Results of the Online FIDE Trainer Seminar for the Middle East 24-26 July 2022

A record-breaking FIDE Trainers’ Seminar with unprecedented participation of 82 participants from 14 countries addressed middle east trainers during the period from 24th to 26th of July, 2022. 

The online seminar, organized By the Asian Chess Federation in Association with Asia Chess Academy under the supervision of FIDE, witnessed a grand gathering of a group of the best trainers of all time; GM Artur Jussupow, GM Alexander Khalifman, GM Aleksey Dreev, GM Ivan Sokolov, and GM Vladimir Malakhov. 

The closing ceremony was honorably attended by FIDE president, Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE managing director, Ms. Dana Reizniece-Ozola, and general secretary of the Asian Chess Federation, Mr. Hisham Al Taher. 

In his speech, FIDE president greeted the participants from Chennai, India, where the chess Olympiad was to soon take place. He addressed FIDE individuals’ acts in celebrating, organizing, and enjoying the chess festival on the table. 

Mr. Dvorkovich expressed his belief that FIDE’s collaboration with Asian Chess Federation had helped national federations achieve good results, as so many coaches from around the world could join the seminars and improve their levels using the expertise of their great lecturers.

Mr. Dvorkovich promised to continue FIDE’s efforts and support to raise a new generation of coaches and chess players in all national federations around the world. 

Finally, Mr. Dvorkovich thanked Mr. Sami Khader, Asia Chess Academy director, and his team for the successful organization of the seminar. 

The Managing director greeted all attendees and congratulated them on one of the greatest seminars of all time. She expressed her satisfaction of the seminar both quantitively and qualitatively for it had broken the record of 70 participants achieved only 3 times in history, and for gathering a group of lecturers she considered some of the best of all times. 

Ms. Dana also thanked the partners ACF and ACA for she believed they are pillars without whom it wouldn’t have been possible to cover the region and promote the quality of the products of the trainer’s commission.

Ms. Dana emphasized on the importance of streamlining the future seminars, where content of each seminar shall be announced ahead. She also declared a plan of suggesting works to be submitted by trainers to revive their titles after receiving them. 

Ms. Dana also promised to diversify seminars’ languages with the needed support to help clarify any inquiries by participants who had faced difficulties with English. Asian Chess Federation General Secretary, welcomed the participants and delivered ACF congratulations to them. Mr. Al Taher also thanked the respectful lecturers, and promised to proceed with ACF efforts in planning new events to develop chess in the continent. 

Special report by Sami Khader

Results Table

No.	FIDE ID	Name	Fed	Proposed Title
1	9400273	Al-Hadarani, Hatim	YEM	DI
2	5001412	Acharya, Chandragupta K.	IND	DI
3	42519314	Mahmoudi, Parviz	IRI	DI
4	22003886	Al Farsi, Aziz	OMA	DI
5	22004190	Al Mamari, Ahmed	OMA	DI
6	33412561	Bhute Nikhil	IND	DI
7	32790740	Karimi Boukani, Saeid	IRI	DI
8	25058657	Balasubramanian A	IND	DI
9	11200014	Mohsin, Basim A	BRN	NI
10	4800699	BASIM JBARA MASOOD BENI ZAID	IRQ	NI
11	11503017	Miqdad, Fadi	PLE	NI
12	8103070	Firas, Abu Ibeya	JOR	NI
13	5031109	Chandan, Mandal	IND	NI
14	5031885	Nandhini, Saripalli	IND	NI
15	10602950	Abbas, Ahmed	EGY	NI
16	5024633	Manu, M	IND	NI
17	35047698	Chetan Sharma	IND	NI
18	5302994	Khairallah, Ralph	LBN	NI
19	12520012	Vardkar, Mohammadhossein	IRI	NI
20	12585025	Afshar Ahmadi, Amin	IRI	NI
21	12597759	Ramezanpoor, Niloofar	IRI	NI
22	12597740	Ramezanpoor, Negin	IRI	NI
23	12541893	Moradi, Shirin	IRI	NI
24	25010239	Gaikwad, Siddhant	IND	FI
25	22520805	Hakemi, Arman	IRI	FI
26	12557935	Kashefi, Amir Hosein	IRI	FI
27	12508519	Pourshahmari, Hamid Reza	IRI	FI
28	12521337	Delavari, Amirali	IRI	FI
29	12502375	Asadi, Sadegh	IRI	FI
30	12511722	Torkamannejad, Javad	IRI	FI
31	5045657	Niraj, Saripalli	IND	FI
32	12553026	Korevand, Sina	IRI	FI
33	12505013	Mirzaei, Hossein.	IRI	FI
34	12500925	Khorshidi, Mohammadreza	IRI	FI
35	12502804	Shafaee, H.	IRI	FI
36	12542563	Chavari, Mohammad Mahdi	IRI	FI
37	12502995	Pirmaleki, Saeid	IRI	FI
38	12537624	Arzanipour, Mazdak	IRI	FI
39	12539660	Ghesmati, Aryan	IRI	FI
40	12507555	Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammadnaghi	IRI	FI
41	12507008	Mohammadzadeh, Iman	IRI	FI
42	12521736	Mohazzab, Sepehr	IRI	FI
43	12512540	Sedaghat Khah, Hamid Reza	IRI	FI
44	9400303	Fahmi, Amjad	YEM	FI
45	12508616	Abrishami, Arvin	IRI	FI
46	12508322	Vardkar, Mariam	IRI	FI
47	12522090	Soleimani, Zahra	IRI	FI
48	12576301	Movahedi, Yashar	IRI	FI
49	12518050	Hosseini,Hossein Ali	IRI	FI
50	12563803	Bepooyi,Mohammadali	IRI	FI
51	12562904	Jouzani, Masoud	IRI	FI
52	12526819	Hashemi, Amir Erfan	IRI	FI
53	12546518	Hosseinkhani, Mojtaba	IRI	FI
54	12570699	Shohreh, Shayan	IRI	FI
55	12531510	Jamali, Arvin	IRI	FI
56	12522082	Sharif Nataj, Khadijeh	IRI	FI
57	12521604	Lorparizangeneh, Shahin	IRI	FT
58	5023335	Ankit, R. Rajpara	IND	FT
59	5024366	Anurag, Mhamal	IND	FT
60	12514195	Khodashenas, Mersad	IRI	FT
61	25041142	Krishnater Kushager	IND	FT
62	12541451	Molaei, Mohammadamin	IRI	FT
63	13503650	Cherepov, Alexej	BLR	FT
64	12507326	Shamsi, Mohammadhossein	IRI	FT
65	12501522	Salehzadeh, M.r.	IRI	FT
66	22551107	Ghorban, Mohammad	IRI	DI
67	22504591	Aghajani Fesharaki, Hadi	IRI	NI
68	12586838	Zolfaghari, Niloofar	IRI	NI
69	12550990	Shirinbayan, Nima	IRI	NI
70	12560839	Firooznia, Mehrdad	IRI	NI
71	12544779	Veysi Rahim Abadi, Milad	IRI	FI
72	12504874	Mosadeghpoor, Mohsen	IRI	FI
73	12502731	Saeedi, Reza	IRI	FI
74	12558168	Bayat, Mohammad Reza	IRI	FI
75	4808193	Pshtiwan Ahmed Shekh Hamad	IRQ	DI
76	22001140	Al Maqbali, Faham Said	OMA	DI
77	5303141	Iaali, Abdelrahman	LBN	NI
78	851310	Rizzi, Volfango	WLS	NI
79	12503924	Sadeh, Shahin	IRI	FI
80	1117858	Tworuszka, Michal	POL	FI
81	12502189	Mohammadi,H.R.	IRI	FI
82	12539775	Karimi, Mohammad	IRI	FI

We have received a number of appeals and careful consideration have been given to each, and adjustments made as appropriate.

The title recommendations are now final.