The FIDE Trainers & Double Arbiter Seminar organized by All India Chess Federation with the support of Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and got off to a rousing start at Patna ,Kanpur and Guwahati Respectively .FIDE Senior Trainer Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay and FIDE Trainer International Master Neeraj Mishra are the lecturers and 30 participants from various states are taking part in this three-day seminar and examination in Patna to get their International Trainers titles from FIDE Trainers’ Commission. However IA Gopakumar MS and IA Nitin Shenvi & IA Swapnil Bansod and IA Vasanth BH are the lecturers and 20 participants each for both seminar are participated for the three days Arbiter Seminar and examination in Kanpur & Guwahati respectively .
Fide Arbiter Seminar in Pune 28 Feb -02 March 2026 & Thoothukudi 07-09 March 2026 
First Chola chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament in form Chennai from 02 February to 11 February 2026. 
Live games link for First Chola chess International GM Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026 
Announcement : Medical Evaluation in Chennai on 27 & 28 February 2026. 
21-year-old Aaryan Varshney from Delhi has become India’s 92nd Chess Grandmaster 
Certificate of 14th NATIONAL SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-2025 in Guwahati from 27-31 Dec 2025