ARB Calendar

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 02/05/2024 to 20/05/2024 in Bordeaux, France, by the French Chess Fédération, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Chess Club Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs, 130 bis Amedee St Germain, 33800 BORDEAUX.
The Lecturers will be IA/IO Dervieux, Dominique (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and IA Boyd, Stephen (FRA), FIDE Lecturer. Assistant Lecturer will be IA Lapeyre, Pierre (FRA).
The language of the Seminar will be French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
- 3 sessions of 2,5 hours courses online (2-7-14 May at 20:00)
- followed by 3 sessions of 8 hours face-to-face (18, 19 May at 09:00 – 20 May at 8:00)
Subjects (time in hours):
Planning:
3 online sessions: 20.00-22.30 CET on 02/07/14 May 2024
May 2nd – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
May 7th – 20.00-22.30 CET Swiss Pairing System
May 14th – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
Bordeaux, May 18th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 10.00 Swiss Pairing System
10.00 – 12.00 System of Games,Tie Break Rules, Chess Clocks
14.00 – 15.00 Tournament Rules
15.00 – 18.00 Laws of Chess (Rapid & Blitz)
Bordeaux, May 19th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 12.00 Rating Regulations , Titles of players
14.00 – 17.30 Titles of the arbiters, Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines
17.30 – 18.00 Questions / Answers
Bordeaux, May 20th – 9.00 – 16.00 CET
8.00 – 12.00 Examination
14.00 – 16.00 Debrief

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 02/05/2024 to 20/05/2024 in Bordeaux, France, by the French Chess Fédération, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Chess Club Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs, 130 bis Amedee St Germain, 33800 BORDEAUX.
The Lecturers will be IA/IO Dervieux, Dominique (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and IA Boyd, Stephen (FRA), FIDE Lecturer. Assistant Lecturer will be IA Lapeyre, Pierre (FRA).
The language of the Seminar will be French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
- 3 sessions of 2,5 hours courses online (2-7-14 May at 20:00)
- followed by 3 sessions of 8 hours face-to-face (18, 19 May at 09:00 – 20 May at 8:00)
Subjects (time in hours):
Planning:
3 online sessions: 20.00-22.30 CET on 02/07/14 May 2024
May 2nd – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
May 7th – 20.00-22.30 CET Swiss Pairing System
May 14th – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
Bordeaux, May 18th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 10.00 Swiss Pairing System
10.00 – 12.00 System of Games,Tie Break Rules, Chess Clocks
14.00 – 15.00 Tournament Rules
15.00 – 18.00 Laws of Chess (Rapid & Blitz)
Bordeaux, May 19th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 12.00 Rating Regulations , Titles of players
14.00 – 17.30 Titles of the arbiters, Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines
17.30 – 18.00 Questions / Answers
Bordeaux, May 20th – 9.00 – 16.00 CET
8.00 – 12.00 Examination
14.00 – 16.00 Debrief

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 02/05/2024 to 20/05/2024 in Bordeaux, France, by the French Chess Fédération, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Chess Club Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs, 130 bis Amedee St Germain, 33800 BORDEAUX.
The Lecturers will be IA/IO Dervieux, Dominique (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and IA Boyd, Stephen (FRA), FIDE Lecturer. Assistant Lecturer will be IA Lapeyre, Pierre (FRA).
The language of the Seminar will be French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
- 3 sessions of 2,5 hours courses online (2-7-14 May at 20:00)
- followed by 3 sessions of 8 hours face-to-face (18, 19 May at 09:00 – 20 May at 8:00)
Subjects (time in hours):
Planning:
3 online sessions: 20.00-22.30 CET on 02/07/14 May 2024
May 2nd – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
May 7th – 20.00-22.30 CET Swiss Pairing System
May 14th – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
Bordeaux, May 18th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 10.00 Swiss Pairing System
10.00 – 12.00 System of Games,Tie Break Rules, Chess Clocks
14.00 – 15.00 Tournament Rules
15.00 – 18.00 Laws of Chess (Rapid & Blitz)
Bordeaux, May 19th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 12.00 Rating Regulations , Titles of players
14.00 – 17.30 Titles of the arbiters, Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines
17.30 – 18.00 Questions / Answers
Bordeaux, May 20th – 9.00 – 16.00 CET
8.00 – 12.00 Examination
14.00 – 16.00 Debrief

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 02/05/2024 to 20/05/2024 in Bordeaux, France, by the French Chess Fédération, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Chess Club Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs, 130 bis Amedee St Germain, 33800 BORDEAUX.
The Lecturers will be IA/IO Dervieux, Dominique (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and IA Boyd, Stephen (FRA), FIDE Lecturer. Assistant Lecturer will be IA Lapeyre, Pierre (FRA).
The language of the Seminar will be French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
- 3 sessions of 2,5 hours courses online (2-7-14 May at 20:00)
- followed by 3 sessions of 8 hours face-to-face (18, 19 May at 09:00 – 20 May at 8:00)
Subjects (time in hours):
Planning:
3 online sessions: 20.00-22.30 CET on 02/07/14 May 2024
May 2nd – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
May 7th – 20.00-22.30 CET Swiss Pairing System
May 14th – 20.00-22.30 CET Laws of Chess
Bordeaux, May 18th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 10.00 Swiss Pairing System
10.00 – 12.00 System of Games,Tie Break Rules, Chess Clocks
14.00 – 15.00 Tournament Rules
15.00 – 18.00 Laws of Chess (Rapid & Blitz)
Bordeaux, May 19th – 9.00 – 18.00 CET
9.00 – 12.00 Rating Regulations , Titles of players
14.00 – 17.30 Titles of the arbiters, Disciplinary Regulations, Anti Cheating Guidelines
17.30 – 18.00 Questions / Answers
Bordeaux, May 20th – 9.00 – 16.00 CET
8.00 – 12.00 Examination
14.00 – 16.00 Debrief

The 159th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 15/07/2024 to 18/07/2024 by the Chess Federation of Russia, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA/IO Akhmetov, Artiom (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and the Local Assistant Lecture will be IA/IO Staratorzhskiy, Vladimir (RUS).
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.
July, 15:
10.00-13.00: Laws of Chess
14.00-16.30: Laws of Chess
17.00-19.30: Rapid, Blitz, Appendices
July, 16:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Systems, Tie Breaks
14.00-16.30: Swiss Pairings Theory
17.00-19.30: Swiss Pairings Practice
July, 17:
10.00-13.00: Tournament Rules, Roles of Arbiter, Fair Play Regulations
14.00-16.30: Rating Regulations
17.00-19.30: Title Regulations
July, 18:
10.00-13.00: Use of Electronic Clocks, Arbiter Title
14.00-18.00: Examination
18.30-19.30: Review Q&A

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised in mixed format from 29/07/2024 to 11/08/2024 in Montreal, Canada, by the Francophone Chess Association / Quebec Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar will be the Fédération Québécoise des échecs, 7665 boulevard Lacordaire – H1S 2A7 Montréal.
The Lecturer will be IA Freyd, Laurent (FRA), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer will be IA Denommee, Pierre (CAN).
The language of the Seminar will be French.
The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.
Schedule:
- 5 sessions of 3 hours courses online (22, 24, 26, 29 July and 7 August)
- followed by 4 sessions of 4 hours face-to-face (9-10-11 August)
Subjects (time in hours):
- Laws of chess (7)
- Swiss System (7)
- Titles (2)
- Rating (2)
- Tie Break (2)
- Fair Play (1,5)
- Competition (1,5)
- Clocks (1)
- English (1)
- Arbiters (1)
- Exam (4)

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 17/10/2024 to 20/10/2024 in Pavlodar, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Krjukov, Mikhail (RUS), FIDE Lecturer, and Local Assistant Lecturer will be IA Rinas, Oleg (KAZ).
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:
day 1 – 17 October (Thursday)
10:00-13:00 Common rules 3 hours
13:00-13:30 Break 30 min
13:30-15:30 Common rules of the game in English 2 hours
day 2 – 18 October (Friday)
10:00 – 13:00 rules of competition 3 hours
13:00 – 13:30 break 30 min
13:30 – 15:30 Swiss system and pairing rules 2 hours
15:30- 17:00 Use of the electronic clocks
day 3 – 19 October (Saturday)
10:00 –11:00 tie-breaks 1 hour
11:00 – 13:00 anti cheating 2 hours
13:00 – 13:30 break 30 min
13:30 – 15:30 raiting and tittles 2 hours
day 4 – 20 October (Sunday)
10:00 – 14:00 exam 4 hours

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 25/11/2024 to 27/11/2024 in Tashkent, by the Asian 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:
25th November, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
25th November, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Tournament Regulations (1 hour)
26th November, 10:00 – 13:00: Anti-Cheating guidelines (1 hour), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)
26th November, 14:30 – 17:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours)
27th November, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours), Chess terms in English (1 hour)
27th November, 14:00 – 18:00: Exam

CANCELLED!
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organised from 25/11/2024 to 27/11/2024 in Tashkent, by the Uzbekistan 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:
25th November, 10:00 – 13:00: Laws of chess – part 1 (3 hours)
25th November, 14:30 – 17:30: Laws of chess – part 2 (2 hours), Tournament Regulations (1 hour)
26th November, 10:00 – 13:00: Anti-Cheating guidelines (1 hour), Electronic chess clocks (1 hour), FIDE Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations (1 hour)
26th November, 14:30 – 17:30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters (1 hour), Classification of Arbiters (0.5 hour), FIDE Rating and titles regulations (2 hours)
27th November, 09:00 – 13:00: System of games and tie breaks (1 hour), Swiss system and pairing rules (2 hours), Chess terms in English (1 hour)
27th November, 14:00 – 18:00: Exam

The 177th Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 27/12/2024 to 29/12/2024 by the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer will be IA Gnyp, Yuriy (UKR), 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.
10.00-13.00: Laws of Chess
14.30-17.30: Laws of Chess, Tournament Regulations
10.00-13.00: Anti-Cheating guidelines, Electronic chess clocks, Arbiter’s Disciplinary Regulations
14.30-17.30: Regulations for the titles of Arbiters, Classification of Arbiters, FIDE Rating and titles regulations
09.00-13.00: System of games and tie breaks, Swiss system and pairing rules, Chess terms in English
14.00-18.00: Exam
