FIDE and the FIDE Trainers’ Commission have started half year educational programme for Africa and Asia, which will run via internet on the web-platform of www.elitechesstraining.com.

Eight experienced FIDE trainers Csaba Balogh, Efstratios Grivas, Mikhail Gurevich, Sami Khader, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Georg Mohr, Jovan Petronic and Arshak Petrosian will give group lessons every Saturday (18:00 - London Time), Sunday (20:00 - London Time) for African federations and every Saturday (14:00 - London Time), Sunday (16:00 - London Time) for Asian federations. Each lesson will last for 1:30 hours and will be delivered in the English language.

GM Efstratios Grivas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) is the coordinator and GM Csaba Balogh ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) is the contact person for dealing/delivering the entrance codes.

The longest educational program of FIDE Trainers Commission is supported and financed by FIDE and has the goal to increase the level of the best players from 10 African and 10 Asian federations.

FIDE-TRG On-line Training Program 2018 for Africa

FIDE-TRG On-line Training Program 2018 for Asia