Upcoming FA Seminars
The agenda below displays FA Seminars officially validated by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.
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A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 23/07/2026 to 26/07/2026 in Addis Ababa, by the Ethiopia Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Dervieux, Dominique (FRA), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Nugusse, Dejen Zelalem (ETH).
The language of the Seminar will be English with translation in French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
23th July
9:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (4 hours)
15:00 – 18:00: Laws of chess – part 2 (R&B) (3 hours),
18:00 – 19:00:Tournament Regulations (1 hour)
21:00 – 22:00: Chess terms in English (0.5 hour, French) / Exercices (0,5 hour, English)
22:00 – 23:00: Practical cases (1 hour)
24th July
9:00 – 11:00: FIDE Rating and titles regulations for Players (2 hours),
11:00 – 13:00: Arbiter’s Titles (2 hours)
21:00 – 22:00: Electronic chess clocks (1 hour)
25th July
9:00 – 11:00: System of games and tie-breaks (2 hours),
11:00 – 13:00: Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
21:00 – 23:00: Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours)
26th July
9:00 – 13:00: Exam
The 229th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 24/07/2026 to 26/07/2026 by the Guam Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bunawan, Bong (INA), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS).
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: (ALL TIMES ARE GUAM TIME)
Friday 24th of July
Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters 6pm to 7pm
Regulations for the titles of Arbiters 7pm to 8pm
Saturday 25th of July
Laws of Chess 11am to 3pm and 3:30 to 5:30pm
FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment 5:30pm to 7pm
Sunday 26th of July
Swiss system and pairing rules 11am to 1pm
System of games, tie breaks 1pm to 2:30 pm
Rating and over‐the‐board titles 3pm to 4pm
Exam 4:30pm to 8:30pm
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 05/08/2026 to 08/08/2026 in Almaty, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Babenko, Aleksander (KAZ), 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:
05.08.2026. from 9-00 to 13-00 (4 hours)
Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
Laws of chess – part 2 (1 hour)
05.08 from 19-30 to 21-30 (2 hours)
Laws of chess – part 2 (1 hour)
Tournament regulations (1 hour)
06.08 from 9-00 to 13-00 (4 hours)
Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours)
Electronic chess clocks (0.5 hour)
FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)
Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour)
06.08 from 19-30 to 21-30 (2 hours)
Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (2 hours)
07.08 from 9-00 to 13-00 (4 hours)
FIDE Rating and Titles Regulations (1 hour)
System of games and tie breaks (1 hour)
Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
08.08 from 9.00 to 14-00 (5 hours)
Chess terms in English (1 hour)
Exam (4 hours)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 07/09/2026 to 09/08/2026 in Pune, Maharashtra by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Rathinam, Anantharam (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Shidore, Rajendra (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 FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 10/08/2026 to 14/08/2026 in Singapore by the ASEAN Chess Confederation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis (GRE), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Bunawan, Bong (INA) 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:
Monday, 10.08.2026
9.00-13.00 Laws of Chess
14.30-16.30 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
Tuesday, 11.08.2026
09.00-13.00 System of games, Swiss System, Pairing Rules, Practice
Wednesday, 12.08.2026
09.00-13.00 Titles and Rating Regulations
14.30-16.30 Fair Play Regulations
16.30-18.30 Arbiters’ Titles, Use of Electronic clocks
Thursday, 13.08.2026
09.00-11.00 General Regulations for competitions, Tie-break Regulations
11.00-13.00 Review, Questions, Answers
Friday, 14.08.2026
09.00-13.00 Examination test
15.00-16.00 Debrief
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 13/08/2026 to 16/08/2026 in Gladenbach, by the German Chess Federation and Arbiters Commission DSB, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Hotel Schloßgarten, Karl-Waldschmidt-Str. 9 (http://www.hotel-schlossgarten-gladenbach.de/), Germany.
The Lecturer will be IA Klueners, Juergen (GER), FIDE Lecturer and the Local Assistants Lecturer will be IA Weber, Michael (GER).
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:
13.08.2026: 15.00 – 21.00: Titles of Players, System of Games, Tie Break Rules
14.08.2026: 09.00 – 21.00: Competition Rules, Laws of Chess
Swiss Pairing System, Rating Regulations, Titles of Arbiters
15.08.2026: 09.00 – 12.30: Disciplinary Regulations,
Fair Play Regulations, Laws of Chess
15.08.2026: 14.30 – 18.30: Examination
16.08.2026: 08.30 – 11.30: Electronic Clocks, Chess terms in English,
Results of the Examination, Debriefing
The 231st Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 20/08/2026 to 23/08/2026 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:
Thursday, August 20:
16:00 – 22:00: Laws of Chess
Friday, August 21:
16:00 – 19:00: Swiss System and Pairings rules
19:00 – 20:00: FIDE competition rules and chess equipment standards
20:00 – 21:00: Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters
21:00 – 22:00: Terms in English
Saturday, August 22:
16:00 – 19:00: System of games and tie breaks
19:00 – 21.00: Players’ titles regulations
Sunday, August 23:
09:00 –11:00: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
11:00 – 13:00: Ratings regulations
13:00-13:30 Use of electronic clocks
13:30-14:00 Q&A
16:00 – 20:00 Examination test
The 234th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 28/08/2026 to 31/08/2026 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 Diaz, Geber Eloy (VEN).
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.
Friday / August 28, 2026 (18:00 – 21:00 Panama time)
Laws of Chess (18:00 – 21:00)
Saturday / August 29, 2026 (9:00 – 20:00 Panama time)
Laws of Chess (09:00 – 12:00)
Lunch (13:00-15:00)
Swiss system and pairings rules (15:00 – 17:00)
Terms in English (17:00 – 18:00)
Fair Play guidelines for arbiters (18:00 – 19:00)
Ratings regulations (19:00 – 20:00)
Sunday / August 30, 2026 (9:00 am – 20:00 Panama time)
Players’ titles regulations (9:00 – 11:00)
System of games (11:00 – 12:00)
Regulation for the titles of arbiters (12:00 – 13:00)
Lunch (13:00 – 15:00)
Chess clocks (15:00 – 17:00)
Tie breaks (17:00 – 19:00)
FIDE competition rules and chess equipment standards (19:00 – 20:00)
Monday / August 31, 2026 (16:00 am – 20:00 Panama time)
Examination (16:00 – 20:00)
The 235th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 30/08/2026 to 06/09/2026 by the French Chess Federation – FFE, under the auspices of FIDE.
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.
09:00 – 13:00: Laws of Chess
14:00 – 16:30: Laws of Chess
09:00 – 10:00: Use of electronic clocks
10:00 – 13:00: Swiss System and Pairings rules
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:00: System of games and tie breaks
15:00 – 17:00: Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters
17:00 – 18:00: Terms in English
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 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 18:00: Examination test