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 .
Commonwealth Chess Championship – 2026 – 27 in Kaluthara, Sri Lanka from 16th to 26th May, 2026. 
GM Suleymenov Alisher Clinches Title at the 1st Chola Chess International Grandmaster Round Robin Tournament 2026. 
TENTATIVE NATIONAL CALENDAR FOR 2026-27 
Round 3 : 1st Chola Chess International Grandmaster Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026, Chennai. 
Day 2:1st Chola Chess International Grandmaster Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament, Chennai 
Fide Arbiter Seminar in Pune 28 Feb -02 March 2026 & Thoothukudi 07-09 March 2026