FIDE IO Online Seminar was held from 17th to 21st July 2023 via Zoom.
It was organized by the Asian Chess Federation Academy under the auspices of FIDE Events Commission and supported by the FIDE Planning and Development Commission.
The opening session was attended by Hisham Al-Taher, General Secretary of the Asian Chess Federation, Ozgur Solakoglu, Honorary Chairman of the FIDE Events Commission, Casto Abundo, ACF Executive Director, and Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Secretary of ACF Arbiters Commission.
At the opening ceremony of the Seminar, the ACF General Secretary Hisham Al Taher welcomed the participants to the Seminar and urged them to make full use of the information that the lecturer will provide. He wished everyone good luck.
Ozgur Solakoglu, Honorary Chairman of the FIDE Events Commission, delivered the speech on behalf of FIDE and Events Commission who praised the efforts of the Academy of the Asian Chess Federation and Asian lecturers in organizing courses to prepare, qualify and develop technical cadres in the Asian member countries and all Arabic speaking countries.
The Lecturer of the Seminar was the FIDE Lecturer IO/IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE) FIDE Chairman of the ACF Arbiters Commission. The seminar was moderated by Hisham Al Taher, Secretary General of the Asian Chess Federation.
The Language of the Seminar was in Arabic.
Daily lectures were from 18.00-22.00 Dubai Time (+4 GMT). 21st July 2023 was the seminar examination test (3 Hours)
Twenty-One (21) participants registered from Nine (9) federations, namely, ALG, KUW, JOR, KSA, EGY, LBA, PLE, SYR, and UAE. Seventeen (17) of them passed the examination test which was held after the end of the lectures.
The Seminar will give FIDE IO norm, Seminar Certificate according to the Regulations for the FIDE Events Commission after the approval of the next FIDE Council meeting.