191st Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (ENG) – Report

The 191st Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (England) was held from 25th to 27th July 2025. It was organized by the English Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA/IO Barnes, Lara A.L. (ENG), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA/IO Bertagnolli, Gerhard (ITA), Lecturer Training Programe.

The Language of the Seminar was English.

Twenty (20) arbiters from elven (11) national chess federations (GEO, IND, ITA, KEN, MAS, NAM, SGP, SLO, UGA, USA, and ENG) participated in the Seminar, and all of them participated in the examination test, 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 FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Council:

FIDE IDName (as on FIDE Profile)FED
14607280Zupancic, JernejSLO
840610Di Trani, SabinoITA
464252Maladkar, RitikaENG
46664874Dalal Ambar AbhayIND
5714788Lee, RyanMAS
10001204Okas, WalterUGA
343443869Pennington, OwenENG
537046667Mamta DewanganIND
2054477Viswanath, LakshmanaUSA