131st Internet-based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar

The 131st Internet Based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar (English Chess Federation) was held from 15th to 22nd April 2023. It was organized by the English Chess Federation, under the auspices of FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Bayat, Shohreh (ENG), FIDE Lecturer, and the Assistant Lecturer was IA Alex Holowczak (ENG).

Twenty-three arbiters from nine federations (AND, GER, GUM, IND, KEN, PER, SWE, WLS, and ENG) participated in the seminar, and twenty-two participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures. The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a norm for the title of the FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Council —

FIDE ID Name (as on FIDE profile) Federation
465941 Evans, Thomas ENG
2323206 Hafthorsson, Jon Ulfur SWE
22270728 Mateu Guiu, Esteve AND
496570 Hammond, Rob ENG
343406610 Islam, Mohammad Rezaul ENG
343408532 Kilambi, Venkata R K ENG
48785059 Sankaranarayanan Ramalingam IND