27th IA Seminar – Report
The 27th Internet Based International Arbiter Certification Seminar was held from 1st to 9th August 2026. It was organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturers were IA Alex McFarlane (SCO) and IA Aris Marghetis (CAN), both FIDE Lecturers.
The Language of the Seminar was English.
Twenty-four (24) arbiters from fourteen (14) federations (CHN, EGY, ESP, FRA, GER, GUY, IND, IRI, IRL, SRB, SRI, TUN, TUR, and USA) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22237364 | Marquez Leon, Juan Antonio | ESP |
| 716030 | Kardkovacs, Zsolt | IRL |
| 26043475 | Yotis, Marianne | FRA |
| 8615667 | Li, Zixu | CHN |
| 12951951 | Morio, Estelle | GER |
| 39906779 | Jackson, Robert | USA |
| 25125079 | Darshil Mehta | IND |
| 12964840 | Petersen, Finn Christopher | GER |
| 6375391 | Bilir, Okan | TUR |
| 19701071 | Lee, John Anthony | GUY |
| 32798660 | Mohajeri, Nariman | IRI |
| 10616772 | Anton, Kareim | EGY |
| 651005387 | Beley, Huong | FRA |
| 957798 | Marjanovic, Ivan D | SRB |
| 34588892 | Akca, Hasan | TUR |
| 22592008 | Kiabi, Danial | IRI |
| 25631110 | Basker P K | IND |
| 12919349 | Wolff, Stefan | GER |
| 5012066 | Ramesh Kumar N | IND |
| 25691899 | Umesh S Naik | IND |
| 5011957 | Bidhu Bhusan, Mishra | IND |
| 5518334 | Souidi,Jamel | TUN |
Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman
Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary
Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team
