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:

FIDEName (as on FIDE Profile)FED
1055585Coenjaerts, ReneNED
88198324Vaishnavi AnandIND
3213994Wolffs, WalterAUS
1506978Standal, Egil ArneNOR
2154269Lage, Pedro FerreiraBRA
3536912Garcia Garcia, Silvio AlbertoCUB
11002140Fungirayiini MushaningaZIM
3101576Comas Colon, Rinelly M.PUR
9302336Abdulla, AliUAE
3103927Carrion Perez, Louis E.PUR
20500122Ngugama, MagretMAW
26015633Murcia, GeraldFRA
22103155Berisha, AgonKOS
13724770Yessenov, MaratKAZ
7605919Muallem, DuhaSYR

Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman

Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary

Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team