16th IA Seminar – Report
The 16th Internet Based International Arbiter Certification Seminar was held from 24th May to 1st June 2025. It was organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturers were IA Alex McFarlane (SCO) and IA Peter Tsai (AUS), both FIDE Lecturers.
The Language of the Seminar was English.
Twenty-three (23) arbiters from nineteen (19) federations (AUS, BRA, CUB, FRA, GRE, IND, IRI, KAZ, KOS, KGZ, MAW, NED, NOR, POR, STP, SYR, UAE, UGA, ZIM) participated in the Seminar, and twenty-two (22) participated in the evaluation test that was held after the end of the lectures.
The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a norm for the title of the International Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Council:
| FIDE | Name (as on FIDE Profile) | FED |
|---|---|---|
| 1055585 | Coenjaerts, Rene | NED |
| 88198324 | Vaishnavi Anand | IND |
| 3213994 | Wolffs, Walter | AUS |
| 1506978 | Standal, Egil Arne | NOR |
| 2154269 | Lage, Pedro Ferreira | BRA |
| 3536912 | Garcia Garcia, Silvio Alberto | CUB |
| 11002140 | Fungirayiini Mushaninga | ZIM |
| 3101576 | Comas Colon, Rinelly M. | PUR |
| 9302336 | Abdulla, Ali | UAE |
| 3103927 | Carrion Perez, Louis E. | PUR |
| 20500122 | Ngugama, Magret | MAW |
| 26015633 | Murcia, Gerald | FRA |
| 22103155 | Berisha, Agon | KOS |
| 13724770 | Yessenov, Marat | KAZ |
| 7605919 | Muallem, Duha | SYR |
Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman
Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary
Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team
