23rd IA Seminar – Report
The 23rd Internet Based International Arbiter Certification Seminar was held from 21st February to 1st March 2026. It was organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturers were IA Jens Wolter (GER) and IA Sabrina de San Vicente (URU), both FIDE Lecturers.
The Language of the Seminar was English.
Twenty-six (26) arbiters from seventeen (17) federations (ALB, CZE, ENG, ESP, IND, IRI, ISR, JPN, KUW, NED, PAN, PER, SRI, SWE, USA, UZB, and WLS) participated in the Seminar, and all of them participated in the evaluation test that was held after the end of the lectures.
The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a norm for the title of the International Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Council:
| FIDE | Name (as on FIDE Profile) | FED |
|---|---|---|
| 1058240 | Van Kuijk, Andre | NED |
| 5025133 | Palaniappan, A.L. | IND |
| 343417094 | Walker, Derrick | ENG |
| 30966540 | Ng, Yuen | USA |
| 537062050 | Mudita Pandey | IND |
| 32098995 | Valios Blanco, Xavier | ESP |
| 4704673 | Boci, Petro | ALB |
| 1804227 | Doklestic, Igor | WLS |
| 7004354 | Okabe, Yuki | JPN |
| 9908072 | Chandrarathne, W S N | SRI |
| 1701576 | Johansson, Carl Fredrik | SWE |
| 7006675 | Hiratsuka, Yoshihiro | JPN |
| 378291 | Smajzrova, Veronika | CZE |
| 7001983 | Abe, Yuta | JPN |
| 2820277 | Levin, Emily | ISR |
| 5024072 | Katkade, Pavan | IND |
| 45073830 | Jaya Prakash B | IND |
Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman
Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary
Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team
