A FIDE Arbiters' Seminar is going to be organized from 21/10/2019 to 23/10/2019 in Rompin, Pahang, Malaysia, by the Persatuan Catur Negeri Pahang and the Malaysian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be Rompin Beach Resort, Kuala Rompin, Pahang.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Chan, Kwai Keong (HKG), FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Collin Madhavan (MAS).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Note: The participation fee for a limited number of female participants will be covered by WOM from OIC funding.

For more detailed information:

Collin Madhavan

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(See application - prospectus)

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Eighteen (18) International Arbiters (7 women and 11 Men and among them 5 IA A’ Cat., 2 IA B’ Cat., 4 IA C’ Cat. and IA D’ Cat.) from twelve (12) Federations (AZE, BEL, BLR, CAN, ENG, GEO, GRE, ITA, POL, SLO, SRB and UKR) participated in the Workshop.

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