A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 16/12/2024 to 19/12/2024 in Polokwane, by the 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:
16 December 2024
• Session 1: 0930-1100 (Arbiter titles + norms)
• Session 2: 1130-1300 (Player titles + norms)
• Session 3: 1400-1530 (Rating calculations)
• Session 4: 1600-1730 (Tiebreaks)
• Session 5: 1900-2100 (Swiss, Round-Robin, other pairings)
17 December 2024
• Session 6: 0930-1100 (Anti cheating, Hybrid, Online + fairplay)
• Session 7: 1130-1300 (Competition reg, equipment, etc.)
• Session 8: 1400-1530 (Pairing software, Laws of Chess)
• Session 9: 1600-1700 (Laws of Chess)
18 December 2024
• Session 11: 0900-1100 (Laws of Chess)
• Session 12: 1130-1330 (Lawns of Chess)
• Session 13: 1500-1730
19 December 2024
• Exam: 0900-1300
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 06/01/2025 to 10/01/2025 in Melbourne, by the Chess Victoria Inc (CV) 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:
Monday 6th January 2025
9:00-13:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
Tuesday 7th January 2025
9:00 – 11:00 Swiss System and Pairings Rules
11:00 – 13:00 Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
Wednesday 8th January 2025
9:00 -10:30 System of Games, tie breaks
10:30 – 12:00 Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters
12:00 – 13:00 Use of Electronic Clocks
Thursday 9th January 2025
9:00 -11:00 Regulations for the rating and the over‐the‐board titles
11:00 – 12:00 Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters
12:00 – 13:00 Conduct of Players and Arbiters
Friday 10th January 2025
9:00 – 13:00 Exam
The 175th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/01/2025 to 12/01/2025 by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess and Poland Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, Assistant Lecturer will be IA Sorokina, Anastasia (AUS), and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Sokolski, Alexander (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.
Note: 20 participants, women only. Each continent (America, Africa, Asia, Europe) has a right to nominate 2 participants per continent (4 continents = 8 participants). Polish Chess federation as co-organizer has a right to nominate 2 participants. Participation by nomination first. In the case of free spaces organizers will accept individual participation. No fee for the participants.
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10th January 2025
16:00-21:00 Laws of Chess
11th January 2025
09:30-12:00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices and Guidelines
12:15-13:00 System of Games
13:00-14:30 Tie break regulations
16:00-18:00 Swiss System, Pairings
18:15-19:30 Titles Regulations
19:45-21:00 Ratings Regulations
12th January 2025
09:30-11:00 General Regulations for Competition
11:00-12:00 Arbiters’ titles
12:15-14:00 Fair play Regulations
16:00-16:45 Review, Questions-Answers
17:00-21:00 Examination Test
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/01/2025 to 12/01/2025 by the Chess Federation of Canada, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO 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:
January 10: 6pm – 10pm Role of Arbiters, Laws of Chess (4hrs)
January 11: 10am -1pm System of Games, Tie-breaks (3hrs.)
2pm – 4pm – Ratings and OTB Title Regulations (2hrs.)
4pm – 6:30 Swiss system and pairing rules (2.5 hours)
January 12: 10am-11:30pm Competition Rules, Equipment standards and clocks (1.5 hrs)
11:30am – 12:30pm Arbiter Title Regs (1 hour)
12:30pm – 1:30 Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters(1 hr)
2pm-6pm : Exam (4 hours)
The 173rd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 31/01/2025 to 02/02/2025 by the Panamanian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Hermida, Marcelo Mariano (ARG), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Arbiter will be IA Rondon Chacon, Yolys Desiree (PAN).
The language of the Seminar will be Spanish.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
Friday, January 31:
17:00 – 21:00: Laws of Chess
Saturday, February 01:
9:00 – 10:00: Laws of Chess
10:00 – 13:00: Swiss System and Pairings rules
13:00 – 13:30: Use of electronic clocks
15:00 – 18:00: System of games and tie breaks
18:00 – 20:00: Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters
20:00 – 21:00: Terms in English
Sunday, February 02:
09:00 –10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
10:30 – 12.00: Players’ titles regulations
12:00 – 13:30: Ratings regulations
16:00 – 20:00 Examination test