The seminar was co-organized during the festival Moscow Open 2016 by the Russian Chess Federation with the support of FIDE Events’ Commission (EVE). The Lecturer was IO Alexander Kostyev, President of the International School Chess Union.
A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 2 to 4 May 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, by the US Chess Federation in cooperation with the Las Vegas Chess Center LLC and under the auspices of FIDE.
The event is organized by the Volyn Region Chess Federation, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Chess Federation in an 11-round Swiss format with the time control 20′ + 5″.
Our dear friend Sevan Muradian passed away on 18th February 2016 at the age of 41.
As a well known International Arbiter and International Organizer, Sevan was the driving force of chess development and promotion in the greater Chicago area.