Muscat, July 14 (ONA) - The international chess organizers' course of chess via video conferencing will start tomorrow, in a first experience in this field, in cooperation with the International and Asian Federations, until July 18, with the participation of 48 sports administrators.

The course is supervised by UAE international lecturer Mahdi Abdul Rahim, who was assigned by the Asian Federation to supervise the course and lecture in it.

The seminar will be broadcast on the Oman Chess Channel on YouTube to benefit the largest possible segment with information in this field from various Arab countries.

The course program includes a number of major topics: calendar rules for the chess tournament program, general regulations for competitions and special tournaments, annual awards of the International Federation, tender procedures for requesting the organization of international tournaments, evaluation and submission of tender, technical instructions for hosting international tournaments and international classification rules.

(ONA)