FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in La Habana, CUBA

From 11 to 15 May 2011 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in La Habana, Cuba, by the Cuban Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Serafin Chuit Perez (CUB), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturers were IA Enio Bello Herrera (CUB) and IA Jose Benitez Delgado (ESP).

The lectures were in Spanish language.

20 people from Cuba, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Panama and Peru participated in the Seminar.

All 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 Presidential Board:

Osmany Pedraza Ledón (CUB

Jean Pierre Torres Baldeón (PER

José Rafael Valdivia Valdivia (CUB)

José Luis Ramírez Díaz (CUB)

IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos

Chairman

FIDE Arbiters’ Commission