International Arbiter Certification Seminar – Beginning
Dear chess arbiters and especially FIDE arbiters,
The FIDE Arbiters Commission already announced that our goal is to have well prepared and educated arbiters. We understand that only arbiters who prepare for chess events and are well aware of effective FIDE regulations can act at the highest level. We want to support arbiters and so our decision was to start the International Arbiter certification Seminar (IA Seminars) in 2024, not to postpone them to another year.
According to the FIDE Regulations for the training of chess arbiters, starting from January 1st 2024, each application for IA arbiter requires one norm from IA Seminar. The duration of the IA Seminar shall be a minimum of sixteen (16) hours on at least two (2) days.
Please do not consider this as an obstacle, take it as an important step to reach our goal – to see better prepared arbiters, who take responsibility for their education.
IA Seminars are not the only educational project of the FIDE Arbiters commission. We also work on another project – Refresher courses, this self -paced online project will be compulsory for all International arbiters and FIDE Arbiters.
But let’s return to IA Seminars, there are clear differences between FIDE Seminars and IA Seminars:
- Content of IA Seminars differs from FA Seminars, focusing on practical abilities defined in Regulations)
- IA Seminars are for FIDE Arbiters (FA Seminars are for national arbiters)
- IA Seminars are delivered by two Lecturers (FA Seminars by one Lecturer)
- IA Seminars are assessed by a readiness evaluation at the end of topics (FA Seminars are concluded by written examination)
- IA Seminar is for a maximum 25 participants (FA Seminars limit is 20 participants)
- IA Seminar is in English (FA Seminars are in any FIDE language)
First On-line IA Seminar will be held on March 15th – March 16th 2024
15th March: 14:00-18:15 CET and 18:45-23:00 CET
16th March: 14:00-18:15 CET and 18:45-23:00 CET
Second On-line IA Seminar will be held in March 22nd – March 23rd 2024
22nd March: 10:00-14:15 CET and 14:45-19:00 CET
23rd March: 10:00-14:15 CET and 14:45-19:00 CET
Leading Lecturer for both Seminars is IA Alex MacFarlane (SCO), experienced Lecturer, leader Educational Team in ARB and author of materials for IA Certificated Seminars. He will be joined by IA Aris Marghetis (CAN), FIDE Lecturer.
Entry fees for the IA Seminar: 130 €
Contact and registration: Nebojsa Baralic, FIDE ARB Secretary (secretary.arbiters@fide.com)
Considering the great interest in IA Certification Seminars, we are pleased to announce the organization of another seminar in mid-April.
Third On-line IA Seminar will be held in April 13rd – April 14th 2024
13rd April: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.00 to 20.00 Dubai and Yerevan Time (08:00-12:00 CEST and 14:00-18:00 CEST)
14th April: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.00 to 20.00 Dubai and Yerevan Time (08:00-12:00 CEST and 14:00-18:00 CEST)
Lecturers for third Seminars are IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE) and IA Ashot Vardapetyan (ARM).
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Fourth On-line IA Seminar will be held in April 19th – April 20th 2024
19th April: 14.00 to 18.15 and 18.45 to 23.00 Eastern Australian Time (04:00-08:15 CET and 08:45-13:00 CET)
20th April: 14.00 to 18.15 and 18.45 to 23.00 Eastern Australian Time (04:00-08:15 CET and 08:45-13:00 CET)
Lecturers for third Seminars are IA Gopakumar MS (IND) and IA Peter Tsai (AUS).
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Entry fees for the IA Seminar: 130 €
Contact and registration: Nebojsa Baralic, FIDE ARB Secretary (secretary.arbiters@fide.com)
The organization of the seminar will continue in the following months.
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Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman
Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary
Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team
