FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Tromso, NORWAY

seminar_logoFrom 3 to 10 August 2014, during the 41th Chess Olympiad, a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Tromso, Norway, by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission in cooperation with the Norwegian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The seminar was held in the venue of the Olympiad, in the DVIR Building.

The lecturer was IA Dirk De Ridder (BEL), Secretary of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA Jamie Kenmure (AUS).

The lectures were in English language.

Twenty eight (28) people from Norway, Botswana, Fiji, Ghana, Guam, Guyana, Malawi, Ireland, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Rwanda, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Mongolia, Georgia and Netherland Antilles participated in the Seminar and twenty two (22) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures. The following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm or the title of the FIDE Arbiter (according to the article 3.10 of the regulations for the titles of Arbiters), after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:

NAME

FIDE I.D.

FED.

NOTE

Tshepiso Lopang

11300515

BOT

FA title

Vincent Masole

11300990

BOT

FA title

Yolander Persaud

19700431

GUY

FA title

Gabriel Mirza

2503093

IRL

FA norm

Erling Skjelstad

1508695

NOR

FA norm

Geir Brobakken

1511270

NOR

FA norm

Oyvind Pedersen

1501666

NOR

FA norm

Roger Lovaas

1514237

NOR

FA norm

Shahzad Mirza

7800088

PAK

FA title

Adam Dzwonkowski

1110373

POL

FA norm

IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos

Chairman

FIDE Arbiters’ Commission