ARB Calendar

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16/05/2022 to 17/05/2022 and from 21/05/2022 to 24/05/2024 in Asnieres, France, by the French Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Château d’Asnières, 6 rue de l’Eglise, 92600 ASNIERES SUR SEINE.

The Lecturer will be IA Escafre, Stephane (FRA), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

Day 1 – Laws of Chess 1/2 emphasizing changes followed by Tournament Rules (3 hours).
Day 2 – Laws of chess 2/2 Online chess. Anti-Cheating, questions and answers (3 hours)
Day 3 – Rating Regulations – Titles players & arbiters (4 hours)
Day 4 – Swiss Systems, Tie Breaks, Pairing Procedures, (6 hours)
Day 5 – Disable players, Electronic Clocks, general review, Team event, Interaction with players, captains, officials and spectators (6 hours)
Day 6 – FIDE Competitions – basic English chess vocabulary (2 hours), Exam (4 hours) – debriefing (2 hours)
24h + Exam (4h) + debriefing

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16/05/2022 to 17/05/2022 and from 21/05/2022 to 24/05/2024 in Asnieres, France, by the French Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Château d’Asnières, 6 rue de l’Eglise, 92600 ASNIERES SUR SEINE.

The Lecturer will be IA Escafre, Stephane (FRA), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

Day 1 – Laws of Chess 1/2 emphasizing changes followed by Tournament Rules (3 hours).
Day 2 – Laws of chess 2/2 Online chess. Anti-Cheating, questions and answers (3 hours)
Day 3 – Rating Regulations – Titles players & arbiters (4 hours)
Day 4 – Swiss Systems, Tie Breaks, Pairing Procedures, (6 hours)
Day 5 – Disable players, Electronic Clocks, general review, Team event, Interaction with players, captains, officials and spectators (6 hours)
Day 6 – FIDE Competitions – basic English chess vocabulary (2 hours), Exam (4 hours) – debriefing (2 hours)
24h + Exam (4h) + debriefing

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16/05/2022 to 17/05/2022 and from 21/05/2022 to 24/05/2024 in Asnieres, France, by the French Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Château d’Asnières, 6 rue de l’Eglise, 92600 ASNIERES SUR SEINE.

The Lecturer will be IA Escafre, Stephane (FRA), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

Day 1 – Laws of Chess 1/2 emphasizing changes followed by Tournament Rules (3 hours).
Day 2 – Laws of chess 2/2 Online chess. Anti-Cheating, questions and answers (3 hours)
Day 3 – Rating Regulations – Titles players & arbiters (4 hours)
Day 4 – Swiss Systems, Tie Breaks, Pairing Procedures, (6 hours)
Day 5 – Disable players, Electronic Clocks, general review, Team event, Interaction with players, captains, officials and spectators (6 hours)
Day 6 – FIDE Competitions – basic English chess vocabulary (2 hours), Exam (4 hours) – debriefing (2 hours)
24h + Exam (4h) + debriefing

The 112th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2/6/2022 to 5/6/2022 by the Portuguese Chess Federation and African Chess Confederation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Dias, Carlos Oliveira (POR), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Rocha, Paulo (POR).

The language of the Seminar will be Portuguese.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 04/06/2022 to 06/06/2022 in Adelaide, Australia, by the 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 4th June
9:00-11:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
11:30 – 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 5th June
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 6th June
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 the electronic clocks
14:00 – 18:00 Examination

The 114th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 9/6/2022 to 13/6/2022 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.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 13/06/2022 to 16/06/2022 in Panama City, by the Panamanian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar will be the Wyndham Panama Albrook Mall Hotel & Convention Center, Panama City, Panama.

The Lecturer will be IA Freyd, Laurent (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and Local Assistant Lecturer will be FA Fuentes Manrique, Adrian Alonso (PAN).

The language of the Seminar will be English with translation into Spanish.

The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Schedule:

• 13, 14 , 15 and 16 June – 9:00 to 12.00 and 15:00 to 20:00

Subjects (time in hours):

• Laws of chess (8)
• Swiss System (4)
• Arbiters (1)
• Tournaments (1,5)
• Titles (1,5)
• Rating (1,5)
• Tie Break (1,5)
• Fair Play (1,5)
• Clocks (1)
• Exam (4)
• Q&A (4)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 14/06/2022 to 04/07/2022 in Casablanca, Morocco, by the AIDEF (Francophone Chess Association), under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Hôtel ONOMO Casablanca City Center, Angle boulevard Massira & Rue Normandie – 20100 CASABLANCA, Morocco.

The Lecturer will be IA Freyd, Laurent (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Slami, Zoheir (MAR).

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 (14-17-21-24-28 June at 7pm local time)
• followed by 4 sessions of 4 hours face-to-face (1 July at 4pm – 2 July at 9am – 3 July at 8pm – 4 July at 9am)

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)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 14/06/2022 to 04/07/2022 in Casablanca, Morocco, by the AIDEF (Francophone Chess Association), under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Hôtel ONOMO Casablanca City Center, Angle boulevard Massira & Rue Normandie – 20100 CASABLANCA, Morocco.

The Lecturer will be IA Freyd, Laurent (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Slami, Zoheir (MAR).

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 (14-17-21-24-28 June at 7pm local time)
• followed by 4 sessions of 4 hours face-to-face (1 July at 4pm – 2 July at 9am – 3 July at 8pm – 4 July at 9am)

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 118th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 20/6/2022 to 28/6/2022 by the Sudan Chess Federation and Arab Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Freyd Laurent (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be FA Maher Musa (SUD).

The language of the Seminar will be English.