From 4th to 6th July 2019 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Maseru by the Chess Federation of Lesotho, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA Gunther van den Bergh (RSA), FIDE Lecturer.

The language of the Seminar was English.

Five (5) arbiters from LES and RSA participated in the Seminar and all of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized by the Chess Association of Queensland under the auspices of FIDE.

The seminar took place in The Glades Golf Club, Robina in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on July 2 and 3, 2019.

The Lecturer was IA Dr Peter Tsai FIDE Lecturer (AUS) and the Assistant Lecturer was IA Kerry Stead (AUS).

The language of the Seminar was English.

A total of 11 participants from Australia and Iran took part in the Seminar and participated in the examination.

From 18th to 30th June 2019 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Saint Quentin by the French Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

This seminar was the first one within the new arbiter's framework of the French Chess Federation (FFE), hence the duration is expected to be an equivalent of 4 days of training. Half of the seminar was held online over 2 weeks and a half in Saint Quentin during a full weekend (29-30 June), with positive feedback from participants on the new pedagogical approach.

The final weekend was opened in presence of Bachar Kouatly, President of the FFE and Deputy President of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA Laurent Freyd (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer was IA Pierre Lapeyre (FRA).

The language of the Seminar was French.

Thirteen (13) arbiters from France, Belgium and Switzerland participated in the Seminar and all of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The venue of the Seminar will be the  Green Village Chess Academy.
The Lecturer will be IA Almog Burstein (ISR), FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Shlomo Kandelshine (ISR).    
The language of the Seminar will be English with translation into Hebrew.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

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