Arabic FIDE Arbiters Seminar Concluded

The 99th Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was held from 7th to 11th April 2021.

It was organized by the Asian Chess Federation, and under the auspices of FIDE Arbiters Commission. The Lecturer was IA/IO Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE) FIDE Lecturer, Chairman of FIDE RC & ACF Arbiters Commission. The Organizer was Hisham Al Taher (UAE) ACF General Secretary. and the observer was Mr. Casto Abundo (PHI) ACF Executive Director. KK Chan (HKG) was the technician.

The Language of the Seminar was in Arabic. daily lectures from 18.00-23.00 UAE Time (+4 GMT). The course took 20 hours, divided into four days, at the rate of 5 hours per day. In 11th April 2021 was the examination test online (3 hours) via fideseminar.com site, and monitored by Zoom.

24 participants registered from nine (9) different federations, four (4) of them were women. The students were from UAE, OMA, BRN, IRQ, YEM, EGY, MAR, LBA and TUN. Twenty-one (21) of them attended the exam. Fifteen (15) of them passed the examination test with 80%, which was held after the end of the lectures. The Seminar will give FIDE Arbiter norms and titles, according to the regulations for the titles of the Arbiters. after the approval of the next FIDE Council meeting.

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Topics of the seminars were:

  • Laws of Chess (including Rapid, Blitz, etc.).
  • Regulations for the rating and the over‐the board titles.
  • Swiss system and pairing rules.
  • FIDE Competition Rules and standards of chess equipment.
  • System of Games, Tie breaks.
  • Anti‐cheating guidelines for Arbiters.
  • Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters.

Notice:

  • On the opening day, words of welcome and encouragement were given to the students participating in the seminar by GM Victor Bologan, Executive Director of the FIDE, Hisham Al Taher, General Secretary of the ACF. They wished everyone luck for a successful seminar.
  • The daily lectures were held on the Zoom platform and were recorded. With special link published on YouTube
  • Seminar materials were sent to all participants via e-mail.
  • At the end of the course, everyone was awarded a certificate of participation.

 

FIDE Lecturer

IA/IO Mahdi Abdulrahim