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
The 159th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15/07/2024 to 18/07/2024 by the Chess Federation of Russia, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Akhmetov, Artiom (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecture will be IA/IO Staratorzhskiy, Vladimir (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.
July, 15:
10.00-13.00: Laws of Chess
14.00-16.30: Laws of Chess
17.00-19.30: Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
July, 16:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Systems, Tie Breaks
14.00-16.30: Swiss Pairings Theory
17.00-19.30: Swiss Pairings Practice
July, 17:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Rules, Roles of Arbiter, Fair Play Regulations
14.00-16.30: Rating Regulations
17.00-19.30: Title Regulations
July, 18:
10.00-13.00: Use of Electronic Clocks, Arbiter Title
14.00-18.00: Examination
18.30-19.30: Review Q&A
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 18/07/2024 to 21/07/2024 in Zaragoza, by the Spanish Chess Federation & Club Maristas de Ajedrez, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Mariano Carderera, 28, Local, Palacio de Pioneros, Zaragoza.
The Lecturer will be IA Mena Sarasola, Jesus (ESP), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Garcia Valer, Jesus (ESP).
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.
Schedule:
18/07/2024
16:00 to 17:30 Laws of Chess (Standard)
17:40 to 18:50 Laws of Chess (Standard)
19:00 to 20:00 Laws of Chess (Standard)
19/07/2024
9:30 to 11:20 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz)
11:30 to 12:30 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz, Guidelines)
12:30 to 13::30 Use of electronic clocks
16:00 to 17:30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
17:40 to 18:50 System of games, Tie-Break Systems
19:00 to 20:00 Swiss System and pairing rules
20/07/2024
9:30 to 11:20 Swiss System and pairing rules
11:30 to 12:30 Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters
12:30 to 13::30 Rating Regulations
16:00 to 17:30 Title Regulations
17:40 to 18:50 Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
19:00 to 21:00 Mock exam
21/07/2024
9:30 to 13:30 Examination Test
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
The 164th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26/07/2024 to 28/07/2024 by the Chess Kenya Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Gopakumar M S (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.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 17.00 PM Laws of Chess
17.00 – 17.30 Use of Chess Clocks
11.00 – 13.00 Rating and Over the Board Titles – 1
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Rating and Over the Board Titles – 2
15.00 – 16.30 Systems of Games, Tiebreaks
16.30 – 17.30 FIDE Competition rules and Standards of Chess Equipment
11.00 – 12.00 Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters
12.00 – 13.00 Noon Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00 Examination
The 161st Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26/07/2024 to 28/07/2024 by the Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA), under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bárbara López Chávez Marino (CUB), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Hernandez Bermudez, Ulises Eduardo (VEN) and IA/IO Plotinsky, Leandro (ARG).
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.
Laws of Chess (18:00 – 21:00 Panama time)
Use of electronic clocks (9:00 – 10:00)
System of games and tie breaks (10:00 – 13:00)
Swiss system and pairings rules (15:00 – 18:00)
Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters (18:00 – 20:00)
Terms in English (20:00 – 21:00)
Regulation for the titles of Arbiters (9:00 – 10:00 am)
Players’ titles regulations (10:00 – 11:30)
Ratings regulations (11:30 – 13:30)
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/IO Alt, Ralph (GER), FIDE Lecturer, Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Wolter, Jens (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 08/08/2024 to 12/08/2024 in Monastir, by the Bouhjar International Chess Academy and Tunisian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Abdulrahim, Mahdi (UAE), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Belhadj Hassen, Hakim (TUN).
The language of the Seminar will be Arabic.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
Thursday 8th August 2024
10:00 to 11:30 Laws of Chess (Standard)
11:45 to 13:15 Laws of Chess (Standard)
14:30 to 16:00 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz)
Friday 9th August 2024
10:00 to 11:30 Laws of Chess (Practice-Case’s)
11:45 to 13:15 Laws of Chess (Practice-Case’s)
14:30 to 16:00 Use of electronic clocks
Saturday 10th August 2024
10:00 to 11:30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
11:45 to 13:15 Swiss system and pairing rules
14:30 to 16:00 System of games, tie breaks
Sunday 11th August 2024
10:00 to 11:30 Rating and over‐the‐board titles
11:45 to 13:15 Regulations for the titles of Arbiters and Use of Electronic Clocks
14:30 to 16:00 Anti‐cheating Guidelines for Arbiters
Monday 12th August 2024
Examination Test (4 hours) from 2:00 to 6:00 pm Tunis Time.