Education

22nd IA Seminar – Report

The 22nd Internet Based International Arbiter Certification Seminar was held from 3rd to 11th January 2026. It was organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturers were IA Gopakumar M S (IND) and IA Carolina Munoz-Solis (CRC), both FIDE Lecturers.

The Language of the Seminar was English.

Twenty-five (25) arbiters from sixteen (16) federations (CHN, CZE, ENG, GER, IND, IRI, IRL, JOR, KEN, PAR, PLE, ROU, SRB, SRI, THA, and TUR) participated in the Seminar, and all 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
1213776Sgircea, Silvia-RalucaROU
9970363Buddhika, A G ChathurangaSRI
88120082Ganesh Pandi A TIND
10819282Karanja EtherKEN
2505665Ni Mhuireagain, EibhiaIRL
24692468Paulus, JeffreyGER
9218208Jevtic, PetarSRB
23741244Maly, JiriCZE
48765333Abhisek AcharyaIND
10845658Angela Moraa OmweriKEN
10826912Magara LewisKEN
5030013Senthil, Kumaran T.H.IND
10831622Karanja AmosKEN
33464537Prem KumariIND
8621969Cai, MinghaoCHN
3700860Vargas, GabrielaPAR
8100420Malkawi, FadiJOR
6201857Asavayutphol, PattarapongTHA
5065410Kavya. SIND

Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman

Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary

Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team