Upcoming FA Seminars

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 17/06/2026 to 21/06/2026 in Batumi, by the Georgian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Arsenidze, Alexandre (GEO), FIDE Lecturer. The language of the Seminar will be Russian. The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters. Schedule: 17th June, 9:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (4 hours) 18th June, 9:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (3 hours) Tournament Regulations (1 hour) 19th June, 9:30 – 13:30: Anti-Cheating guidelines (1.5 hour) Electronic chess clocks (1 hour) FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (0.5 hour) Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (0.5 hour) Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour) 20th June, 9:30 – 13:30: FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1․5 hours) System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour) Swiss system and pairing rules (1 hours) Chess terms in English (0.5 hour) 21st June, 09:00 – 13:00: Exam (4 hour)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 24/06/2026 to 28/06/2026 in Quang Ninh Province, by the Vietnam Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Bunawan, Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Huynh Lam Binh Nguyen (INA).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

23 June: Arrival

24 June:
09:00-13:00: Laws of Chess, Appendices
15:00-17:00: Case Study Law of Chess
17.00-18.00: Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters
18:00-19:00: FIDE Competition Rules and Standards of Chess Equipment

25 June:
09:00-11:00: System of Pairings, Swiss System
11:00-13:00: Ratings and Player Titles
15:00-17:00: Systems of Games, Tiebreaks
17:00-18.30: Arbiters Regulations  and Classification of Arbiters
18:30-19:00: ARB Disciplinary Regulations

26 June:
09:00-10:00: Conduct of Players and Arbiters
10:00-11:00: Use of the Electronic Clocks
11:00-13:00: Review and Questions
15.00-19.00: Examination test

27 June:
09.00-12.00: Closing ceremony & departure

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 02/07/2026 to 06/07/2026 in Korumdu, by the Kyrgyz Chess Union, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB).

The language of the Seminar will be Russian, with translation into English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

Day 1 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM = 7 hours (less lunch time)

10.00 AM Laws of Chess
12 noon Systems of Games, Tiebreaks
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Laws of Chess
04.00 PM Online Regulations

Day 2 10.00 AM to 05.00 PM = 7 hours (less lunch time)

10.00 AM Laws of Chess
12.00 noon Rating and Over the Board Titles – 1
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Rating and Over the Board Titles – 2
03.00 PM Laws of Chess
04.00 PM FIDE Competition rules and Standards of Chess Equipment
04.30 PM Use of Electronic Clocks

Day 3 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM = 3 hours

10.00 AM Swiss system and pairing rules
11.00 AM Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters
12.00 noon Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Examination (4 hours)

The 233rd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 03/07/2026 to 05/07/2026 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Pagaran, Michael Joseph (PHI).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

SCHEDULE (Dubai Time)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 03/07/2026 to 06/07/2026 in Novi Sad, by the Chess Association of Vojvodina and Chess Federation of Serbia, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Dervieux, Dominique (FRA), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Stanimirovic, Zoran (SRB).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

Friday 3^rd July
9.00-12.00 and 14.00–17.00 Laws of chess, , Rapid, Blitz, Appendices  (6 hours)

Saturday 4^th July
9.00-12.30 Titles and Rating Regulations (3h), Arbiter’s titles (1h)
14.30–17.30 System of games, Swiss System, Pairing Rules (3h)

Sunday 5^th July
9.00-12.00  General Regulations for competitions, Tie-break Regulations  (3h)
14.00–17.30 Fair Play Regulations (2h), Review, Questions, Answers  (1,5h)

Monday 6^th July
Electronic Clocks 9.00 – 10.00  Electronic Clocks(1 hour)
Exam 10.00 – 14.00 (4 hours)

total : 20h + 4hExam

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 04/07/2026 to 07/07/2026 in Ajman, by the UAE Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abdulrahim, Mahdi (UAE), FIDE Lecturer. Technical organizer is IA Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulla (SOM).

The language of the Seminar will be Arabic.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

Saturday 04^th July 2026

17:00 to 18:30 Laws of Chess (Standard)
18:40 to 20:00 Laws of Chess (Standard)
20:10 to 21:30 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz)

Sunday 05^th July 2026

10:00 to 11:50 Laws of Chess (Practice-Case’s)
12:00 to 13:00 Use of electronic clocks
13:00 to 14:00 Chess English Term

Lunch Break

17:00 to 18:30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
18:40 to 20:00 Swiss system and pairing rules
20:10 to 21:30 System of games, tie breaks

Monday 06^th July 2026

17:00 to 18:30 Rating and over-the-board titles
18:40 to 20:00 Regulations of the titles of Arbiters
20:10 to 22:00 Anti-cheating Guidelines for Arbiters

Tuesday 07^th July 2026
16:00 – 20:00 Examination Test (4 hours) Abu Dhabi Time.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 09/07/2026 to 11/07/2026 in Algiers, by the OMSE Chess Academy and Algerian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Messaoudi, Bechir (TUN), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Zerdali, Samir (ALG).

The language of the Seminar will be French with translation to Arabic.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule (Alger Time):

Thursday 9th July 2026
09:00 to 13:30 Laws of Chess (Standard)
14:00 to 16:00 Laws of Chess (Standard)
16:15 to 17:00 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz)

Friday 10th July 2026
09:00 to 10:30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
10:45 to 12:15 System of games, tie breaks
12:30 to 13:30 Regulations for the rating
14:00 to 17:00 Swiss system and pairing rules
17:00 to 19:00 English Chess words

Saturday 11th July 2026
09:00 to 10:20 Regulations of over‐the‐board titles
10:30 to 11:15 Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
11:30 to 13:30 Anti‐cheating Guidelines for Arbiters
14:00 to 18:00 Examination Test (4 hours)

The 230th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/07/2026 to 12/07/2026 by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Biagioli, Marco (ITA). The Technical Assistant Lecturer will be IA Anastasia Sorokina (AUS), FIDE Lecturer. The Technical Organizer is Yilmaz Kartal (TUR) (+9-5426066729, womenchess@fide.com, yilmazkartal@gmail.com ).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

The Registration link: https://forms.gle/yuFtgu7S3xLLT5Rf6

Note: The seminar is organized by FIDE WOM with support of FIDE ARB. Up to 20 participants, women only. Individual registrations.
Each continent (Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe) has the right to nominate up to 2 participants (4 continents = 8 participants in total through continental nominations).

Priority will be given in the following order:
1. Participants from the waiting list of the previous FIDE WOM Seminar edition;
2. Continental nominations;
3. Individual applications in order of registration.

There is no participation fee for attendees. FIDE WOM will cover 20 EUR per participant payable to ARB.

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 17/07/2026 to 19/07/2026 in Ranchi, Jharkhand by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Bansod Swapnil (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Srivatsan R (IND).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule: 

Day 1                 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½ hours (less lunch time)

09.30 AM            Laws of Chess
12 noon               Systems of Games, Tiebreaks
01.00 PM            Lunch
02.00 PM            Laws of Chess
05.30 PM            Online Regulations

Day 2                 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½  hours (less lunch time) 

09.30 AM            Laws of Chess
12.00 noon         Rating and Over the Board Titles – 1
01.00 PM            Lunch
02.00 PM            Rating and Over the Board Titles – 2
03.00 PM            Laws of Chess
04.30 PM            FIDE Competition rules and Standards of Chess  Equipment
05.30 PM            Use of Electronic Clocks

Day 3                 09.30 AM to 01.00 PM = 3½  hours

09.30 AM            Swiss system and pairing rules
11.00 AM            Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters
12.00 noon         Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters
01.00 PM            Lunch
02.00 PM            Examination

Total time: 18½  hours (excluding examination)

The 229th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 24/07/2026 to 26/07/2026 by the Guam Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Bunawan, Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS).

The language of the Seminar will be English.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:      (ALL TIMES ARE GUAM TIME)

Friday 24th of July
Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters 6pm to 7pm
Regulations for the titles of Arbiters 7pm to 8pm

Saturday 25th of July
Laws of Chess 11am to 3pm and 3:30 to 5:30pm
FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment 5:30pm to 7pm

Sunday 26th of July
Swiss system and pairing rules 11am to 1pm
System of games, tie breaks 1pm to 2:30 pm
Rating and over‐the‐board titles 3pm to 4pm
Exam 4:30pm to 8:30pm