Keeping the AICF’s motto of chess development every nook and corner of the country, All India Chess Federation is organizing a FIDE Trainers’ Seminar at New Delhi from 18th to 20th August 2018. The trainers will be GM R B Ramesh and IM Vishal Sareen.
The seminar will be conducted free of cost for 40 participants. FIDE Fee and Boarding & Lodging (Check in : 17th Aug 18 afternoon & Check Out : 20th Aug 18 forenoon) of participants will be taken care by AICF. The exact venue details will be intimated later.
Forty (40) participants from following States Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi & Gujarat have been equally divided. The state associations of above States can nominate five deserving candidates for the seminar as per merit in which one must be woman. The respective associations need to send all the applications received by them to AICF along with merit yardstick used for selecting the five candidates.
However if any seats are not filled by any state, AICF will fill the seats by candidates from other States. The deadline for sending the entry by respective state association is 30 Jul 18 and after that AICF will not entertain any request in this regard and seat will be allotted to other deserving candidates.
Kind regards,
(Bharat Singh Chauhan)
Hon. Secretary
ALL INDIA CHESS FEDERATION

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