The agenda below displays FA Seminars officially validated by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.
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The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 23/06/2025 to 25/06/2025 by the Chess Kenya Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Nsakanya, Chanda (ZAM), 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.
Day 1(23rd) 0900HRS to 1700HRS
09.00- 13.00 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz)
13.00- 14.00 Break
14.00- 17.00 Case Studies on Laws of Chess
Day 2(24th) 0900HRS to 1700HRS
09.00- 10.00 Anti Cheating Regulations and Guidelines for Arbiters
10.00- 11.15 Chess Clocks
11.15- 13.00 System of Games, tie breaks
13.00- 14.00 Break
14.00- 15.30 Regulations for the rating and the OTB titles
15.30- 17.00 Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
Day 3(25th) 0900HRS to 1300HRS (excluding exam time)
09.00- 11.00 Swiss System and Pairing Rules
11.00- 12.00 Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters
12.15- 13.00 Any questions regarding the topics
13.00- 14.00 Break
14.00- 18.00 Examination
Total time: 18 hours (excluding examination)
(the schedule – sessions, hours, subjects, etc.- of the Seminar shall be written)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Foz do Iguaçú, Paraná – Brazil is going to be organized from 26/05/2025 to 30/05/2025 by the Confederation of Chess for Americas, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Pingas, Blas Mariano (ARG), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Luciano Rietter (BRA).
The language of the Seminar will be Portuguese.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
May 26th – 14h30 Laws of Chess / English chess vocabulary (4 hours)
May 27th – 14h30 Swiss system and pairing rules (3 hours) / Rating FIDE
regulations (1 hour)
May 28th – 14h30 Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters (2 hours) / System
of games, tie breaks (1 hour) / Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1
hour)
May 29th – 14h30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess
equipment (2 hours) / Use of electronic clocks (30 min) / Over-the-board
titles (1h30)
May 30th – 15h Written Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 29/05/2025 to 01/06/2025 in Namangan, 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:
29th May, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
30th May, 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)
31st April, 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),
1st June, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
1st June, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 29/05/2025 to 30/05/2025 in Stavanger by the Norway Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Anastasia, Sorokina (AUS), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA Ana Srebrnic (SLO), Lacturer 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:
Thursday, 29.05.2025
9.00-12.00 Laws of Chess
12.00-14.00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
15.00-18.00 Types of Tournaments, FIDE Swiss Rules, Tie-Break,
18.00-20.00 Anti-Cheating Regulations
Friday, 30.05.2025
9.00-12.00 FIDE Title Regulations, FIDE Rating Regulations FIDE Regulations for Arbiters
12.00-15.00 General Regulations for Competitions
15.30-19.30 Examination Test
Sofie Sæther, General Secretary, sofie@sjakk.no
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 02/06/2025 to 05/06/2025 in Namangan, 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:
02nd June, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
03rd June, 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)
04th June, 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),
05th June, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
05th June, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)
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
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