The 186th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 18/04/2025 to 20/04/2025 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), 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.
09:00 Introduction, FIDE Structure, Guidelines for Organizers
10:00 Laws of Chess, Rapid and Blitz (p. 5)
09:00 Types of Tournaments (Chapter 4: p. 95), Accelerated System (p. 135)
10:00 General Regulations for Competitions (p 178), Berger and Varma table (p. 187), Tie Break Systems (p. 191)
11:00 Swiss system and pairing rules. (Chapter 5, p. 102)
09:00 International Title Regulations (Chapter 7, p. 148)
10:00 FIDE Rating Regulations (Chapter 6, p. 137), Rapid and Blitz Rating
12:00 Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters (Chapter 10, p. 206), Classification of Arbiters (p. 225)
15:00 Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters (Anti Cheating) Chapter 3, p. 59)
15:00-19:00 Sunday, 20 April 2025
Exam (sample questions p 272)
The 187th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 25/04/2025 to 27/04/2025 by the Chess Federation of Cuba and Confederation of Chess for Americas, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bárbara López Chávez Marino (CUB), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be FA Garcia Garcia, Silvio Alberto (CUB).
The language of the Seminar will be Spanish.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Friday / April 25 2025
Laws of Chess (16:00 – 22:30: Laws of Chess
Saturday, April 26, 2025
9:00 – 10:00: Use of electronic clocks
10:00 – 13:00: Swiss System and Pairings rules
13:00 – 15:00: Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: System of games and tie breaks
16:00 – 18:00: Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters
18:00 – 19:00: Terms in English
Sunday, April 27
09:00 –10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
10:30 – 12.00: Players’ titles regulations
12:00 – 13:00: Ratings regulations
13:00 – 15:00: Lunch
16:00 – 20:00 Examination test
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 26/04/2025 to 29/04/2025 in Johannesburg, by the 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:
26 April 2025
• 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)
27 April 2025
• 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)
28 April 2025
• Session 10: 0930-1300 (Laws of Chess) (3h)
• Session 12: 1400-1700 (Laws of Chess) (3h)
• Session 13: 1900-2100 (Laws of Chess) (2h)
29 April 2025
• Exam: 0900-1300
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 29/05/2025 to 30/05/2025 in Stavanger by the Norway Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Anastasia, Sorokina (AUS), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Ana Srebrnic (SLO), Lacturer 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:
Thursday, 29.05.2025
9.00-12.00 Laws of Chess
12.00-14.00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
15.00-18.00 Types of Tournaments, FIDE Swiss Rules, Tie-Break,
18.00-20.00 Anti-Cheating Regulations
Friday, 30.05.2025
9.00-12.00 FIDE Title Regulations, FIDE Rating Regulations FIDE Regulations for Arbiters
12.00-15.00 General Regulations for Competitions
15.30-19.30 Examination Test
Sofie Sæther, General Secretary, sofie@sjakk.no
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 05/07/2025 to 08/07/2025 in Penang by the ASEAN Chess Confederation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturers will be IA Leong, Ignatius (LAO), nd IA Bunawan, Bong (INA), both FIDE Lecturers.
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, 05.07.2025
9.00-13.00 Laws of Chess
16.00-18.00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
18.30-20.30 System of games, Swiss System, Pairing Rules, Practice
Sunday, 06.07.2025
10.00-12.00 Titles and Rating Regulations
16.00-18.00 Fair Play Regulations
Monday, 07.07.2025
10.00-12.00 General Regulations for competitions, Tie-break Regulations
14.00-16.00 Arbiters’ Titles, Electronic clocks
16.00-18.00 Review, Questions, Answers
Tuesday, 08.07.2025
09.00-13.00 Examination test
14.30-15.30 Debrief