LECTURES ON INTERNET about Anti cheating regulations and guidelines for Arbiters
REPORT
The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the FIDE Anti Cheating Committee, organized four (4) lectures on Internet, in English, Russian, Spanish and Arabic languages, in order to present the Anti cheating regulations and the Anti cheating guidelines for Arbiters that are in effect from 1 January 2014.
The participation was free for all Arbiters.
The lecture in English was held in 23 February and the Lecturers were IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE), Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and IO Yuri Garrett (ITA), Secretary of the FIDE Anti Cheating Committee. The Technical Organizer was IA Mihail Prevenios (GRE).
In total seventy five (75) Arbiters from sixty five (65) Federations participated in the lecture. Thirty five (35) of them attended the lecture live, while forty (40) more followed the recordings of the lecture.
Additionally a forum had been created to answer possible questions from participants, which was followed by fifty seven (57) of the Arbiters who participated in the lecture (live or through recordings).
You can see the lists of the participants in the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission website.
The lecture in Russian was held in 25 March and the Lecturers were IA Ashot Vardapetyan (ARM), Chairman of the FIDE Rules Commission and GM, FST Konstantin Landa (RUS), Member of the FIDE Anti Cheating Committee. IA Mihail Prevenios (GRE) was the Technical Organizer of the Lecture.
In total, twenty eight (28) Arbiters from nine (9) federations took part in the Lecture.
You can see the list of the participants in the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission website.
The lecture in Spanish was held in 19 April and the Lecturer was IA Jesus Mena (ESP), Councilor of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission. IA Mihail Prevenios (GRE) was the Technical Organizer of the Lecture.
In total, twenty four (24) Arbiters from eight (8) federations took part in the Lecture.
You can see the list of the participants in the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission website.
The lecture in Arabic was held in 4 June and the Lecturer was IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), Councilor of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission. IA Mihail Prevenios (GRE) was the Technical Organizer of the Lecture.
In total, sixty eight (68) Arbiters from twenty (20) federations took part in the Lecture.
You can see the list of the participants in the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission website.
The participants of all Lectures showed high interest and were very active during the discussions.
Due to the extremely high number of applicants, it was decided the lectures to be recorded and those Arbiters, who could not had the chance to attend them live, to get the possibility to follow the recordings of the lecture. The recordings are available to any Arbiter per request to the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.
As the issue of Anti cheating is considered very important and the training of the Arbiters of high priority, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, in cooperation with the FIDE Anti cheating Committee, will continue organizing on Internet Anti cheating lectures for Arbiters in official FIDE languages, covering any updates will come in effect after 2016 Baku FIDE Congress on anti cheating issues.
Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission
