22nd IA Seminar is ready to go! There are still a few available places for the 23rd IA Seminar!

Dear chess arbiters and especially FIDE arbiters,

According to the FIDE Regulations for the training of chess arbiters, starting from January 1^st 2024, each application for IA arbiter requires one norm from IA Seminar. The duration of the IA Seminar shall be a minimum of sixteen (16) hours. The following IA seminar will also last 16 hours but will be held in 4 sessions (one per day, two weekends) of 4 hours each.

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22nd IA Certification Seminars is ready to go! (see bellow the list of participants)

THERE ARE STILL A FEW AVAILABLE PLACES FOR THE 23rd IA SEMINAR (link >>>).

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22nd On-line IA Seminar will be held in January 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th, 2026

3rd January: 15.30 to 19.30 CET
4th January: 15.30 to 19.30 CET
10th January: 15.30 to 19.30 CET
11th January: 15.30 to 19.30 CET

Lecturers for 22nd IA Seminars are IA Gopakumar M S (IND) and IA (TBA).

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IA Seminar 22 (03/01/2026 to 11/01/2026) with 25 arbiters

FIDE ID	Name (as on FIDE Profile)	Federation
8100420	Malkawi, Fadi	JOR
11508930	Jaradat, Mahmoud	PLE
5065410	Kavya. S	IND
10831622	Karanja Amos	KEN
10819282	Karanja Ether	KEN
10826912	Magara Lewis	KEN
10845658	Angela Moraa Omweri	KEN
48765333	Abhisek Acharya	IND
32798660	Mohajeri, Nariman	IRI
23741244	Maly, Jiri	CZE
44530030	Ogul, Volkan	TUR
8621969	Cai, Minghao	CHN
24692468	Paulus, Jeffrey	GER
88120082	Ganesh Pandi A T	IND
1213776	Sgircea, Silvia-Raluca	ROU
25691899	Umesh S Naik	IND
403687	Howell, Chris I	ENG
2505665	Ni Mhuireagain, Eibhia	IRL
9218208	Jevtic, Petar	SRB
5012066	Ramesh Kumar N	IND
5030013	Senthil, Kumaran T.H.	IND
33464537	Prem Kumari	IND
6201857	Asavayutphol, Pattarapong	THA
3700860	Vargas, Gabriela	PAR
9970363	Buddhika, A G Chathuranga	SRI

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Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman

Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary

Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team