A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 28/06/2024 to 30/06/2024 in Beirut, by the Lebanese Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Khairallah, Elias (LBA).
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:
28/06/2024
1500 – 1800 Laws of Chess
1800 – 2100 Systems of Tournaments, Swiss system and pairing rules
29/06/2024
1500 – 1800 Laws of Chess (Appendices & Guidelines)
1800 – 2100 Rating Regulations, Title Regulations
30/06/2024
1000 – 1300 Tie-Break Regulations, Fair Play Regulations
1500 – 1800 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment, Use of electronic clocks
01/07/2024
0600 – 2000 Exam
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 01/07/2024 to 04/07/2024 in Durban, by the KwaZulu Natal Chess Association and Chess South Africa, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Gunther, van den Bergh (RSA), 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:
1 July 2024
• Session 1: 0930-1100 (Tiebreaks + Hort system for prizes) (1.5h)
• Session 2: 1130-1300 (Arbiter titles + norms) (1.5h)
• Session 3: 1500-1700 (Player titles + norms) (2h)
• Session 4: 1730-1930 (Rating calculations) (2h)
2 July 2024
• Session 5: 0930-1130 (Swiss pairings, RR, other pairings) (2h)
• Session 6: 1200-1300 (Anti cheating, Hybrid, Online + fairplay) (1h)
• Session 7: 1500-1600 (Competition reg, equipment, etc.) (1h)
• Session 8: 1630-1730 (Pairing software, clocks, e-boards) (1h)
• Session 9: 1900-2100 (Laws of Chess) (2h)
3 July 2024
• Session 10: 0930-1300 (Laws of Chess) (3h)
• Session 12: 1400-1700 (Laws of Chess) (3h)
• Session 13: 1900-2100 (Laws of Chess) (2h)
4 July 2024
• Q&A: 0900-1100
• Exam: 1300-1700
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 29/07/2024 to 11/08/2024 in Montreal, Canada, by the Francophone Chess Association / Quebec Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Fédération Québécoise des échecs, 7665 boulevard Lacordaire – H1S 2A7 Montréal.
The Lecturer will be IA Freyd, Laurent (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Denommee, Pierre (CAN).
The language of the Seminar will be French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
- 5 sessions of 3 hours courses online (22, 24, 26, 29 July and 7 August)
- followed by 4 sessions of 4 hours face-to-face (9-10-11 August)
Subjects (time in hours):
- Laws of chess (7)
- Swiss System (7)
- Titles (2)
- Rating (2)
- Tie Break (2)
- Fair Play (1,5)
- Competition (1,5)
- Clocks (1)
- English (1)
- Arbiters (1)
- Exam (4)
The 160th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 22/07/2024 to 26/07/2024 by the Iran Chess Federation, and Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Hashemi, Amir Erfan (IRI).
The language of the Seminar will be English with translation into Persian.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
14:00 – 18:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz & Cases)
09:00 -11:00 Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
11:15 – 13:00 System of Games, tie breaks
14:00 – 18:00 Regulations for the rating and the OTB titles
9:00-11:00 Swiss system and pairing rules
11:15 – 13:00 Swiss system and pairing rules (case study)
14:00 – 18:00 Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters
9:00-11:00 Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters
11:15 – 13:00 Use of the electronic clocks
14:00 – 18:00 Answer Questions and review the subjects.
Examination test (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 23/07/2024 to 25/07/2024 in Hull, by the English Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO McFarlane, Alex H(SCO), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Holowczak, Alex R (ENG), FIDE 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:
23 July:
1000 – 1300: Laws of Chess Part 1
1400 – 1700: Tournament Systems (30 mins), Pairing Systems (90 mins), Tie-Breaks (1 hour)
24 July:
1000 – 1300: Laws of Chess Part 2 (150 mins), Clocks (30 mins)
1400 – 1700: Rating Regulations (1 hour), Title Regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating Regulations (30 mins), Competition Rules (30 mins)
25 July:
1000 – 1300: Revision & Practice Questions
1400 – 1800: Exam
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 01/08/2024 to 04/08/2024 in D-73760 Ostfildern, by the German Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Deventer, Klaus (GER), FIDE Lecturer, Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Alt, Ralph (GER), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Weber, Michael (GER).
The language of the Seminar will be German.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Registration on the webpage:
https://www.schachbund.de/schiedsrichter-lehrgaenge.html
Schedule:
01.08.2024: 16.00-18.00 and 19.00-20.00 Rating Regulations, System of Games
02.08.2024: 08.00-11.30 and 13.00-18.00: Competition Rules, Swiss Pairing System, Tie Break Rules, Titles of players
03.08.2024: 08.00-11.30 and 12.30-14.00: Titles of arbiters, Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines, Laws of Chess
03.08.2024: 14.00-18.00: Examination
04.08.2024: 09.00-12.00: Electronic Clocks, Results of the Examination, Debriefing
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 07/09/2024 to 08/09/2024 in Warsaw, by the Polish Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Sorokina, Anastasia (AUS), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Sokolski, Aleksander (POL).
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:
Saturday, 13.07.2024
9.00-11.00 Anti-CheatingRegulations
11.00-14.00 Types of Tournaments, FIDE Swiss Rules, Tie-Break,
15.00-18.00 Laws of Chess
18.00-20.00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
Sunday, 14.07.2024
9.00-11.30 FIDE Title Regulations, FIDE Rating Regulations, FIDE Regulations for Arbiters
11.30-13.00 General Regulations for Competitions
14.00-18.00 Examination Test