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 .
Chess Problem Corner 
20th Asian Schools Chess Championships – 2026 in Tula region ,Russia from 1st to 11th October 2026. 
SNA Seminar & Exam in Guwahati , Assam on 02 & 03 September 2026 
SNA Seminar & Exam at The Heritage School, Tarapith, West Bengal on 02 & 03 October 2026 
Final report :SNA Seminar & Exam held in Jammu on 17 & 18 July 2026