ARB Calendar

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 04/09/2025 to 07/09/2025 in Copenhagen, by the Danish Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Salama, Omar (ISL), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Jacobsen, Poul (DEN).

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: https://turnering.skak.dk/TournamentActive/Details?tourId=29769

Schedule:

Thursday 4^th September

18:00-22:00 Laws of Chess, Basic Rules of Play(4 hours)

Friday 5^th September

09:00-13:00 Laws of Chess, Competitive Rules of Play (4 hours)

15:00-17:00 System of games, Swiss Rules, chess clock  (2 hours)

Saturday 6^th September

09:00-13:00 Arbiters’ titles (2 Hours), Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters (2 hours)

14:00-18:00 Titles (2.5 hours) and Ratings regulations (1.5 hours)

Sunday 7^th September

09:00-13:00 Examination test (4 hours)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 08/09/2025 to 11/09/2025 in Samarkand, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The 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:

08th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)

9th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)

10th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),

11th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)

11th September, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)

The 198th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/09/2025 to 14/09/2025 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abdulrahim, Mahdi (UAE), FIDE Lecturer.

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.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 12/09/2025 to 15/09/2025 in Samarkand, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The 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:

12th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)

13th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)

14th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),

15th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)

15th September, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 18/09/2025 to 21/09/2025 in D-35075 Gladenbach, by the German Chess Federation and Arbiters Commission DSB, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Wolter, Jens (GER), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Alt, Ralph (GER), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

18.09.2025: 15.00 – 21.00: Rating Regulations, System of Games, Tie Break Rules

19.09.2025: 09.00 – 21.00: Competition Rules, Laws of Chess, Swiss Pairing System, Titles of Players, Titles of Arbiters

20.09.2025: 09.00 – 12.30: Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines, Laws of Chess

20.09.2025: 14.30 – 18.30: Examination

21.09.2025: 08.30 – 11.30: Electronic Clocks, Chess terms in English, Results of the Examination, Debriefing

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 22/09/2025 to 24/09/2025 in Almaty, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB), 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:

22 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
22 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz, etc.)

23 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Tournament Regulations (2 hours), Examples (1 hour)
23 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1.5 hours)

24 of September, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
24 of September, Chess terms in English (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (1 hour), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)

24 of September 14:30 – 18:30: Exam (4 hours)

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26/09/2025 to 28/09/2025 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Bansod Swapnil (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and the local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Vasanth B H (IND).

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)

The 199th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26/09/2025 to 28/09/2025 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.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 27/09/2025 to 29/09/2025 in Brisbane, by the Chess Association of Queensland (CAQ) 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 27th September
9:00-11:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
11:00 – 13:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
14:00 – 16:00 Laws of Chess (Case Studies)
16:30 – 18:00 Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment

Sunday 28th September
9:00-11:00 System of Games, tie breaks
11:30 – 13:00 Regulations for the rating and the over‐the‐board titles
14:00 – 16:00 Swiss system and pairing rules
16:30  – 18:00 Swiss system and pairing rules (case study)

Monday 29th September
9:00 -11:00 Regulations for the titles of the arbiters
11:30 – 12:30 Anti-cheating guidelines for arbiters
12:30 – 13:00 Use of Electronic Clocks
14:00 – 18:00 Exam