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
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
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
The 165th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 30/08/2024 to 01/09/2024 by the Chess Kenya Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lectures will be IA Nsakanya, Chanda (ZAM), Lecturer Training Program.
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.
Day 1 – 09:00HRS to 17:00HRS
09.00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
13.00 Break
14.00 Case Studies on Laws of Chess
Day 2 – 09:00HRS to 17:00HRS
09.00 System of Games, tie breaks
10.00 General Regulations for Competitions
13.00 Break
14.00 Swiss System and Pairing Rues
15.30 Anti Cheating Regulations and Guidelines for Arbiters
Day 3 – 09:00HRS to 13:00HRS (excluding exam time)
09.00- 11.00 International Title Regulations
11.00- 12.00 FIDE Rating Regulations
12.15- 13.00 Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters
13.00- 14.00 Break
14.00- 18.00 Examination
Total time: 18 hours (excluding examination)
(the schedule – sessions, hours, subjects, etc.- of the Seminar shall be written)
The 163rd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 30/08/2024 to 01/09/2024 by the Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA), under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Marghetis, Aris (CAN), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Munoz Solis, Carolina (CRC) and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Miller, Donald (JAM).
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.
Friday / August 30, 2024
Laws of Chess (18:00 – 21:00 Panama time)
Saturday / August 31, 2024 (9:00 – 19:00 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)
Chess Terms (20:00 – 21:00)
Sunday / September 1, 2024 (9:00 am – 19:00 Panama time)
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 07/09/2024 to 08/09/2024 in Warsaw, by the Polish Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Sorokina, Anastasia (AUS), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Sokolski, Aleksander (POL).
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, 07.09.2024
9.00-11.00 Anti-CheatingRegulations
11.00-14.00 Types of Tournaments, FIDE Swiss Rules, Tie-Break,
15.00-18.00 Laws of Chess
18.00-20.00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
Sunday, 08.09.2024
9.00-11.30 FIDE Title Regulations, FIDE Rating Regulations, FIDE Regulations for Arbiters
11.30-13.00 General Regulations for Competitions
14.00-18.00 Examination Test
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 12/09/2022 to 17/09/2024 in Budapest, Hungary, by FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and Hungarian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be Budapest Games Room for the Olympiad. (45th Chess Olympiad Venue), Budapest, Hungary.
The Lecturers will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer and IA 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.
Schedule of the FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar: