FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Batumi (GEO)
Batumi
Georgia
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 17/06/2026 to 21/06/2026 in Batumi, by the Georgian Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Arsenidze, Alexandre (GEO), FIDE Lecturer.
The language of the Seminar will be Russian.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
17th June, 9:30 – 13:30:
Laws of chess – part 1 (4 hours)
18th June, 9:30 – 13:30:
Laws of chess – part 2 (3 hours)
Tournament Regulations (1 hour)
19th June, 9:30 – 13:30:
Anti-Cheating guidelines (1.5 hour)
Electronic chess clocks (1 hour)
FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (0.5 hour)
Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (0.5 hour)
Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour)
20th June, 9:30 – 13:30:
FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1․5 hours)
System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour)
Swiss system and pairing rules (1 hours)
Chess terms in English (0.5 hour)
21st June, 09:00 – 13:00:
Exam (4 hour)
