International Arbiter Certification Seminars – 12th and 13th IA Seminar are ready to go!!
Dear chess arbiters and especially FIDE arbiters,
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. The following IA seminars will also last 16 hours but will be held in 4 sessions (one per day, two weekends) of 4 hours each.
The ARB Commission organized eleven IA seminars, and 267 FIDE arbiters participated.
12th and 13th IA Certification Seminars are ready to go! (see bellow the list of participants)
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12th On-line IA Seminar will be held in March 15th – 23rd 2025
15th March: 08.00 to 12.00 CET
16th March: 08.00 to 12.00 CET
22nd March: 08.00 to 12.00 CET
23rd March: 08.00 to 12.00 CET
Lecturers for 12th IA Seminars are IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE) and IA Anastasia Sorokina (AUS).
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IA Seminar 12 (15/03/2025 to 23/03/2025) with 25 arbiters
| FIDE ID | Name (as on FIDE Profile) | Federation |
|---|---|---|
| 4809661 | Abdulkareem Ismael Tawfeeq | NED |
| 5523478 | Oueslati,Amira | TUN |
| 5311799 | Hammoud, Rawad | LBN |
| 5301378 | Abou Zahr, Ezzeddine | LBN |
| 8101779 | Ahmad, Saadah | JOR |
| 13702424 | Kaiyrbekov, Rustam | KAZ |
| 11508930 | Jaradat, Mahmoud | PLE |
| 25987097 | Md Hussain Babu Khan P | IND |
| 33327645 | Pratul Sinha | IND |
| 12508683 | Esmaeili, Sanaz | IRI |
| 3803392 | Bendayan Claros, Aaron | ESP |
| 44535902 | Subasi, Veysel | TUR |
| 3215164 | Chew Lee, Alanna | AUS |
| 21836264 | Kulesza, Andrzej | POL |
| 4196872 | Savina, Anastasia | FRA |
| 25090160 | Shaji P M | IND |
| 3203360 | Kordahi, Nicholas | AUS |
| 12573035 | Ansari, Mehrnoosh | IRI |
| 16504178 | Pekic, Momcilo | MNE |
| 6213383 | Srisawang, Piroon | THA |
| 13711113 | Yakhiyayev, Abdikhadir | KAZ |
| 2247500 | Magdaleno Puche, Juan Pedro | ESP |
| 11619473 | Ter-Avetisjana, Agapi | LAT |
| 14325764 | Mokoena, Jabulani | RSA |
| 12538620 | Khodabandeh, Milad | IRI |
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13th On-line IA Seminar will be held in March 22nd – 30th 2025
22nd March: 14.30 to 18.30 CET
23rd March: 14.30 to 18.30 CET
29th March: 14.30 to 18.30 CET
30th March: 14.30 to 18.30 CEST* (the clock will be changed in Europe)
Lecturers for 13th IA Seminars are IA Laurent Freyd (FRA) and IA Gopakumar M S (IND).
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IA Seminar 13 (22/03/2025 to 30/03/2025) with 25 arbiters
| FIDE ID | Name (as on FIDE Profile) | Federation |
|---|---|---|
| 5109612 | Bolio Zapata, Edwin David | MEX |
| 5121663 | Vargas Segura, Ivan Albert | MEX |
| 39915760 | Venugopalan, Suresh Balaji | IND |
| 25681877 | Kanimozhi S | IND |
| 2089513 | Heck, Karl T | USA |
| 2822059 | Levanzov, Yevgeny | ISR |
| 25044621 | Madhumitha R | IND |
| 25991914 | Jayendra Chaturvedi | IND |
| 35005960 | Sandeep T | IND |
| 12502332 | Khodadadi, Sajjad | IRI |
| 33388415 | Kranthi Lakshmi Mandava | IND |
| 5783666 | Mohd Naffi, Muhd Amirul Hakim | MAS |
| 10009035 | Nakiirya Victoria | UGA |
| 12535346 | Tahmasebi, Pegah | IRI |
| 51610345 | Guney, Umut | TUR |
| 34506950 | Karakafa, Hakan | TUR |
| 26303930 | Horlar, Selim | TUR |
| 12600326 | Ameku, Philip Elikem | GHA |
| 3838773 | Barbaran Villegas, Carlos Miguel | PER |
| 44527438 | Taslioglu, Goksel | TUR |
| 34588892 | Akca, Hasan | TUR |
| 4704959 | Borova, Pandi | ALB |
| 5044200 | Kavitha J E | IND |
| 5098262 | Gopinadh M | IND |
| 35018035 | Chandalia Manish | IND |
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Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman
Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary
Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team
