ARB Calendar
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 01/04/2025 to 05/04/2025 in Almaty, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB), 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:
1st April, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
1st April, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz, etc.)
2nd April, 10:00 – 13:00: Tournament Regulations (2 hours), Examples (1 hour)
2nd April, 14:30 – 17:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1.5 hours)
3th April, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
3th April, Chess terms in English (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (1 hour), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)
4th April 10:30 – 14:30: Exam (4 hours)
The FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Foz do Iguaçú, Paraná – Brazil is going to be organized from 26/05/2025 to 30/05/2025 by the Confederation of Chess for Americas, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Pingas, Blas Mariano (ARG), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Luciano Rietter (BRA).
The language of the Seminar will be Portuguese.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
May 26th – 14h30 Laws of Chess / English chess vocabulary (4 hours)
May 27th – 14h30 Swiss system and pairing rules (3 hours) / Rating FIDE
regulations (1 hour)
May 28th – 14h30 Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters (2 hours) / System
of games, tie breaks (1 hour) / Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1
hour)
May 29th – 14h30 FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess
equipment (2 hours) / Use of electronic clocks (30 min) / Over-the-board
titles (1h30)
May 30th – 15h Written Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 29/05/2025 to 01/06/2025 in Namangan, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), 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:
29th May, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
30th May, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)
31st April, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),
1st June, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
1st June, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 02/06/2025 to 05/06/2025 in Namangan, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), 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:
02nd June, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
03rd June, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)
04th June, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),
05th June, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
05th June, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 08/09/2025 to 11/09/2025 in Samarkand, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), 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:
08th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
9th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)
10th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),
11th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
11th September, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 12/09/2025 to 15/09/2025 in Samarkand, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), 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:
12th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (2 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
13th September, 09:30 – 13:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)
14th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),
15th September, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
15th September, 10:30 – 14:30 Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 18/09/2025 to 21/09/2025 in D-35075 Gladenbach, by the German Chess Federation and Arbiters Commission DSB, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Wolter, Jens (GER), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Alt, Ralph (GER), FIDE Lecturer.
The language of the Seminar will be German.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Registration on the webpage:
https://www.schachbund.de/schiedsrichter-lehrgaenge.html
Schedule:
18.09.2025: 15.00 – 21.00: Rating Regulations, System of Games, Tie Break Rules
19.09.2025: 09.00 – 21.00: Competition Rules, Laws of Chess, Swiss Pairing System, Titles of Players, Titles of Arbiters
20.09.2025: 09.00 – 12.30: Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines, Laws of Chess
20.09.2025: 14.30 – 18.30: Examination
21.09.2025: 08.30 – 11.30: Electronic Clocks, Chess terms in English, Results of the Examination, Debriefing
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 22/09/2025 to 24/09/2025 in Almaty, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Vardapetyan, Ashot (ARM), FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer will be IA/IO Turdialiev, Husan (UZB), 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:
22 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
22 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Laws of Chess (Rapid, Blitz, etc.)
23 of September, 10:00 – 13:00: Tournament Regulations (2 hours), Examples (1 hour)
23 of September, 14:30 – 17:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1.5 hours)
24 of September, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie-breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours)
24 of September, Chess terms in English (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (1 hour), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)
24 of September 14:30 – 18:30: Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 04/12/2025 to 07/12/2025 in Tashkent, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), 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:
4th December, 09:30 – 14:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
5th December, 09:30 – 14:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (0,5 hours), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)
6th December, 09:30 – 14:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (2 hours), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1 hour), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),
7th December, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
7th December, 14:30 – 18:30 Exam (4 hours)
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 08/12/2025 to 11/12/2025 in Tashkent, by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), 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:
8th December, 09:30 – 14:30: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours), Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours)
9th December, 09:30 – 14:30: Tournament regulations (1 hour), Anti-Cheating guidelines (2 hours), Electronic chess clocks (0,5 hours), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0,5 hour)
10th December, 09:30 – 14:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (2 hours), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (1 hour), System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours),
11th December, 09:30 – 10:30: Chess terms in English (1 hour)
11th December, 14:30 – 18:30 Exam (4 hours)