FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Orlando, United States (August 2019) – Report

chessnewsFrom 7th to 9th August 2019 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Rosen Centre Hotel, in Orlando, Florida (USA) by the US Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer was IA Carol Jarecki (IVB), FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer was IA/IO Grant Oen (USA).
The language of the Seminar was English.
Twenty-one (21) arbiters from the USA, Poland and Sweden participated in the Seminar and twenty (20) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a norm for the title of the FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:

FIDE ID Name (as on FIDE Profile) FED
1104306 Macieja, Bartlomiej POL
30966523 Schulte, Michael USA
30962030 Reed, Louis USA
30966558 Guthrie, Todd USA
2057808 Kneen, Melanie USA
2004402 Rea, Andrew USA
30910633 Buklis, William USA
30966540 Ng, Yuen USA




IA Laurent Freyd

Chairman

FIDE Arbiters` Commission