FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Melbourne, Australia (June 2021) – Report

From 25th June to 4th July 2021, a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria Inc (CV) and Australian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturer was IA Tsai, Peter (AUS), FIDE Lecturer.

The language of the Seminar was English.

Fifteen (15) arbiters from three (3) Federations (AUS, NZL, and RUS) participated in the Seminar, and twelve (12) 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 (or direct title for AFG) of the FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Council:

FIDE IDName (as on FIDE Profile)FED
3203131Nemeth, JohnAUS
3220281Yang, RayAUS
4302460Gao, HansNZL
4123549Khamatgaleev, AlexejRUS
6000169Broome, TimAUS
3217418Harris, AnthonyAUS
3232220Whitford, MatthewAUS
3218015Poberezovsky, DanielAUS
3219208Lu, LillianAUS
3250717Xu, JialinAUS