Guayaquil, Ecuador workshop
Invitation
Dear friends,
FIDE, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, the Ecuador’s Ministry of Sports and the Ecuador Chess Federation announce the first workshop for the training of the International Arbiters in Spanish language.
The workshop will be held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from 6 June 2014 (arrival) to 8 June 2014 (departure).
The venue will be Grand Hotel Guayaquil: http://www.
The schedule of the workshop will be as follows:
Saturday, 7 June: 10.00 -14.00: Laws of Chess
16.00- 20.00: Titles, Ratings and Swiss pairings regulations
Sunday, 8 June: 10.00 -14.00: Incidents happened in tournaments
Anti cheating recommendations for Arbiters
Discussion
The Lecturers will be: IA Serafin Chuit (CUB), FIDE Lecturer and IA Jesus Mena (ESP), FIDE Lecturer.
The maximum number of the participants will be 25.
The final list of the participants will be approved by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.
The priority for the participation in the workshop will be as follows:
- Lecturers
- IAs of A’ Category
- IAs of B’ Category
- IAs of C’ Category
- IAs of D’ Category
FIDE will reimburse twenty (maximum) of the participants with up to 300 euros each, for covering their expenses, based on receipts.
The International Arbiters who want to participate in the workshop are kindly requested to register their participation, by sending an email to the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission (Chairman Takis Nikolopoulos: takisnik@yahoo.com and Secretary Dirk De Ridder: fide_dirkderidder@skynet.be ).The dead line for the registration will be 10 May 2014 and the final list of participants will be published on the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission website on 12 May 2014.
For accommodation details please contact IM Martha Fierro (wgmmarthafierro@gmail.com ), who is the coordinator of the workshop.
With best regards
Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission
