
Asian Chess Federation will organize an online International Organizers Seminar 15-18 November 2025 by Zoom to educate organizers how to handle an International Event and the regulations necessary for the event to be FIDE certified. Applicants for the FIDE Associate Organizer and International Organizer titles are required to attend a seminar and pass an examination in order to obtain their FIDE IO title. Certificates of Completion will be awarded to successful participants.
Schedule is
Saturday, 15 Nov. 2025 10:00-14:00 Dubai time (+4GMT)
Sunday, 16 Nov. 2025 10:00-14:00 Dubai time (+4GMT)
Monday, 17 Nov. 2025 10:00-14:00 Dubai time (+4GMT)
Tuesday, 18 Nov. 2025 10:00-14:00 Dubai time (+4GMT)
Lecturers are

IO Ozgur Solakoglu, Honorary Chairman of the FIDE Events Commission,

IO Casto Abundo, Executive Director of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF),

IO Abdulrahim Mahdi, Chairman of the ACF Arbiters Commission and

IO Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Counsellor of the FIDE Technical Commission.
Register at https://forms.gle/dvAFgmXffLcxEKMJA
Interested parties may inquire with casto.abundo@gmail.com