A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 03/01/2024 to 06/01/2024 in Marseille, France, by the French Chess Fédération, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the C.M.A. Saint Georges, 49 rue Charras, 13007 Marseille.
The Lecturers will be IA Escafre, Stephane, FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Regaud, Denis (FRA).
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:
Day 1 – January 3rd, 9:00 – 18:00
09:00 Laws of Chess ½
11:00 Tournament Rules
14:00 Rating Regulations
16:00 Titles players & arbiters
Day 2 – January 4th, 9:00 – 18:00
09:00 Laws of chess 2/2
11:00 Online chess
14:00 Swiss Systems, Pairing Procedures
16:00 Tie Breaks
Day 3 – January 5th, 9:00 – 18:00
09:00 Disable players,
09:30 Electronic Clocks,
10:00 Team event, Interaction with players, captains, officials and spectators
14:00 Anti-Cheating,
15:00 Questions and answers
Day 4 – January 6th, 9:00 – 18:00
09:00 Continental and FIDE Competitions
11:30 basic English chess vocabulary (3 hours)
14:00 Exam (4h)
Total time : 24 hours (excluding examination)
One week later : Online debriefing
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 06/01/2024 to 10/01/2024 in Adelaide, by the Chess Association of South Australia (SACA) and Australian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Tsai, Peter (AUS), 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:
Saturday 6th January 2024
9:00-13:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
Sunday 7th January 2024
9:00 – 11:00 Swiss System and Pairings Rules
11:00 – 13:00 Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
Monday 8th January 2024
9:00 -10:30 System of Games, tie breaks
10:30 – 12:00 Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters
12:00 – 13:00 Use of Electronic Clocks
Tuesday 9th January 2024
9:00 -11:00 Regulations for the rating and the over‐the‐board titles
11:00 – 12:00 Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters
12:00 – 13:00 Conduct of Players and Arbiters
Wednesday 10th January 2024
9:00 – 13:00 Exam
The 151st Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 12/01/2024 to 14/01/2024 by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess and Poland Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), 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.
REGISTRATION LINK: https://forms.gle/WSsx25CMMUvdnjQG6
Note: 20 participants, women only. Each continent (America, Africa, Asia, Europe) has a right to nominate 2 participants per continent (4 continents = 8 participants). Polish Chess federation as co-organizer has a right to nominate 2 participants. Participation by nomination first. In the case of free spaces organizers will accept individual participation. No fee for the participants. WOM will cover 20 euros per participant to ARB. And will cover Lecture fee, lecture assistants fee, technical organizer fee.
12th January 2024
16:00-21:00 Laws of Chess
13th January 2024
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 Swiss System, Pairings
18:15-19:30 Titles Regulations
19:45-21:00 Ratings Regulations
14th January 2024
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-Answers
17:00-21:00 Examination Test
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 19/01/2024 to 21/01/2024 in Tirupati, Andhra Prades, by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Rathinam, Anantharam (IND), 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:
Day 1 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½ 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 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½ 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 09.30 AM to 01.00 PM = 3½ hours
09.30 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 PM Examination
Total time: 18½ hours (excluding examination)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 19/02/2024 to 21/02/2024 in Djebra, by the Tunisan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Messaoudi, Bechir (TUN), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Baktache, Mohamed Ali (TUN).
The language of the Seminar will be French with translation into Arabic.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
19.2.2024:
15.00-22:00 Laws of chess, use of electronic clocks, Fair Play regulations and anti-cheating guidelines for arbiters
20.2.2024:
08:00-14:00 System of games and tie breaks regulations, swiss system and pairing rules
16:00-21:00 Competition rules and standards of chess equipment, Rating and titles, English terms
21.2.2024:
08.00-11.00 Review, Q&A
16:00-20:00 Examination test
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 20/02/2024 to 23/02/2024 in Melaka, by the Malaysian Chess Federation and Persatuan Catur Melaka, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bunawan, Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be FA Ariff, Syawal Aqmar Shahrir (MAS).
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:
Tue, 20th February 2024
9:00-13:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
14:00-15:45 Case Study Law of Chess
16:00-17:30 Rating and Player Titles
Wed, 21st February 2024
09:00-11:00 System of Games, Tiebreak
11:00 – 11:00 Swiss System and Pairings Rules
14:00-17:30 Case Study Swiss System Pairings
11:00 – 13:00 Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
Thu, 22nd February 2024
9:00 -11:30 Arbiters Regulations and Classification of Arbiters
11:30 – 13:00 Conduct of Players and Arbiters
14:00 – 15:00 Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters
15:00-16:00 Use of Electronic Clocks
Fri, 23rd February 2024
9:00 -10:00 FIDE Competition Rules and Standards
10:00 – 11:30 ARB Disciplinary Regulations
11:30 – 12:30 Review and Question
14:30-18:30 Exam
18:30-19:00 Debrief
The 152nd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 23/02/2024 to 25/02/2024 by the Chess Scotland Arbiters’ Committee and Scotland Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA McFarlane, Alex H (SCO), 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.
Laws of Chess Friday 23rd 18.00-22.00
Laws of Chess Saturday 24th 10.00-12.00
Chess Clocks Saturday 24th 12.15-13.00
Title Regulations Sat 2413.30-14.30
Arbiter Titles Sat 14.30-15.00
Rating Regulations Sat 15.00-16.30
FIDE Pairing Sat 16.45-19.00
FIDE Pairing Sunday 10.00-10.30
Systems of Games/Competition Rules Sun 10.30-11.30
Tie-breaks Sun 11.30-12.30
Fair Play Sun 12.30-13,00
Revision Sun 14.00-15.00
Exam Sun 15.00-19.00
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15/03/2024 to 17/03/2024 in Schinnen, by the Royal Dutch Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Klueners, Juergen (GER), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Eliens, Arno (NED).
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:
The 154th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 21/03/2024 to 25/03/2024 by the Iranian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Jadidi, Hamidreza (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.
21 March 2024 (Thursday)
09:00 – 13:00 Laws of Chess
14:00 – 18:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz & Cases)
22 March 2024 (Friday)
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
23 March 2024 (Saturday)
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
25 March 2024 (Sunday)
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.
26 March 2024: (Monday) Examination test (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 31/03/2024 to 02/04/2024 in Tashkent, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), FIDE Lecturer.
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:
31st March, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
31st March, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Tournament regulations (1 hour)
1st April, 10:00 – 13:00: Anti-Cheating guidelines (1 hour), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)
1st April, 14:30 – 17:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours)
2nd April, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games, tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours), Chess terms in English (1 hour)
2nd April, 14:00 – 18:00: Exam