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The 192nd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 27/06/2025 to 29/06/2025 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.
09:00-15:00 Friday, 27 June 2025
09:00 Introduction, FIDE Structure, Guidelines for Organizers
10:00 Laws of Chess, Rapid and Blitz (p. 5)
09:00-15:00 Saturday, 28 June 2025
09:00 Types of Tournaments (Chapter 4: p. 95), Accelerated System (p. 135)
10:00 General Regulations for Competitions (p 178), Berger and Varma table (p. 187), Tie Break Systems (p. 191)
11:00 Swiss system and pairing rules. (Chapter 5, p. 102)
09:00-15:00 Sunday, 29 June 2025
09:00 International Title Regulations (Chapter 7, p. 148)
10:00 FIDE Rating Regulations (Chapter 6, p. 137), Rapid and Blitz Rating
12:00 Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters (Chapter 10, p. 206), Classification of Arbiters (p. 225)
15:00 Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters (Anti Cheating) Chapter 3, p. 59)
15:00-19:00 Sunday, 29 June 2025 Exam (sample questions p 272)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 03/07/2025 to 06/07/2025 in Novi Sad, by the Chess Association of Vojvodina and Chess Federation of Serbia, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Dervieux, Dominique (FRA), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Stanimirovic, Zoran (SRB).
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:
Thu 3rd July
9.00-12.00 and 14.00–17.00 Laws of chess, , Rapid, Blitz, Appendices (6 hours)
Fri 4th July
9.00-12.30 Titles and Rating Regulations (3h), Arbiter’s titles (1h)
14.30–17.30 System of games, Swiss System, Pairing Rules (3h)
Sat 5th July
9.00-12.00 General Regulations for competitions, Tie-break Regulations (3h)
14.00–17.30 Fair Play Regulations (2h), Review, Questions, Answers (1,5h)
Sun 6th July
Electronic Clocks 9.00 – 10.00 Electronic Clocks(1 hour)
Exam 10.00 – 14.00 (4 hours)
total : 20h + 4hExam
The 189th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 04/07/2025 to 06/07/2025 by the Confederation of Chess for Americas, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Munoz Solis, Carolina (CRC), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Hernandez Bermudez, Ulises Eduardo (VEN).
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 / July 4, 2025
Laws of Chess (18:00 – 21:00 Panama time)
Saturday / July 5, 2025 (9:00 – 19:00 Panama time)
System of games (9:00 – 10:00)
Tie breaks (10:00 – 12:00)
FIDE competition rules and chess equipment standards (12:00 – 13:00)
Swiss system and pairings rules (15:00 – 17:00)
Terms in English (17:00 – 17:30)
Fair Play guidelines for arbiters (17:30 – 19:00)
Sunday / July 6, 2025 (9:00 am – 19:00 Panama time)
Players’ titles regulations (9:00 – 11:00)
Ratings regulations (11:00 – 12:00)
Regulation for the titles of arbiters (12:00 – 13:00)
Examen (15:00 – 19:00) July 6, 2025
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 05/07/2025 to 08/07/2025 in Penang by the ASEAN Chess Confederation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturers will be IA Leong, Ignatius (LAO), nd IA Bunawan, Bong (INA), both FIDE Lecturers.
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, 05.07.2025
9.00-13.00 Laws of Chess
16.00-18.00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
18.30-20.30 System of games, Swiss System, Pairing Rules, Practice
Sunday, 06.07.2025
10.00-12.00 Titles and Rating Regulations
16.00-18.00 Fair Play Regulations
Monday, 07.07.2025
10.00-12.00 General Regulations for competitions, Tie-break Regulations
14.00-16.00 Arbiters’ Titles, Electronic clocks
16.00-18.00 Review, Questions, Answers
Tuesday, 08.07.2025
09.00-13.00 Examination test
14.30-15.30 Debrief
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 17/07/2025 to 20/07/2025 in Zhuhai, China, by the Chinese Chess Association, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Chan, Kwai Keong (HKG), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant will be IA Wang, Junnan (CHN).
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: (based on China time zone GMT+8)
15th July Arrival
16th July 9:00-12:00,15:00-19:00
17th July 9:00-12:00,15:00-19:00
18th July 9:00-12:00,15:00-19:00
19th July 9:00-12:00,15:00-19:00 exam
20th July Departure
The subjects will include:
a) Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz, etc), 6 hours;
b) Tournament Rules, 3 hours;
c) System of Games, tie breaks. 3 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 2 hours;
Total for 3 days = 28 hours
Exam 4 hours
The 191st Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 25/07/2025 to 27/07/2025 by the English Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Barnes, Lara A.L. (ENG), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will IA/IO Bertagnolli, Gerhard (ITA), Lecturer Training Programe.
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, 25th July 2025
16:00-21:00 Laws of Chess
Saturday, 26th July 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 FIDE Swiss Rules, Pairings
18:15-19:30 Titles Regulations
19:45-21:00 Ratings Regulations
Sunday, 27th July 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 and Answers
17:00-21:00 Examination Test
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 18/09/2025 to 21/09/2025 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:
18 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
18 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz, etc.)
19 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Tournament Regulations (2 hours), Examples (1 hour)
19 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)
20 of September, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
20 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)
21 of September 10:30 – 14:30: Exam (4 hours)
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
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