23rd and 24th IA Seminar are ready to go!! List of participants!
Dear chess arbiters and especially FIDE arbiters,
According to the FIDE Regulations for the training of chess arbiters, starting from January 1st 2024, each application for IA arbiter requires one norm from IA Seminar. The duration of the IA Seminar shall be a minimum of sixteen (16) hours. The following IA seminars will also last 16 hours but will be held in 4 sessions (one per day, two weekends) of 4 hours each.
23rd and 24th IA Certification Seminars are ready to go! (see bellow the list of participants)
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24th On-line IA Seminar will be held in February 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st February 2026
13th February: 07.00 to 12.00 CET
14th February: 18.00 to 21.00 CET
20th February: 08.00 to 12.00 CET
21st February: 18.00 to 22.00 CET
Lecturers for 24th IA Seminars are IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE) and IA Burstein, Almog (ISR).
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IA Seminar 24 (13/02/2026 to 21/02/2026) with 24 arbiters
| FIDE ID | Name (as on FIDE Profile) | Federation |
|---|---|---|
| 20623585 | Bleuzen, Christian | FRA |
| 94700591 | Maximiano Rubio, Susana | ESP |
| 34548262 | Isik, Cagri | TUR |
| 2808919 | Weinstein, Shaul | ISR |
| 10822950 | Wandina, Wambugu | KEN |
| 6001718 | Garceran Nieuwenburg, David | HKG |
| 13604635 | Kekelidze, Nino | GEO |
| 25707574 | Bighneswar Joshi | IND |
| 21300470 | Monaheng Motlomelo | LES |
| 6375391 | Bilir, Okan | TUR |
| 48786357 | Vishnu S L | IND |
| 4259530 | Kioutsoukos, Dimitrios | GRE |
| 2805995 | Linik, Yaron | ISR |
| 2815249 | Frank, Haggai | ISR |
| 2804816 | Flaum, Mark | ISR |
| 2803968 | Blass, Uri | ISR |
| 13503391 | Gurbanov, Andrei | ISR |
| 24534471 | Martinez Fernandez, Juana Maria | ESP |
| 11004959 | Magomo, Benson | ZIM |
| 24629227 | Baier, Johannes, Dr. | GER |
| 25090160 | Shaji P M | IND |
| 9310517 | Nour Saleh Jasim | UAE |
| 13813773 | Zhumashova, Medina | KGZ |
| 14210673 | Bakhodirjonova, Xadichabonu | UZB |
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23rd On-line IA Seminar will be held in February 21st, 22nd, 28th and March 01st, 2026
21st February: 17.00 to 21.00 CET
22nd February: 17.00 to 21.00 CET
28th February: 17.00 to 21.00 CET
01st March: 17.00 to 21.00 CET
Lecturers for 23rd IA Seminars are IA Jens Wolter (GER) and IA Sabrina de San Vicente (URU).
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IA Seminar 23 (21/02/2026 to 01/03/2026) with 26 arbiters
| FIDE ID | Name (as on FIDE Profile) | Federation |
|---|---|---|
| 30966540 | Ng, Yuen | USA |
| 32098995 | Valios Blanco, Xavier | ESP |
| 46657622 | Nakul Chaudhary | IND |
| 7001983 | Abe, Yuta | JPN |
| 7004354 | Okabe, Yuki | JPN |
| 7006675 | Hiratsuka, Yoshihiro | JPN |
| 2820277 | Levin, Emily | ISR |
| 20500050 | Mkumbwa Gilton | MAW |
| 537062050 | Mudita Pandey | IND |
| 1058240 | Van Kuijk, Andre | NED |
| 25095730 | Gobi Krishnaan S | IND |
| 10306749 | Alhejab, Bashaer | KUW |
| 378291 | Smajzrova, Veronika | CZE |
| 14221888 | Malikov, Daler | UZB |
| 343417094 | Walker, Derrick | ENG |
| 9908072 | Chandrarathne, W S N | SRI |
| 45073830 | Jaya Prakash B | IND |
| 4704673 | Boci, Petro | ALB |
| 5025133 | Palaniappan, A.L. | IND |
| 3809226 | Pacheco Mateo, Laura | PER |
| 5024072 | Katkade, Pavan | IND |
| 6614086 | Garcia Rojas, Aldo Augusto | PAN |
| 6601375 | Cordoba Baule, Rafael Alberto | PAN |
| 32798660 | Mohajeri, Nariman | IRI |
| 1701576 | Johansson, Carl Fredrik | SWE |
| 1804227 | Doklestic, Igor | WLS |
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Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman
Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary
Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team
