FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Riga, LATVIA

2018 LATVIA FIDE Arbiters Seminar

From 21 to 26 August 2018 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Riga, Latvia, by the Latvian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Ashot Vardapetian (ARM), FIDE Rules Commission Chairman and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Andra Cimina (LAT).

The venue of the Seminar was the Kipsala International Exhibition Centre, in Riga.

The lectures were in Russian language.

Fifteen (15) Arbiters from four (4) Federations (Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Ireland) participated in the Seminar

Eleven (11) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures and the following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm for the FIDE Arbiter title and after the approval of the next FIDE Congress:

NAME                                GEN  FED.   FIDE ID
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Abozenko, Georg            M   EST    4500210
Jasinskis, Anatolijs        M   LAT   11612010
Gercans, Visvaldis          M   LAT   11604301
Gertners, Gunars            M   LAT   11607327
Ni, Polina                           F    LAT   11602481
Mustaps, Matiss             M   LAT   11602295
Sudmale, Galina              F   LAT   11603780


IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission