Botswana Chess Federation and the African Chess Union under the Auspices of the Botswana National Sports Council and the World Chess Federation (FIDE) are glad to announce that Botswana will be hosting the first ever FIDE CACDEC Seminar for Trainers in Gaborone for the benefit of chess coaches and teachers in our region under the direct supervision of FIDE.

Until now, one had to travel all the way to FIDE Trainers Academy based in Germany or the ASEAN Chess Academy in Singapore to participate in the course and obtain FIDE Trainer titles.

Now Botswana Chess Federation brings this unique opportunity for coaches to get trained as well as certified by FIDE right in the region, thus saving a lot of expenditure.

The ASEAN Chess Academy has kindly agreed to nominate a FIDE Trainer to be assisted by a FIDE Instructor to conduct the course and the examination. The course will be conducted in English language.

Three Titles can be achieved; FIDE Instructor, National Instructor and Developmental Instructor, depending on the results of the examination and also the applicant’s stature as a player, trainer etc.