The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/01/2025 to 12/01/2025 by the Chess Federation of Canada, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Bond, Hal (CAN), FIDE Lecturer.
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:
January 10: 6pm – 10pm Role of Arbiters, Laws of Chess (4hrs)
January 11: 10am -1pm System of Games, Tie-breaks (3hrs.)
2pm – 4pm – Ratings and OTB Title Regulations (2hrs.)
4pm – 6:30 Swiss system and pairing rules (2.5 hours)
January 12: 10am-11:30pm Competition Rules, Equipment standards and clocks (1.5 hrs)
11:30am – 12:30pm Arbiter Title Regs (1 hour)
12:30pm – 1:30 Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters(1 hr)
2pm-6pm : Exam (4 hours)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Mekkah (KSA) is going to be organized from 14/01/2025 to 18/01/2025 by the Saudi Arabia Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Abdulrahim, Mahdi (UAE), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Al Otaibi, Yaser Motlaq (KSA).
The language of the Seminar will be English with translation into Arabic.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
January14th (afternoon) from 4pm to 9pm
Laws of Chess; Tournament Rules
January15th (afternoon) from 4pm to 9pm
Rating, over-the-board titles, and arbiter title regulations
January16th (afternoon) from 4pm to 9pm
System of Games, Tie Breaks
January17th (afternoon) from 4am-9pm
Swiss Pairing Rules, Anti-Cheating Regulations
January18th (afternoon) from 4pm to 7pm
(Examination)
The 178th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 29/01/2024 to 02/02/2025 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abdulrahim, Mahdi (UAE), FIDE Lecturer.
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.
17:30 to 19:30 Laws of Chess (Standard)
19:40 to 21:30 Laws of Chess (Standard)
21:40 to 22:00 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz)
Thursday 30th January 2025
17:30 to 19:30 Laws of Chess (Practice-Case’s)
19:40 to 21:30 Laws of Chess (Practice-Case’s)
21:40 to 22:00 Use of electronic clocks
Friday 29th January 2025
17:30 to 19:30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
19:40 to 21:30 Swiss system and pairing rules
21:40 to 22:00 System of games, tie breaks
Saturday 30th January 2025
17:30 to 19:30 Rating and over‐the‐board titles
19:40 to 21:30 Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
21:40 to 22:00 Anti‐cheating Guidelines for Arbiters
Sunday 31st January 2025
Examination Test (4 hours) from 6:00 to 10:00 pm Dubai Time.
The 179th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 28/02/2025 to 02/03/2025 by the English Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Barnes, Lara A.L. (ENG), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will IA/IO Bertagnolli, Gerhard (ITA), Lecturer Training Programe.
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, 28th February 2025
16:00-21:00 Laws of Chess
Saturday, 1st March 2025
09:30-12:00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices and Guidelines
12:15-13:00 System of games
13:00-14:30 Tie break regulations
16:00-18:00 FIDE Swiss Rules, Pairings
18:15-19:30 Titles Regulations
19:45-21:00 Ratings Regulations
Sunday, 2nd March 2025
09:30-11:00 General Regulations for Competition
11:00-12:00 Arbiters’ titles
12:15-14:00 Fair Play Regulations
16:00-16:45 Review, Questions and Answers
17:00-21:00 Examination Test