ARB Calendar

Oct
23
Sun
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Mixed format) in Skopje (North Macedonia) @ Hotel Continental
Oct 23 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Mixed format) in Skopje (North Macedonia) @ Hotel Continental | Skopje | Greater Skopje | North Macedonia

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11/10/2022 to 23/10/2022 in Skopje, North Macedonia, by the North Macedonia Chess Federation and Chess Union of Skopje, under the auspices of FIDE.
The seminar will start with 6 online sessions (11-16 October) followed by a weekend seminar on site (22-23 October). The venue of the Seminar is the Hotel Continental, Skopje, North Macedonia.
The Lecturer will be IA Suhartovic, Branislav (SRB), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Bojovic, Zoran (SRB), FIDE Lecturer.
The language of the Seminar will be English with translation in Serbian.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

11.10.2022. 17.00-21.00 Laws of Chess (on line session)
12.10.2022. 17.00-21.00 System of games, tie breaks, Swiss system and pairing
rules (on line session)
13.10.2022. 17.00-21.00 Use of electronic clocks, Anti‐ cheating guidelines for
Arbiters, Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (on line session)
14.10.2022. 17.00-21.00 Rating and over‐ the‐ board titles, FIDE Competition
Rules and standards of chess equipment (on line session)
15.10.2022. 17.00-21.00 Laws of Chess, Swiss system and pairing rulesexamples (on line session), Basic English Chess terms
16.10.2022. 11.00-13.00 Consultation (on line session)
22.10.2022. 11.00-14.00 Consultation, Skopje
23.10.2022. 11.00-15.00 Exam, Skopje

Oct
26
Wed
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Ho Chi Minh City (VIE) @ Vietnamchess office
Oct 26 – Oct 29 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Ho Chi Minh City (VIE) @ Vietnamchess office | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 26/10/2022 to 30/10/2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, by the Viet Nam Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Vietnamchess office, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Bunawan, Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer and the Local Assistant will be IA Ton That Nhu Tung (VIE).

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:

26 October: Arrival

27 October:
09.00-13.00: Laws of Chess, Appendices
15.00- 19.00: Tournament Regulations, Fair Play Regulations, Tie break regulations.

28 October:
09.00-13.00: System of Pairings, Swiss System
15.00-19.00: Players’ titles regulations, Ratings regulations

29 October:
09.00-13.00: Arbiters’ titles, use of electronic clocks, Review, Questions, 15.00-19.00: Examination test

Oct
28
Fri
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Rhodes (GRE) @ Rhodes Palace Hotel
Oct 28 – Oct 30 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Rhodes (GRE) @ Rhodes Palace Hotel | Rhodes | Greece

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 28/10/2022 to 30/10/2022 in Rhodes, by the Greece Chess Federation and Rhodes Chess Club “The Knight”, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Rhodes Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece.

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.

Schedule:

Friday, 28 October:
10.00-14.00: Laws of Chess, Appendices
17.00- 21.00: Tournament Regulations, Tie break regulations, Arbiters’ titles

Saturday, 29 October:
10.00-12.00: System of Pairings, Swiss System
12.00-14.00: Fair Play Regulations
17.00-19.00: Players’ titles regulations
19.00-21.00: Ratings regulations

Sunday, 30 October:
09.00-10.00: Use of electronic clocks
10.00-11.00: Review, Questions
11.00-15.00: Examination test

Nov
25
Fri
122nd Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Confederation of Chess for America) @ online
Nov 25 – Nov 27 all-day
122nd Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Confederation of Chess for America) @ online

The 122nd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 25/11/2022 to 27/11/2022 by the Confederation of Chess for America and Puerto Rico Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Sorokina, Anastasia (AUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Munoz Solis, Carolina (CRC). Technical Organiser will be IA Bond, Hal (CAN), 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:

Friday /November 25, 2022
Laws of Chess (18:00-21:00 PRT)

Saturday / November 26, 2022 (9:00- 19:00 PRT)
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)
Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters (18:00-19:00)

Sunday / November 27, 2022 (9:00am- 19:00 PRT)
Regulation for the titles of Arbiters (9:00-10:00)
FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment (10:00-11:00)
Rating and over-the-board titles (11:00-13:00)
Test (15:00-19:00)

Dec
9
Fri
126th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Asian Chess Federation) @ online
Dec 9 – Dec 11 all-day
126th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Asian Chess Federation) @ online

The 126th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 9/12/2022 to 11/12/2022 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Alnuaimi, Ahmed M. (UAE).

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:

09:00-15:00 daily Dubai time.

The subjects will include
a) Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz, etc), 6 hours;
b) Tournament Rules , 2 hours;
c) System of Games, tie breaks. 2 hours;
d) Swiss system and Pairing rules, 3 hours;
e) Regulations for the rating and the over‐the‐board titles, 3 hours;
f) Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters, 1 hour;
g) Anti cheating guidelines for Arbiters 1 hour
h) Exam 4 hours

FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Dublin (IRL) @ Colaiste Eanna, Ballyboden
Dec 9 – Dec 11 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Dublin (IRL) @ Colaiste Eanna, Ballyboden | County Dublin | Ireland

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 9/12/2022 to 11/12/2022 in Dublin, by the Irish Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Colaiste Eanna, Ballyboden, Co. Dublin, Ireland,

The Lecturer will be IA/IO 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.

Schedule:

Friday 7-10 pm, Saturday 9 am – 5 pm, Sunday 9 am – 5 pm

  1. a) Laws of Chess (5hrs)
  2. b) Use of electronic clocks (1hr)
  3. c) System of games, tie breaks (1.5hr)
  4. d) Swiss system and pairing rules (2hr)
  5. e) Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters (1hr)
  6. f) Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (0.5 hr
  7. g) FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment (1hr)
  8. h) Rating and over‐the‐board titles (2hr)
  9. i) Q & A Session

+ Exam (4 hrs)

Mar
10
Fri
129th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (WOM, Balkan, and ALB) @ online
Mar 10 – Mar 12 all-day
129th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (WOM, Balkan, and ALB) @ online

The 129th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/03/2023 to 12/03/2023 by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, Balkan Chess Federation &Albanian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, Assistant of Lecturer will be IA Prevenios, Mihail (GRE), and Local Assistant of Lecturer will be IA Lopang, Tshepiso (BOT).

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.

The Seminar is organized by WOM, Balkan Chess Federation and Albanian Chess Federation.

Only women National Arbiters have the right to participate!

Each federation from Balkan Federation has the right to nominate one participant. Albanian Chess Federation as co-organizer has the right to nominate 2 participants. Each continent has the right to nominate 2 participants. (Africa, Asia, America, Europe).  Participation by nomination of the federation only! Participants should be National Arbiters, 18+.  In case of free spaces organizers will accept individual participations. No fee for participants.

To register federations should send application to: yilmazkartal@gmail.com


Schedule:

Friday, 10.03.2023
16:00 to 21:00 Laws of Chess

Saturday, 11.03.2023
10:00 to 12:00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
12:15 to 13:00 System of games
13:00 to 14:00 Tie break regulations
16:00 to 18:00 Swiss system, Pairings
18:15 to 19:30 Titles Regulations
19:45 to 21:00 Ratings regulations

Sunday, 12.03.2023
10:00 to 11:00 General Regulations for Competition
11:00 to 12:00 Arbiters’ titles
12:15 to 14:00 Fair play regulations
16:00 to 16:45 Review, Questions-Answers
17:00 to 21:00 Examination Test

 

Mar
17
Fri
130th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Asian Chess Federation) @ online
Mar 17 – Mar 19 all-day
130th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Asian Chess Federation) @ online

The 130th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 17/03/2023 to 19/03/2023 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), 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:

09:00-15:00 daily Dubai time.

The subjects will include
a) Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz, etc), 4 hours;
b) Tournament Rules , 2 hours;
c) System of Games, tie breaks. 2 hours;
d) Swiss system and Pairing rules, 2 hours;
e) Regulations for the rating and the over‐the‐board titles, 2 hours;
f) Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters, 1 hour;
g) Anti cheating guidelines for Arbiters 1 hour; Exam 4 hours

Apr
6
Thu
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Singapore (SGP) – Group B @ Singapore
Apr 6 – Apr 9 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Singapore (SGP) – Group B @ Singapore

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar – Group B is going to be organised from 06/04/2023 to 09/04/2023 in Singapore, by the Singapore Chess Federation and ASEAN Chess Academy, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Bunawan, Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Abd Hamid Bin Abd Majid (MAS), 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:

6 April:
10.00-13.00: Laws of Chess
14.00-16.30: Laws of Chess
17.00-19.30: Rapid, Blitz, Appendices

7 April:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Systems, Tie Breaks
14.00-16.30: Swiss Pairings Theory
17.00-19.30: Swiss Pairings Practice

8 April:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Rules, Roles of Arbiter, Fair Play Regulations
14.00-16.30: Rating Regulations
17.00-19.30: Title Regulations

9 April:
10.00-13.00: Use of Electronic Clocks, Arbiter Title, Review Q&A
14.00-18.00: Examination
18.30-19.30: Debrief

FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Singapore (SGP) – Group A @ Singapore
Apr 6 – Apr 9 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Singapore (SGP) – Group A @ Singapore

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar – Group A is going to be organised from 06/04/2023 to 09/04/2023 in Singapore, by the Singapore Chess Federation and ASEAN Chess Academy, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Leong, Ignatius (SGP), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Mooi, Kok Onn Osric (SGP).

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:

6 April:
10.00-13.00: Laws of Chess
14.00-16.30: Laws of Chess
17.00-19.30: Rapid, Blitz, Appendices

7 April:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Systems, Tie Breaks
14.00-16.30: Swiss Pairings Theory
17.00-19.30: Swiss Pairings Practice

8 April:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Rules, Roles of Arbiter, Fair Play Regulations
14.00-16.30: Rating Regulations
17.00-19.30: Title Regulations

9 April:
10.00-13.00: Use of Electronic Clocks, Arbiter Title, Review Q&A
14.00-18.00: Examination
18.30-19.30: Debrief