On February 1 the first seminar of the big program of seminars, organized within the frames of the RSSU Moscow Open 2015 Cup under the umbrella of the FIDE was held in the RSSU electronic library. International arbiter Alexander Tkachev opened a four-day arbiters’ seminar. 30 people took part in it. The classes will last till Feb 4.

The FIDE trainers’ seminar will be run between February 2 and 6. The head lector is grandmaster Igor Glek.

On February 5 the FIDE Chess in School seminar will be held. It will be administrated by the President of the International School Chess Union, international organizer Alexander Kostiev.

On February 6 & 7 everybody interested will be able to visit the FIDE seminar for the organizers under the direction of the RSSU Moscow Open Cup Director Alexander Kostiev, and to attend the master-classes by the leading coaches – Mikhail Kislov, Mark Dvoretsky, Alexander Nikitin, Alexander Kalinin and Nikolay Chadaev.

The attendees that will successfully pass the exams at the end of the seminars will receive the FIDE certificates.