1st Session – Friday, 22 January, 10:00 – 14:00: FIDE Laws of Chess
2nd Session – Friday, 5 February, 10:00 – 14:00: FIDE Laws of Chess
3rd Session – Friday, 19 February, 10:00 – 14:00: Types of Tournaments/ Tie Breaks / Pairings
4th Session – Friday, 5 March, 10:00 – 14:00: Pairings / Ratings / Titles
5th Session – Friday, 12 March, 10:00 – 14:00: Fair Play / Clocks / Arbiter Titles / Rehearsal
6th Session – Friday, 19 March, 10:00 – 14:00: Evaluation / Examination / Feedback
1st Session – Friday, 19 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
2nd Session – Saturday, 20 February, 16:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
3rd Session – Sunday, 21 February, 16:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs: Types of Tournaments/ Tie Breaks/ Pairing
4th Session – Monday, 22 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating
5th Session – Tuesday, 23 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating / Titles
6th Session Wednesday, 24 February, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Arbiter Titles/ Anticheating / Clocks
Evaluation Sunday, 28 February, 10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs: Exam
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 24/2/2021 to 28/2/2021 in Moscow, Russia, by the Chess Federation of Russia and Chess Federation of Moscow, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Russian state social university, W.Pik street, 4, Moscow.
The Lecturer will be IA, IO Alexander Tkachev (RUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Akhmetov, Artiom (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:
24.02 – Day of arrival.
25.02 (10.30 am – 4.30 pm) – Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz, etc) – Anti cheating guidelines for Arbiters
26.02 (10.30 am – 4.30 pm) – Tournament Rules, System of Games, tie breaks.
27.02 (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.
28.02. – day of departure
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/3/2021 to 14/3/2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine, by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Hotel “Reinkartz”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
The Lecturer will be IA Tovchyga, Oleg (UKR), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Gnyp, Yuriy (UKR).
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 – 10.03.2021
Regulations for the Arbiters titles (11.03.2021/10.00–12.00)
Arbiter disciplinary regulation (11.03.2021/12.00-14.00)
Anti-cheating (11.03.2021/15.00-18.00)
English conversation (11.03.2021/18.00 – 19.00)
System of Games, tie breaks (12.03.2021/10/10.00-12.00)
Swiss system and pairing rules (12.03.2021/12.00-14.00, 15.00-18.00; 13.03.2021/10.00-12.00)
Regulations for the player title (13.03.2021/12.00-14.00)
Tournament Rules (13.04.2021/16.00-18.00)
English conversation (13.03.2021/18.00 – 19.00)
Laws of Chess (14.03.2021/10.00-14.00)
EXAM (14.03.2021/15.00-18.00)
DEPARTURE – 14.03.2021
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2/3/2021 to 5/3/2021 in Nabeul, Tunisia, by the Tunisia Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Maison des Jeunes Nabeul, Tunisia.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Messaoudi, Bechir (TUN), FIDE Lecturer and assistant lecturer will be IA/IO Chouari, Wajdi (TUN).
The language of the Seminar will be Arabic with translation into French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
02.03.2021
(10.00 – 12.30) – Laws of chess
(14.00 – 15.30) – Laws of chess (cases)
Final discussion
03.03.2021
(10.00 – 12.30) – Rating Regulations
(14.00 – 16.30) – Swiss Pairing System
(16.30 – 18.15) – Tie Break Rules and FIDE Tournament Rules
(18.15 – 19.00) – Electronic Chess Clocks
04.03.2021
(09.00 – 11.30) – Titles of the players
(11.30 – 12.15) – Laws of chess
(14.00 – 16.00) – Disciplinary Regulations, Anti-cheating Guidelines
(16.00 – 17.30) – Titles of the arbiters
(17.30 – 19.00) – Laws of chess – News 2017 and 2018
05.03.2021
(11.00 – 12.30) – Laws of chess (cases)
(14.00 – 15.30) – Laws of chess (cases)
Final discussion
(16.00 – 19.00) – Examination test
1st Session – Thursday, 15 April, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
2nd Session – Friday, 16 April, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
3rd Session – Saturday, 17 April, 10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs: Types of Tournaments/ Tie Breaks/ Pairing
4th Session – Saturday, 17 April, 14:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating
5th Session – Saturday, 17 April, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating / Titles
6th Session Sunday, 18 April, 10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs: Arbiter Titles/ Anticheating / Clocks
Evaluation Sunday, 18 April, 17:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs: Exam
1st Session – Thursday, 15 April, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
2nd Session – Friday, 16 April, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Laws of Chess
3rd Session – Saturday, 17 April, 10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs: Types of Tournaments/ Tie Breaks/ Pairing
4th Session – Saturday, 17 April, 14:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating
5th Session – Saturday, 17 April, 18:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs: Pairing / Rating / Titles
6th Session Sunday, 18 April, 10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs: Arbiter Titles/ Anticheating / Clocks
Evaluation Sunday, 18 April, 17:00 hrs to 19:00 hrs: Exam
Saturday, April 17th, 2021
1400-1700 Laws of Chess
1800-2100 Types of tournament/tie break systems
Sunday, April 18th, 2021
1400-1700 Laws of Chess
1800-2100 Pairings
Saturday, April 24th, 2021
1400-1700 Titles and Ratings
1800-2100 Pairings/Arbiter Titles/Anti-Cheating
Sunday, April 25th, 2021
1400-1600 Clocks/Revision/
1800-2100 Examination
All Times BST (GMT+1)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/5/2021 to 12/5/2021 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/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB), FIDE Lecturer and assistant lecturers will be IA Semenova, Irina (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
10th May, 09:00 – 12:00
Laws of chess, tournament regulations
Session 2
10th May, 14:00 – 17:00
Laws of chess, examples of cases
Session 3
11th May, 09:00 – 12:00
Anti-Cheating guidelines
Session 4
11th May, 14:00 – 17:00
Titles (including Arbiters) regulations
Session 5
12th May, 09:00 – 12:00
Tie-break systems, Swiss system
Session 6
12th May, 14:00 – 15:00
Chess clocks
Session 7
12th May, 15:00 – 17:00
Exam
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 20/5/2021 to 23/5/2021 in Lilongwe, Malawi, by the Chess Association of Malawi, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Messaoudi, Bechir (TUN), FIDE Lecturer and assistant lecturers will be IA Mkumbwa Gilton (MAW).
The language of the Seminar will be English with translation into French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
20.5.2021:
8.00-10.30: Laws of Chess
11:00-13:30: Laws of Chess (Cases), Words of Chess in official languages
21.5.2021:
8.00-10.30: Rating Regulations
11.00-13.30: Swiss Pairing System, Tie Break Rules, and FIDE Tournament Rules
13.30-14.30: Electronic Chess Clocks
22.5.2021:
08.00-9.30: Titles of the Players
10-12 Laws of Chess
12:30-14:30: Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines & Titles of the Arbiters
23.5.2021:
8.00-10.30: Standards of Chess equipment – Final Discussion
11:00-14:00: Examination Test