Upcoming FA Seminars
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 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
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 14/08/2026 to 16/08/2026 in Nouakchott, by the Mauritanian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Messaoudi, Bechir (TUN), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Kreiked, Aly Moctar (MTN).
The language of the Seminar will be French with translation into Arabic.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule
Friday 14th August 2026
09:00 to 13:30 Laws of Chess (Standard)
14:00 to 16:00 Laws of Chess (Standard)
16:15 to 17:00 Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz)
Saturday 15th August 2026
09:00 to 10:30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment
10:45 to 12:15 System of games, tie breaks
12:30 to 13:30 Regulations for the rating
14:00 to 17:00 Swiss system and pairing rules
17:00 to 19:00 English Chess words
Sunday 16th August 2026
09:00 to 10:20 Regulations of over‐the‐board titles
10:30 to 11:15 Regulations for the titles of Arbiters
11:30 to 13:30 Anti‐cheating Guidelines for Arbiters
14:00 to 18:00 Examination Test (4 hours)
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
The 232nd Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 04/09/2026 to 06/09/2026 by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Bansod Swapnil (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Delega, Tomasz (POL), Lecturer Training Programe. The Technical Assistant Lecturer will be IA Anastasia Sorokina (AUS), FIDE Lecturer. The Technical Organizer is Yilmaz Kartal (TUR) (+9-5426066729, womenchess@fide.com, yilmazkartal@gmail.com ).
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 Registration link: https://forms.gle/6WfFueCx6CFtnNHr7
Note: The seminar is organized by FIDE WOM with support of FIDE ARB. Up to 20 participants, women only. Individual registrations.
Each continent (Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe) has the right to nominate up to 2 participants (4 continents = 8 participants in total through continental nominations).
Priority will be given in the following order:
1. Participants from the waiting list of the previous FIDE WOM Seminar edition;
2. Continental nominations;
3. Individual applications in order of registration.
There is no participation fee for attendees. FIDE WOM will cover 20 EUR per participant payable to ARB.
4th September 2026
16:00-21:00 Laws of Chess
5th September 2026
09:30-12:00 Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz, Appendices and Guidelines
12:15-13:15 Rating Regulations
13:30-14:30 Titles Regulations
16:00-17:00 System of games
17:15-18:45 Swiss Rules Pairings
19:00-21:00 Fair play Regulations
6th September 2026
09:30-10:30 General Regulations for Competition
10:30-11:30 Arbiters’ titles
11:45-13:15 Tie break regulations
15:00-16:30 The role of Chief Arbiter
16:30-17:00 Review, Questions-Answers
17:00-21:00 Examination Test
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 11/09/2026 to 13/09/2026 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Vasanth, B H (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Bhardwaj, Vipnesh (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)