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New 27th IA Seminar will be organized in August 2026!

Dear chess arbiters and especially FIDE arbiters,

Considering the great interest in IA Certification Seminars, we are pleased to announce the organization new IA Seminar in August 2026. So far, the ARB Commission organized twenty-four (25) IA seminars with 594 FIDE arbiters.

The following 27th IA seminars will last 16 hours, and it will be held in 4 sessions (one per day, two weekends) of 4 hours each.

According to the FIDE Regulations for the training of chess arbiters, starting from January 1st 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.

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27th On-line IA Seminar will be held in May 9th – 10th and 16th – 17th 2026

01st August: 13.00 to 17.00 CEST
02nd August: 13.00 to 17.00 CEST
08th August: 13.00 to 17.00 CEST
09th August: 13.00 to 17.00 CEST

Lecturers for 27th IA Seminars are IA Alex McFarlane (SCO) and IA Aris Marghetis (CAN), both FIDE Lecturers.

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Entry fees for the IA Seminar: 130 €

Contact and registration: Nebojsa Baralic, FIDE ARB Secretary (secretary.arbiters@fide.com)

Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman

Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary

Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team