Upcoming FA Seminars

The agenda below displays FA Seminars officially validated by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.

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Sep
3
Wed
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Monastir – Sept 2025 (Tunisia) @ HOTEL AMIR PALACE - ZONE TOURISTIQUE
Sep 3 – Sep 5 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Monastir – Sept 2025 (Tunisia) @ HOTEL AMIR PALACE - ZONE TOURISTIQUE
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 03/09/2025 to 05/09/2025 in Monastir, by the Association le Carre Royal Ksibet el Mediouni and the Tunisian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar is the Hotel Amir Palace – Zone Touristique in Monastir. The Lecturer will be IA Nesla, Adnan (ALG), FIDE Lecturer and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Baktache, Mohamed Ali (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: WEDNESDAY 3/9/2025 09:00 – 12:00 LAWS OF CHESS 12:00 – 13:00 Laws of Chess , Rapid and Blitz 16:00 – 18:00 Laws of Chess (Practices cases) 18:00 – 19:00 Chess terms in English 19:00 – 20:00 USE OF ELECTONIC CLOKS TUESDAY 4/9/2025 09:00 – 10:30 System of games – ties Breaks 10:30 – 12:00 SWISS SYSTEM and paring rules 12:00 – 13:00 Anti-cheating – guidlines for Arbiters 16:00 – 17:30 Rating and over – the board titles 17:30 – 19:00 Reulations for the titles Arbiters 19:00 – 20:00 FIDE Competitions rules and standars equipements FRIDAY 5/9/2025 09:00 – 11:00 REVIEW, QUESTIOS / ANSWERS 15:00 – 19;00 EXAMINATION TEST
Sep
4
Thu
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Copenhagen (DEN) @ Hvidovre Skakklub, Hvidovre Enghavevej 2, DK 2650 Hvidovre
Sep 4 – Sep 7 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Copenhagen (DEN) @ Hvidovre Skakklub, Hvidovre Enghavevej 2, DK 2650 Hvidovre | Copenhagen | Denmark

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 04/09/2025 to 07/09/2025 in Copenhagen, by the Danish Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Salama, Omar (ISL), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Jacobsen, Poul (DEN).

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.

Registration: https://turnering.skak.dk/TournamentActive/Details?tourId=29769

Schedule:

Thursday 4th September

18:00-22:00 Laws of Chess, Basic Rules of Play(4 hours)

Friday 5th September

09:00-13:00 Laws of Chess, Competitive Rules of Play (4 hours)

15:00-17:00 System of games, Swiss Rules, chess clock  (2 hours)

Saturday 6th September

09:00-13:00 Arbiters’ titles (2 Hours), Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters (2 hours)

14:00-18:00 Titles (2.5 hours) and Ratings regulations (1.5 hours)

Sunday 7th September

09:00-13:00 Examination test (4 hours)

Sep
8
Mon
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Samarkand – Sept 2025 #1 (UZB) @ Silk Road Samarkand
Sep 8 – Sep 11 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Samarkand – Sept 2025 #1 (UZB) @ Silk Road Samarkand

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 08/09/2025 to 11/09/2025 in Samarkand, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

08th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)

9th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)

10th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),

11th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)

11th September, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)

Sep
10
Wed
198th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Asian Chess Federation) @ online
Sep 10 – Sep 14 all-day
198th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (Asian Chess Federation) @ online

The 198th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/09/2025 to 14/09/2025 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.

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

Schedule:
Wednesday 10th September 2025
17:30 to 19:00 Laws of Chess (Standard)
19:15 to 20:45 Laws of Chess (Standard)
21:00 to 22:00 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz)

Thursday 11th September 2025
17:30 to 19:50 Laws of Chess (Practice-Case’s)
19:50 to 20:50 Chess Terms in English
21:00 to 22:00 Use of electronic clocks

Friday 12th September 2025
17:30 to 19:00 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
19:15 to 20:45 Swiss system and pairing rules
21:00 to 22:00 System of games, tie breaks

Saturday 13th September 2025
17:30 to 19:00 Rating and over‐the‐board titles
19:15 to 20:45 Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
21:00 to 22:00 Anti‐cheating Guidelines for Arbiters

Sunday 14th September 2025
Examination Test (4 hours) from 17:30 to 21:30 pm Dubai Time.

Sep
12
Fri
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Samarkand – Sept 2025 #2 (UZB) @ Silk Road Samarkand
Sep 12 – Sep 15 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Samarkand – Sept 2025 #2 (UZB) @ Silk Road Samarkand

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 12/09/2025 to 15/09/2025 in Samarkand, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

12th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)

13th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)

14th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),

15th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)

15th September, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)

Sep
18
Thu
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Gladenbach (GER) @ Hotel Schloßgarten
Sep 18 – Sep 21 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Gladenbach (GER) @ Hotel Schloßgarten | Gladenbach | Hessen | Germany

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 18/09/2025 to 21/09/2025 in D-35075 Gladenbach, by the German Chess Federation and Arbiters Commission DSB, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Wolter, Jens (GER), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Alt, Ralph (GER), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

18.09.2025: 15.00 – 21.00: Rating Regulations, System of Games, Tie Break Rules

19.09.2025: 09.00 – 21.00: Competition Rules, Laws of Chess, Swiss Pairing System, Titles of Players, Titles of Arbiters

20.09.2025: 09.00 – 12.30: Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines, Laws of Chess

20.09.2025: 14.30 – 18.30: Examination

21.09.2025: 08.30 – 11.30: Electronic Clocks, Chess terms in English, Results of the Examination, Debriefing

Sep
22
Mon
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Almaty – Sept 2025 (KAZ) @ Hotel Best Western
Sep 22 – Sep 24 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Almaty – Sept 2025 (KAZ) @ Hotel Best Western | Almaty | Almaty | Kazakhstan

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 22/09/2025 to 24/09/2025 in Almaty, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB), FIDE Lecturer.

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:

22 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
22 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz, etc.)

23 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Tournament Regulations (2 hours), Examples (1 hour)
23 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1.5 hours)

24 of September, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
24 of September, Chess terms in English (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (1 hour), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)

24 of September 14:30 – 18:30: Exam (4 hours)

Sep
27
Sat
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Brisbane September 2025 (AUS) @ Anglican Church Grammar School
Sep 27 – Sep 29 all-day
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Brisbane September 2025 (AUS) @ Anglican Church Grammar School | East Brisbane | Queensland | Australia

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 27/09/2025 to 29/09/2025 in Brisbane, by the Chess Association of Queensland (CAQ) 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:

Saturday 27th September
9:00-11:00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
11:00 – 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 28th September
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 29th September
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 Electronic Clocks
14:00 – 18:00 Exam