Upcoming FA Seminars
The agenda below displays FA Seminars officially validated by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.
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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, DebriefingThe FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 19/09/2025 to 21/09/2025 in Madgaon, Goa by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bansod Swapnil (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and the local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Srivatsan R (IND).
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:
Day 1 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½ hours (less lunch time)
09.30 AM Laws of Chess
12 noon Systems of Games, Tiebreaks
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Laws of Chess
05.30 PM Online Regulations
Day 2 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½ hours (less lunch time)
09.30 AM Laws of Chess
12.00 noon Rating and Over the Board Titles – 1
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Rating and Over the Board Titles – 2
03.00 PM Laws of Chess
04.30 PM FIDE Competition rules and Standards of Chess Equipment
05.30 PM Use of Electronic Clocks
Day 3 09.30 AM to 01.00 PM = 3½ hours
09.30 AM Swiss system and pairing rules
11.00 AM Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters
12.00 noon Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Examination
Total time: 18½ hours (excluding examination)
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)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26/09/2025 to 28/09/2025 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bansod Swapnil (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and the local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Vasanth B H (IND).
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:
Day 1 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½ hours (less lunch time)
09.30 AM Laws of Chess
12 noon Systems of Games, Tiebreaks
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Laws of Chess
05.30 PM Online Regulations
Day 2 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM = 7½ hours (less lunch time)
09.30 AM Laws of Chess
12.00 noon Rating and Over the Board Titles – 1
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Rating and Over the Board Titles – 2
03.00 PM Laws of Chess
04.30 PM FIDE Competition rules and Standards of Chess Equipment
05.30 PM Use of Electronic Clocks
Day 3 09.30 AM to 01.00 PM = 3½ hours
09.30 AM Swiss system and pairing rules
11.00 AM Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters
12.00 noon Anti-cheating guidelines for Arbiters
01.00 PM Lunch
02.00 PM Examination
Total time: 18½ hours (excluding examination)
The 199th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 26/09/2025 to 28/09/2025 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), 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.
(Dubai time GMT +4)
09:00-15:00 Friday, 26 September 2025
09:00 Introduction
FIDE Structure
Guidelines for Organizers
10:00 Laws of Chess, Rapid and Blitz (Chapter 2 p. 5 of FIDE Arbiters’ Manual)
09:00-15:00 Saturday, 27 September 2025
09:00 Types of Tournaments (Chapter 4: p. 105)
10:00 General Regulations for Competitions (p 189)
Berger and Varma table (p. 198)
Tie Break Systems (p. 202)
11:00 Swiss system and pairing rules. (Chapter 5, p. 112)
Accelerated System (p. 146)
09:00-15:00 Sunday, 28 September 2025
09:00 FIDE Rating Regulations (Chapter 6, p. 148)
Rapid and Blitz Rating
10:00 International Title Regulations (Chapter 7, p. 159)
12:00 Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters (Chapter 10, p. 217)
Classification of Arbiters (p. 235)
15:00 Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters (Anti Cheating) Chapter 3, p. 59)
15:00-19:00 Sunday, 28 September Exam (sample questions p 283)
Desktop or laptop is required for exam.
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
The 200th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 17/10/2025 to 19/10/2025 by the Hounduran Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bárbara López Chávez Marino (CUB), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Garay Munoz, Mario Gerardo (HON).
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.
Friday / October 17, 2025
Laws of Chess (16:00 – 22:30: Laws of Chess
Saturday, / October 18, 2025
9:00 – 10:00: Use of electronic clocks
10:00 – 13:00: Swiss System and Pairings rules
13:00 – 15:00: Lunch
15:00 – 16:00: System of games and tie breaks
16:00 – 18:00: Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters
18:00 – 19:00: Terms in English
Sunday, October 19, 2025
09:00 –10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
10:30 – 12.00: Players’ titles regulations
12:00 – 13:00: Ratings regulations
13:00 – 15:00: Lunch
16:00 – 20:00 Examination test