FST, IM John Donaldson |
| 9:30-11:30 | 5. Tactics Training. | FT, WFM Ke Chen |
| 12:00-14:00 | 6. Training of Calculation. | FT, GM Mikhail Antipov |
| SUNDAY 1-Jun-2025 | ||
| 07:00-9:00 | 7. Strategy Training. | FT, GM Aleksandr Lenderman |
| 9:30-11:30 | 8. The ABCs of Teaching Beginners. | FT, WIM Beatriz Marinello |
| 12:00-14:00 | 9. Elementary Endgames, Basic Endgame Principles. | FT, GM Anna Zatonskih |
| 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 Judit Sztaray: judit.sztaray@gmail.com, 1-919-265-7560
Register via: https://forms.gle/H82g1s7NCkFHeP4S8
Registration deadline: May 28, 2025.
For any last-minute registrations, please reach out to 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
- FST, IM John Donaldson
- FT, GM Aleksandr Lenderman
- FT, WIM Beatriz Marinello
2.5. SEMINAR LANGUAGE: English
2.6. THE RULES & REGULATIONS: https://trainers.fide.com/trg-online-seminars/