ARB Calendar

The 89th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 30/10/2020 to 07/11/2020 by the Colombia Chess Federation (FECODAZ) and Arbiters Commission FECODAZ, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Hermida, Marcelo Mariano (ARG), FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Calle, Jose Jesus (COL).

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.

The 88th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 31/10/2020 to 08/11/2020 by Welsh Chess Union, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO McFarlane, Alex H (SCO), FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Holowczak, Alex R (ENG).

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.

October 31st,    10.00-13.00 – Laws of Chess

                            14.00-17.00 – Types of Tournament / Tie Breaks

November 1st,  10.00-13.00 – Laws of Chess

                             14.00-17.00 – Pairing

The 91st Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (ECU/WOM) is going to be organized from 7/12/2020 to 12/12/2020 by the FIDE Commission for Women`s Chess and European Chess Union, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Kadimova, Ilaha (AZE). The Technical Organizer will be IA Prevenios, Mihail (GRE).

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.

Session 1: Monday, 07 December, 17:00-21:00 hrs, CET
Laws of Chess
Session 2: Tuesday, 08 December 17:00-21:00 hrs, CET
Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices

Session 3: Wednesday, 09 December 17:00-21:00 hrs, CET
Tournament Rules, Anticheating regulations, Arbiters’ Titles

Session 4: Thursday, 10 December 17:00-21:00 hrs, CET
System of games, Tie breaks, Swiss System, Pairings Rules

Session 5: Friday, 11 December 17:00-21:00 hrs, CET
Titles and rating regulations
Session 6: Saturday, 12 December 10:00-14:00 hrs, CET

Evaluation Test

The 93rd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11/12/2020 to 13/12/2020 by the Laos Chess Federation and Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be A/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Chan, Kwai Keong (HKG), 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.

December 11^th– 13^th ; 12:00-18:00

The 92nd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 14/12/2020 to 16/12/2020 by the Asian Chess Federation and South Asian Chess Council, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA IA Md Haroon or Rashid (BAN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (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.

December 14^th– 16^th ; 12:00-18:00

The 96th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15/01/2020 to 17/01/2020 by the Asian Chess Federation and Philippines Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Cruz, Reden (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.

January 15^th– 17^th ; 13:00-19:00 Manila time

The 95th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 22/01/2021 to 19/03/2021 by the Israel Chess Federation and Israeli Center for Chess Promotion, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Burstein, Almog (ISR), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be Kandelshine, Shlomo (ISR).

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

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

1st Session – Friday, 22 January, 10:00 – 14:00: FIDE Laws of Chess
2nd Session – Friday, 5 February, 10:00 – 14:00: FIDE Laws of Chess
3rd Session – Friday, 19 February, 10:00 – 14:00: Types of Tournaments/ Tie Breaks / Pairings
4th Session – Friday, 5 March, 10:00 – 14:00: Pairings / Ratings / Titles
5th Session – Friday, 12 March, 10:00 – 14:00: Fair Play / Clocks / Arbiter Titles / Rehearsal
6th Session – Friday, 19 March, 10:00 – 14:00: Evaluation / Examination / Feedback

The 94th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 19/02/2021 to 28/02/2021 by the Bulgarian Chess Federation 1928, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Suhartovic, Branislav (SRB), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Atanasov, Radislav (BUL) and Bojovic, Zoran (SRB).

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

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

1st Session – Friday, 19 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
2nd Session – Saturday, 20 February, 16:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
3rd Session – Sunday, 21 February, 16:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs: Types of Tournaments/ Tie Breaks/ Pairing
4th Session – Monday, 22 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating
5th Session – Tuesday, 23 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating / Titles
6th Session Wednesday, 24 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Arbiter Titles/ Anticheating / Clocks
Evaluation Sunday, 28 February, 10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs: Exam

The 97th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 17/04/2021 to 25/04/2021 by the England 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 Atkinson, Alan (ENG).

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.

Saturday, April 17th, 2021
1400-1700 Laws of Chess
1800-2100 Types of tournament/tie break systems

Sunday, April 18th, 2021
1400-1700 Laws of Chess
1800-2100 Pairings

Saturday, April 24th, 2021
1400-1700 Titles and Ratings
1800-2100 Pairings/Arbiter Titles/Anti-Cheating

Sunday, April 25th, 2021
1400-1600 Clocks/Revision/
1800-2100 Examination
All Times BST (GMT+1)