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2015 FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Melbourne organised by Chess Victoria

From 28 February to 1 March 2015 a seminar for the training of the FIDE Arbiters was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by Chess Victoria, in cooperation with the Australian Chess Federation and FIDE Arbiters’ Commission under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Workshop was the Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne.

The lecturers were IA N Y Wong (SIN), and IA Peter Tsai (AUS) Vice-President of Chess Victoria.

The lectures were in English language.

The subjects that were discussed during the lectures included Laws of Chess, tournament rules, systems of games, tie breaks, regulations for the rating and over-the-board titles, swiss system and pairing rules, regulations for the titles of the arbiters, use of the electronic clocks, the anti-cheating guideline and the disciplinary regulations for arbiters. It also include incidents that happened during the games and the Arbiter’s decisions.

Seven (7) participants from two (2) federations (Australia & Botswana) participated in the seminar and received certificates of attendance at the end of the seminar.

The following succeeded in the examination and they will be awarded a norm of the FIDE Arbiter:

Name	FIDE ID	Federation
Danilo Basobas	3226956	Australia
Reginald Chong	3212270	Australia
Bevan Clouston	3215784	Australia
Simon Dale	3216691	Australia
Thai Ly	3204308	Australia
Boipuso Samuel	11300175	Botswana
Christopher Zuccala	3220257	Australia

FIDE Arbiters Commission has approved the 2015 FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Melbourne. Details are as follows:

Dates: Saturday 28^th February and Sunday 1^st March 2015

Time: 8:00am – 6:00pm

Venue: Melbourne Chess Club, 66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065.

Lecturers: IA N Y Wong and IA Peter Tsai

Participation fee: $300 (FIDE Arbiter Examination included). For participants living in Australia, Chess Victoria will subsidise $200 of the fee, meaning they have to pay only $100.

Seminar topics:
a) Laws of Chess.
b) Tournament Rules.
c) System of Games, tie breaks.
d) Regulations for the rating and the over-the-board titles.
e) Swiss system and pairing rules.
f) Regulations for the titles of the Arbiters.
g) Use of the electronic clocks.
h) Examination.

Please e-mail your registration to N Y Wong at nywong@bigpond.com with name, contact number and e-mail address.

The registration is only confirmed upon payment.

Players (and parents) are welcome to attend to familiarise themselves with the topics mentioned above.

N Y Wong
Chess Victoria http://www.chessvictoria.org.au
Seminar Co-ordinator

2014 Chess Victoria FIDE Trainers Seminar

Results of the above seminar is published on the FIDE Trainers Commission website at http://trainers.fide.com/

Congratulations to the participants on achieving their respective FIDE Training Titles.

1 Balasubramanian Mangalaganesh DI

2 Birchall Ian FI

3 Chong Reginald NI

4 Davis Tony FI

5 Huang Jimmy Ching-Chih NI

6 Illingworth Max FT

7 Minty Kenneth DI

8 Morris Peter FI

9 Nemeth John FI

10 Stead Kerry FI

11 Tan Kim NI

12 Tsai Peter NI

13 Vahtra Tuuli FI

14 Villalon Alexander DI

15 Yueh Elsa Wei Chung NI

16 Yung Jamie NI

Regards.

N Y Wong