Education

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:

FIDEName (as on FIDE Profile)FED
1058240Van Kuijk, AndreNED
5025133Palaniappan, A.L.IND
343417094Walker, DerrickENG
30966540Ng, YuenUSA
537062050Mudita PandeyIND
32098995Valios Blanco, XavierESP
4704673Boci, PetroALB
1804227Doklestic, IgorWLS
7004354Okabe, YukiJPN
9908072Chandrarathne, W S NSRI
1701576Johansson, Carl FredrikSWE
7006675Hiratsuka, YoshihiroJPN
378291Smajzrova, VeronikaCZE
7001983Abe, YutaJPN
2820277Levin, EmilyISR
5024072Katkade, PavanIND
45073830Jaya Prakash BIND

Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman

Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary

Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team