15th and 16th IA Seminars are open for registration! New format – 4 days x 4 hours!
Dear chess arbiters and especially FIDE arbiters, According to the FIDE Regulations for the training of chess arbiters, starting from
Read moreDear chess arbiters and especially FIDE arbiters, According to the FIDE Regulations for the training of chess arbiters, starting from
Read moreThe FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is pleased to release the edition 2025 of the FIDE Arbiters’ Manual. After the release of
Read moreThe FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is pleased to release the edition 2024 of the FIDE Arbiters’ Manual. This new edition includes
Read moreDear arbiters, FIDE Arbiters commission would like to express its thanks for their support of the New Guinness World Records.
Read moreThe Arbiters’ Team that will officiate in the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary 2024, has been selected. At the
Read moreDear colleagues, The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is pleased to invite all arbiters around the world to join the action –
Read moreTraining Arbiters worldwide is one of the major missions of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission. While FIDE Arbiter seminars are mostly
Read moreThe 45th Chess Olympiad will take place from the 10th to the 23rd of September 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. The FIDE
Read moreDear Chess Friends, Chess Arbiters, The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is pleased to release the List of arbiters for the green,
Read moreDear chess friends, International and FIDE arbiters, The call of Interest for arbiters in World Events 2024-2025 was open for
Read moreDear chess friends, International and FIDE arbiters, According to the new Regulation B.06.4 FIDE Regulations for the Appointment of Arbiters
Read moreDear chess friends, International and FIDE arbiters, The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is proud to continue a process for the selection
Read moreToday was another historical day for the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission! We announced it as we shared our vision, it has
Read moreOfficiating in a FIDE event is a milestone in an Arbiter’s life. It takes many steps to gain experience from
Read moreThe Arbiters’ Team that will officiate in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India 2022, has been selected. Arbiters below
Read moreThere are some days when you are particularly proud of your team. This Wednesday 18 May 2022 is one of
Read moreThe FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is pleased to release the lists of Arbiters (Panels) that may be used to make appointments
Read moreDear Chess Friends, The call of interest to be selected in World Events is now closed. Thanks to all who
Read moreDear Chess Friends, As 2022 starts, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission would like to wish you and more particularly the arbiters’
Read moreAll arbiters who wish to officiate in World Events (Chess Olympiad and all the other events of World Level in
Read moreThe FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is proud release a new process for the selection of Arbiters in World Events! Following the
Read moreWe are pleased to announce that the Basic course – Session 18 and the Advanced course – Sessions 8a and
Read moreWe announced it as the initial training programme was concluded in July, the intention of the FIDE ARB is to
Read moreThere we go! We did it !! 18 Basic Course sessions, 8 Advanced Course sessions, hundreds of colleagues trained! A
Read moreAs we close Avanced Session #06, we are reaching the final stretch of our training programme. A last coupe of
Read moreIf you were offered to know the FIDE Handbook by heart or get equipped to solve problems that may arise
Read moreOne hundred and forty-two !!! This is the final number of federations who had at least 1 arbiter actually attending
Read moreThis week’s focus was on the Advanced Course with another 60 colleagues onboarded in 2 sessions. As a Chief Arbiter,
Read moreChief Arbiters, let’s gooooooo! We’re reaching the last sessions of the Basic Course (a very last one for now is
Read moreStep by step, we’re building the path to the Advanced Course! As we ran 2 more Basic Courses during the
Read moreWith Session 13, the ARB Training Programme crossed 400 cumulated participants! At the end of each session, trainees are invited
Read moreLet’s speak “hybrid” as we publish about the 12th session of the ARB Online/Hybrid training programme! One goal of the
Read moreThis week was definitely a ramp-up in our training programme! Using the time slots which we could now call “standard”,
Read moreAs we mentioned it when reporting about Session 02, the FIDE ARB is now equipped with a Training Portal to
Read moreIn the last 9 days, 4 new groups, representing 110 arbiters were trained on the Basic Course of the FIDE
Read more150! This will be the recorded number of arbiters trained in the Basic Course of the FIDE Online/Hybrid Arbiter Training
Read moreAs we progress on the deployment of the FIDE Online/Hybrid Arbiter Training Programme, we wish to focus on a dedicated
Read moreIn September 2019, our Chairman Laurent Freyd presented the vision of the Commission to the FIDE Presidential Board. It included
Read moreThe launch of a new programme is always a special moment. We wanted this first session to embody the ambition
Read moreAs one of the main projects of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission for 2021, the Online and Hybrid Arbiter Training Programme
Read moreThe FIDE Arbiters` Commission continues with publishing photos from the major world and continental chess events. We invite all chief
Read moreThe FIDE Arbiters` Commission continues with publishing photos from the major world and continental chess events. We invite all chief
Read moreThe 44th Chess Olympiad will take place from the 5th to the 18th of August 2020 in Moscow, Russia. The
Read moreOur website is a main point of contact to the public, and we reactivated our Facebook page @FIDEARB in the
Read moreAs of Dec. 31st 2019, FIDE counts almost 13000 licensed arbiters (9503 National Arbiters, 1844 FIDE Arbiters and 1612 International
Read moreFIDE relies on collaboration between commissions, federations and affiliated organisations to keep improving in good synergy. In 2019, our commission
Read moreQuality! For the benefit of chess events and players! How to improve, knowing the huge variety of situations covered by
Read moreReinforcing operational processes and team work with FIDE Office & Accounting department and Federations was another important step in this
Read moreAdministrating the global population of Arbiters (National, FIDE and International level) based on qualified data is a foundation for our
Read moreArbiter Seminars are very important in the focus of our Commission as their main purpose is to ensure the quality
Read moreThe Arbiters’ Commission is happy to announce the End of the Year recap, focusing on accomplishments in 2019 and arbiter
Read moreThe 44th Chess Olympiad will take place from the 5th to the 18th of August 2020 in Moscow, Russia. The
Read moreTournaments in 2019 European Individual Chess Championship 2019 17/03/2019 World Senior Team Chess Championship 2019 15/04/2019 Tournaments in 2018
Read moreTata Steel Chess Tournament 2015 – Masters 9/1/2015 The 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival – Masters 27/1/2015 Grenke Chess Classic
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