FIDE IO Seminar with Asian Chess Federation / Results, January 2023

FIDE IO Online Seminar was held from 26th to 30th January 2023 via Zoom.

It was organized by the Asian Chess Federation under the auspices of the FIDE Events Commission.

The opening session was attended by FIDE Executive Director GM Victor Bologan, and Sidorchuk Yana, Secretary of the FIDE Events Commission. IO/IA Casto Abundo Executive Director of ACF, and IO/IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh ACF Executive Board member.

GM Bologan spoke at the opening about educating more organizers and he thanked ACF for the kind initiative to organize the special Seminar for the organizers. Rehabilitation of technical and administrative cadres in the Asian continent and others in the field of organizing chess events for their interest. Sidorchuk Yana thanked the ACF for organizing this seminar. She said that for the first time she dealt with the ACF, with technical and administrative staff. She wished the participants benefit and success in the Seminar.The Lecturers of the Seminar was IO/IA Abdulrahim Mahdi (UAE), Chairman of the ACF Arbiters Commission. The Language of the Seminar was in Arabic Translate to English.

Daily lectures were from 20.00-23.30 Dubai Time (GMT +4). 30th January 2023 was the seminar examination test (3 Hours).

Thirty (30) persons participated from 12 countries, namely BRN, KSA, IRQ, UAE, PLE, JOR, YEM, ALG, TUN, MAR, EGY, and LBA. Twenty-Fife (25) of them passed the examination test which was held after the end of the lecture.

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.

List of participants whos’ successfully Passed the exam