FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Cape Town (RSA)
Cape Town
South Africa
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 25/04/2026 to 28/04/2026 in Cape Town, by the Chess South Africa, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Gunther, van den Bergh (RSA), FIDE Lecturer.
The language of the Seminar will be English.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Note:
Only participants who have paid their full fees before the start of the course will be allowed to participate and write the exam. All candidates
attending must have paid their FIDE Arbiter license fee before attending the course (candidates who are currently unlicensed must register via their federations).
Course fees must be transferred to the following account:
Acc Name: CHESS SA AOC CLUB
Bankers: First National Bank
Acc Nr: 63119899079
Branch code: 210835
Branch name: Remote Accounting Opening
Swift Code: FIRNZAJJ
Proof of payment together with the candidate’s full details (FID, First name+Surname, Federation, Mobile number that has access to whatsapp) must be forwarded to the following persons:
– Dr FA Jabulani Mokoena (Chess SA Arbiters Commission) – Jabumokoena.jm@gmail.com
– Günther van den Bergh (Lecturer) – gunther@chesscube.com
Once payment has been confirmed, a candidate will be added to the whatsapp group created for this course. All further communication will
then be conducted on this group.
Schedule:
25 April 2026
• Session 1: 0930-1100 (Tiebreaks + Hort system for prizes) (1.5h)
• Session 2: 1130-1300 (Arbiter titles + norms) (1.5h)
• Session 3: 1500-1700 (Player titles + norms) (2h)
• Session 4: 1730-1930 (Rating calculations) (2h)
26 April 2026
• Session 5: 0930-1130 (Swiss pairings, RR, other pairings) (2h)
• Session 6: 1200-1300 (Anti cheating, Hybrid, Online + fairplay) (1h)
• Session 7: 1500-1600 (Competition reg, equipment, etc.) (1h)
• Session 8: 1630-1730 (Pairing software, clocks, e-boards) (1h)
• Session 9: 1900-2100 (Laws of Chess) (2h)
27 April 2026
• Session 10: 0930-1300 (Laws of Chess) (3h)
• Session 12: 1400-1700 (Laws of Chess) (3h)
• Session 13: 1900-2100 (Laws of Chess) (2h)
28 April 2026
• Exam: 0900-1300
