FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Toronto, CANADA

seminar_logoFrom 13 to 15 July 2011 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Toronto, Canada, by the Chess Institute of Canada and the Canadian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Dirk DeRidder (BEL), FIDE Technical Commission Chairman and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Hal Bond (CAN).

The lectures were in English language.

9 people from Canada and USA participated in the Seminar and 8 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 or the FIDE Arbiter title, after the approval of the next FIDE Congress:

NAME

FED

Pitre, Hanniegn

USA

Khoudgarian, Natalia

CAN

Baumgartner, Chris

USA

Kalaydin, Alexander

CAN

Razzaq, Ali

CAN

Cohen, Lawrence

USA

IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos

Chairman

FIDE Arbiters’ Commission