by Hassan Khaled
A seminar for International Organizers was held from 1st to 3rd of July at The Inter Hotel at Baghdad , Iraq by the Iraq Chess Federation and the cooperation of the Iraq Olympic Commission & under the auspices of Asian Chess Federation , and the Events commission of FIDE.
The objective of the Seminar was to educate and certify Organizers norm on an international basis.
The FIDE Lecturer was IO, IA, FT Hassan Khaled from Egypt.
The Assistants from Iraq were:
IA, FI, IO Dhafer, Abdul Ameer Madhloom Iraq Chess Federation President
IA, FI, IO Asaad, Ismael Tawfeeq Iraq Chess Federation Deputy President
The lecturers and the exam were in Arabic. Participated were 12 candidates, all from Iraq, 10 of them attended the exam and passed the test as follows :
| No | ID Number | Successed | Title | B-day | Fed | |
| 1 | 4805011 | Farhan, Nasir Jasim | M | IA,FI | 1959 | IRQ |
| 2 | 4805038 | Mahdi Attiyah Abdullah | M | IA | 1968 | IRQ |
| 3 | 4800613 | Abdul Hadi, Maftool Mhere | M | CM,FI,FA | 1965 | IRQ |
| 4 | 4801326 | Sami, Abbas Mohammed | M | FA,IA | 1966 | IRQ |
| 5 | 4805623 | Al Yhya, Dhamir Jabar Mossa | M | FA,FI,IA | 1974 | IRQ |
| 6 | 4808304 | Saad Mohsin Hussein | M | FA | 1972 | IRQ |
| 7 | 4805615 | Mohammad Mahdi, Abdullah | M | FA | 1960 | IRQ |
| 8 | 4808380 | Suad Abdulameer Salloom ALzuabidi | F | 1956 | IRQ | |
| 9 | 4809963 | Saad Abdula Hussein Farhad | M | 1949 | IRQ | |
| 10 | 4811569 | Ali Adnan Younus | M | 1963 | IRQ |
Thanks to the Events Commission for supporting us.