13th IA Seminar – Report
The 13th Internet Based International Arbiter Certification Seminar was held from 22nd to 30th March 2025. It was organized by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturers Lecturers were IA Laurent Freyd (FRA) and IA Gopakumar MS (IND), both FIDE Lecturers.
The Language of the Seminar was English.
Twenty-five (25) arbiters from eleven (11) national federations (ALB, GHA, IND, IRI, ISR, MAS, MEX, PER, TUR, UGA, and USA) 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 | Name (as on FIDE Profile) | FED |
|---|---|---|
| 2822059 | Levanzov, Yevgeny | ISR |
| 35005960 | Sandeep T | IND |
| 39915760 | Venugopalan, Suresh Balaji | IND |
| 2089513 | Heck, Karl T | USA |
| 5121663 | Vargas Segura, Ivan Albert | MEX |
| 10009035 | Nakiirya Victoria | UGA |
| 3838773 | Barbaran Villegas, Carlos Miguel | PER |
| 12502332 | Khodadadi, Sajjad | IRI |
| 5109612 | Bolio Zapata, Edwin David | MEX |
| 12535346 | Tahmasebi, Pegah | IRI |
| 25681877 | Kanimozhi S | IND |
| 33388415 | Kranthi Lakshmi Mandava | IND |
| 25044621 | Madhumitha R | IND |
| 5044200 | Kavitha J E | IND |
| 5098262 | Gopinadh M | IND |
| 4704959 | Borova, Pandi | ALB |
Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman
Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary
Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team
