Upcoming FA Seminars

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 27/10/2025 to 01/11/2025 in Ulaanbaatar, by the Mongolian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer will be IA Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Altan-Och, Genden (MGL). 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 27th October 14:00-17:00 Laws of Chess 17:15 – 20:15 Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz and Cases) Thursday 30th October 14:00 – 15:20 Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment 15:30 – 17:00 System of Games, tie breaks 17:15 – 18:30 Regulation for the rating and the OTB titles 18:40 – 20:15 Swiss system and pairing rules with case studies Friday 31th October 14:00-15:20 Anti-cheating guidelines for arbiters 15:30 – 16:00 Use of Electronic Clocks 16:00 – 18:00 Regulations for the titles of the arbiters — – —  Answer, Questions and review the subjects Saturday 01th November 18:00 – 22:00 Exam

The 203rd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 03/11/2025 to 07/11/2025 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.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 05/11/2025 to 08/11/2025 in Ozamiz City, by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Leong, Ignatius (FID), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Cruz, Reden (PHI).

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:

Wednesday, 5 November 2025
09:00 – 13:00 Introduction, Laws of Chess (Standard)
16:00 – 17:00 Laws of Chess (Standard),
17:00 – 18:00 Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
18:30 – 19:30 Systems of Games, Swiss System,
19:30 – 20:30 Pairing Rules, Practice

Thursday, 6 November 2025
9:00 – 10:30 Titles Regulations
10:30 – 12:00 Ratings Regulations
13:00 – 16:00 Fair Play Regulations

Friday, 7 November 2025
13:00 – 14:00 General Regulations for Competitions
14:00 – 15:00 Tie Break Regulations
15:00 – 16:00 Arbiters’ Titles,
16:00 – 17:00 Use of Electronic Clocks
17:00 – 18:00 Review, Questions, Answers

Saturday, 8 November 2025
9:00 – 13:00 Examination Test
14:30 – 15:30 Debrief

The 202nd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 07/11/2025 to 09/11/2025 by the Chess Kenya 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.

The 211th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 07/11/2025 to 09/11/2025 by the Zimbabwe Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Nsakanya, Chanda (ZAM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will IA McFarlane, Alex (SCO), 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:

The 207th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 14/11/2025 to 16/11/2025 by the Namibia Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Nsakanya, Chanda (ZAM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will IA McFarlane, Alex (SCO), 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:

The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 22/11/2025 to 28/11/2025 in Bangkok by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA Abdulrahim, Mahdi (UAE), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Abundo, Casto (PHI), 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: 

(Bangkok time GMT +7)
Laptops required for exam

14:00-19:00 Saturday, 22 November 2025
14:00 Introduction, Laws of Chess, Rapid and Blitz (Chapter 2 p. 5 of FIDE Arbiters’ Manual)

14:00-19:00 Monday, 24 November 2025
15:00 Types of Tournaments (Chapter 4: p. 105)
16:00 General Regulations for Competitions (p 189), Berger and Varma table (p. 198)
17:00 Tie Break Systems (p. 202)
18:00 Swiss system and pairing rules. (Chapter 5, p. 112), Accelerated System (p. 146)

14:00-19:00 Thursday, 27 November 2025
15:00 FIDE Rating Regulations (Chapter 6, p. 148), Rapid and Blitz Rating
16:00 International Title Regulations (Chapter 7, p. 159)
17:00 Regulations for the Titles of Arbiters (Chapter 10, p. 217), Classification of Arbiters (p. 235)
18:00 Fair Play Guidelines for Arbiters (Anti Cheating) Chapter 3, p. 59)

14:00-19:00 Friday, 28 November 2025
14:00 Q&A
15:00 Exam (sample questions p 283)

The 208th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 07/08/2025 to 11/08/2025 by the Asian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer will be IA/IO Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad (IRI), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Hashemi, Amir Erfan (IRI).

The language of the Seminar will be English with translation into Persian.

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

SCHEDULE

The 201st Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 05/12/2025 to 07/12/2025 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:

Friday, December 05:
17:00 – 21:00: Laws of Chess

Saturday, December 06:
9:00 – 10:00: Laws of Chess
10:00 – 13:00: Swiss System and Pairings rules
13:00 – 13:30: Use of electronic clocks

15:00 – 18:00: System of games and tie breaks
18:00 – 20:00: Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters
20:00 – 21:00: Terms in English

Sunday, December 07:
09:00 –10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
10:30 – 12.00: Players’ titles regulations
12:00 – 13:30: Ratings regulations

16:00 – 20:00 Examination test

The 204th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 12/12/2025 to 14/12/2025 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.