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The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 16/08/2025 to 18/08/2025 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu by the All India Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Rathinam, Anantharam (IND), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Paul Arokia Raj S (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 197th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 29/08/2025 to 31/08/2025 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 Introduction, FIDE Structure, Guidelines for Organizers
Exam (sample questions p 283)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 03/09/2025 to 05/09/2025 in Monastir, by the Association le Carre Royal Ksibet el Mediouni and the Tunisian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar is the Hotel Amir Palace – Zone Touristique in Monastir.
The Lecturer will be IA Nesla, Adnan (ALG), FIDE Lecturer and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Baktache, Mohamed Ali (TUN).
The language of the Seminar will be Arabic with translation into French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
WEDNESDAY 3/9/2025
09:00 – 12:00 LAWS OF CHESS
12:00 – 13:00 Laws of Chess , Rapid and Blitz
16:00 – 18:00 Laws of Chess (Practices cases)
18:00 – 19:00 Chess terms in English
19:00 – 20:00 USE OF ELECTONIC CLOKS
TUESDAY 4/9/2025
09:00 – 10:30 System of games – ties Breaks
10:30 – 12:00 SWISS SYSTEM and paring rules
12:00 – 13:00 Anti-cheating – guidlines for Arbiters
16:00 – 17:30 Rating and over – the board titles
17:30 – 19:00 Reulations for the titles Arbiters
19:00 – 20:00 FIDE Competitions rules and standars equipements
FRIDAY 5/9/2025
09:00 – 11:00 REVIEW, QUESTIOS / ANSWERS
15:00 – 19;00 EXAMINATION TEST
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 04/09/2025 to 07/09/2025 in Copenhagen, by the Danish Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Salama, Omar (ISL), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Jacobsen, Poul (DEN).
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.
Registration: https://turnering.skak.dk/TournamentActive/Details?tourId=29769
Schedule:
Thursday 4th September
18:00-22:00 Laws of Chess, Basic Rules of Play(4 hours)
Friday 5th September
09:00-13:00 Laws of Chess, Competitive Rules of Play (4 hours)
15:00-17:00 System of games, Swiss Rules, chess clock (2 hours)
Saturday 6th September
09:00-13:00 Arbiters’ titles (2 Hours), Fair Play guidelines for Arbiters (2 hours)
14:00-18:00 Titles (2.5 hours) and Ratings regulations (1.5 hours)
Sunday 7th September
09:00-13:00 Examination test (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 organised from 22/09/2025 to 24/09/2025 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:
22 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
22 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz, etc.)
23 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Tournament Regulations (2 hours), Examples (1 hour)
23 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)
24 of September, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
24 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)
24 of September 14:30 – 18:30: Exam (4 hours)
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