12th IA Seminar – Report

The 12th Internet Based International Arbiter Certification Seminar was held from 15th to 12rd March 2025. It was organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, under the auspices of FIDE.

The Lecturers Lecturers were IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE) and IA Anastasia Sorokina (AUS), both FIDE Lecturers.

The Language of the Seminar was English.

Twenty-six (26) arbiters from eighteen (18) national federations (AUS, EGY, ESP, FRA, IND, IRI, JOR, KAZ, LAT, LBN, MNE, NED, PLE, POL, RSA, THA, TUN, and 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:

FIDEName (as on FIDE Profile)FED
6213383Srisawang, PiroonTHA
12508683Esmaeili, SanazIRI
5311799Hammoud, RawadLBN
2247500Magdaleno Puche, Juan PedroESP
4196872Savina, AnastasiaFRA
33327645Pratul SinhaIND
44535902Subasi, VeyselTUR
3203360Kordahi, NicholasAUS
25987097Md Hussain Babu Khan PIND
3215164Chew Lee, AlannaAUS
8101779Ahmad, SaadahJOR
5301378Abou Zahr, EzzeddineLBN
12538620Khodabandeh, MiladIRI
14325764Mokoena, JabulaniRSA
5523478Oueslati,AmiraTUN
4809661Abdulkareem Ismael TawfeeqNED
10628118Serag El Din, MohebEGY
11619473Ter-Avetisjana, AgapiLAT
16504178Pekic, MomciloMNE
21836264Kulesza, AndrzejPOL
12573035Ansari, MehrnooshIRI
3803392Bendayan Claros, AaronESP
13702424Kaiyrbekov, RustamKAZ

Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman

Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary

Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team