9th IA Seminar – Report

The 9th Internet Based International Arbiter Certification Seminar was held from 16th to 17th November 2024. It was organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturers Lecturers were IA Alex McFarlane (SCO) and IA Anastasia Sorokina (AUS), both FIDE Lecturers.

The Language of the Seminar was English.

Twenty-six (26) arbiters from fourteen (14) national federations (BAN, EGY, IND, IRI, KAZ, KEN, MAR, MAS, RSA, RUS, SGP, TAN, TJK, TUR) participated in the Seminar, and all of them participated in the evaluation test that was 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 International Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Council:

FIDE IDName (as on FIDE Profile)FED
9000240Tissir, MohamedMAR
5810728Lau, Yan HanSGP
13700987Verko, TatianaKAZ
5728584Pooja, AishwareyaMAS
14309785De Wet, AnjurieRSA
393200060Mohd Tamil, EmranMAS
10811672Lekopien, DavidKEN
9005153Ben Yahya, LarbiMAR
35056557Aagam Aditya EIND
10001867Mustafa, EbrahimTAN
10655662Alattar, ElsayedEGY
25927892Shreya Amit ChitnisIND
88149200Surya DuttaIND
34550003Cetinkaya, IlkinTUR
13701525Ismagambetov, AnuarKAZ
45043876Sundar R JIND
13743945Kassymov, TimurKAZ
4116119Sirotin, PavelRUS
44536526Erol, AhmetTUR
13763636Mahmudov, AralbekKAZ

Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman

Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary

Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team