ARB Calendar

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 19/12/2021 to 23/12/2021 in Samara, Russia, by the Chess Federation of Russia, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Sanatorium Tsiolkovsky, Samara region (Russia).
The Lecturer will be IA, IO Tkachev, Alexander (RUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Yanushevsky, Stanislav (RUS).
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:

19.12. – Day of arrival.

20.12. (10.30 am – 4.30 pm) – Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz, etc) – Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters

21.12. (10.30 am – 4.30 pm) – FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment, System of Games, tie breaks.

22.12. (10.30 am – 4.30 pm) – Swiss system. Pairing rules, Regulations for the rating and the over-the-board titles,
Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters, Use of the electronic clocks, Examination test.

23.12. – Day of departure

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 02/02/2022 to 05/02/2022 in Orsha, Belarus, by the Belarussian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Ice Arena Lokomotiv-Orsha (str. Vladsimira Lenina 79, Orsha).
The Lecturer will be IA, IO Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Borsuk, Yury (BLR).
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:

Arrival day – February 2

Day 1 – February 3

09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7,5 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 – February 4

09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7,5 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 – February 5

09.00 AM to 01.00 PM = 4 hours
09.00 AM to 10.00 AM Basic English chess vocabulary
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 to 06.00 PM Examination

Total time: 19 hours (excluding examination)

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 9/5/2022 to 11/5/2022 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be International Chess Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer and assistant lecturers will be IA/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB).
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:

Session 1
9th May, 09:00 – 12:00
Laws of chess

Session 2
9th May, 14:00 – 17:00
Tournament regulations, arbiter’s behavior in various chess event situations (Laws of chess)

Session 3
10th May, 09:00 – 12:00
Anti-Cheating guidelines, Electronic chess clocks

Session 4
10th May, 14:00 – 17:00
Regulations for the titles of Arbiters, Rating and over‐the‐board titles

Session 5
11th May, 09:00 – 12:00
System of games, tie breaks, Swiss system and pairing rules

Session 6
11th May, 14:00 – 18:00
Exam