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(see bellow the list of participants) ---------------------------------------------- 14th On-line IA Seminar will be held in March 26th – 29th 2025 26th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET)27th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET)28th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET)29th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET) Lecturers for 14th IA Seminars are IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI) and IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE). ------------------------------------------------ IA Seminar 14 (26/03/2025 to 29/03/2025) with 25 arbiters FIDE IDName (as on FIDE ProfileFederation12573825Zamani, BaharehIRI12596604Mohammadi, SomaIRI12588997Paridar, ShivaIRI42501431Tavakoli, ElhamIRI22519750Mashayekhi, MarziyehIRI22514236Sadeghi, MasoomehIRI12566268Khoshghalb, MozhganIRI12523437Azarbayejani, MohadesehIRI22506659Mashoufy, SinaIRI12545813Shayanfar, ZahraIRI22553452Shabaniyan, FaranakIRI12544590Mohazzab, PegahIRI12511498Sabahi, MohammadIRI12520756Aliakbari, HaniehIRI22556761Tabakhian, NaghmehIRI42581850Moravej, Sayed MehdiIRI12578789Moslemi, MohammadrezaIRI12502995Pirmaleki, SaeidIRI12591610Miri, AmirIRI22567267Nikookar, MohammadIRI12532401Rabiei, Vahid RezaIRI22577319Ghorbani Kaebe Vafa, HamedIRI12588237Jafari ghalehshoori, AsiehIRI12522090Soleimani, ZahraIRI12535222Hemati, NaziIRI ————————————- Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team " data-id="sfsi" /><meta property="og:title" content="International Arbiter Certification Seminars – 14th IA Seminar is ready to go!!" data-id="sfsi" /><link rel="icon" href="https://arbiters.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-ARB_commission_logo-1-e1586358282120-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" /> <link rel="icon" href="https://arbiters.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-ARB_commission_logo-1-e1586358282120-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://arbiters.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-ARB_commission_logo-1-e1586358282120-180x180.png" /> <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://arbiters.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-ARB_commission_logo-1-e1586358282120-270x270.png" /> </head> <body class="post-template-default single single-post postid-9897 single-format-standard wp-custom-logo wp-embed-responsive locale-en-us sfsi_actvite_theme_default right-sidebar wide"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 0 0" width="0" height="0" focusable="false" role="none" style="visibility: hidden; 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target="_blank">FIDE Regulations for the training of chess arbiters</a>, starting from January 1<sup>st</sup> 2024, each application for IA arbiter requires one norm from IA Seminar. The duration of the IA Seminar shall be a minimum of sixteen (16) hours. The following IA seminar will also last 16 hours but will be held in 4 sessions (one per day, two weekends) of 4 hours each.</p> <p><strong>14th IA Certification Seminars is ready to go! (see bellow the list of participants)</strong></p> <p>———————————————-</p> <p><strong>14th On-line IA Seminar will be held in March 26<sup>th</sup> – 29<sup>th</sup> 2025</strong></p> <p>26th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET)<br>27th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET)<br>28th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET)<br>29th March: 15:30 to 17:30 Tehran Time (13:00 to 17:00 CET)</p> <p>Lecturers for 14th IA Seminars are IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI) and IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE).</p> <p>————————————————</p> <p><strong>IA Seminar 14 (26/03/2025 to 29/03/2025) with 25 arbiters</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><thead><tr><th><strong>FIDE ID</strong></th><th><strong>Name (as on FIDE Profile</strong></th><th><strong>Federation</strong></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>12573825</td><td>Zamani, Bahareh</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12596604</td><td>Mohammadi, Soma</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12588997</td><td>Paridar, Shiva</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>42501431</td><td>Tavakoli, Elham</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>22519750</td><td>Mashayekhi, Marziyeh</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>22514236</td><td>Sadeghi, Masoomeh</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12566268</td><td>Khoshghalb, Mozhgan</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12523437</td><td>Azarbayejani, Mohadeseh</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>22506659</td><td>Mashoufy, Sina</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12545813</td><td>Shayanfar, Zahra</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>22553452</td><td>Shabaniyan, Faranak</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12544590</td><td>Mohazzab, Pegah</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12511498</td><td>Sabahi, Mohammad</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12520756</td><td>Aliakbari, Hanieh</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>22556761</td><td>Tabakhian, Naghmeh</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>42581850</td><td>Moravej, Sayed Mehdi</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12578789</td><td>Moslemi, Mohammadreza</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12502995</td><td>Pirmaleki, Saeid</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12591610</td><td>Miri, Amir</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>22567267</td><td>Nikookar, Mohammad</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12532401</td><td>Rabiei, Vahid Reza</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>22577319</td><td>Ghorbani Kaebe Vafa, Hamed</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12588237</td><td>Jafari ghalehshoori, Asieh</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12522090</td><td>Soleimani, Zahra</td><td>IRI</td></tr><tr><td>12535222</td><td>Hemati, Nazi</td><td>IRI</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <p>————————————-</p> <p><em>Ivan Syrovy, ARB Chairman</em></p> <p><em>Nebojsa Baralic, ARB Secretary</em></p> <p><em>Alex McFarlane, Leader of the ARB Education Team</em></p> <p></p> <div class='sfsiaftrpstwpr'><div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:block;margin-top:0px; margin-bottom: 0px; width:100%' data-icon-width-type='Fully responsive' data-icon-width-size='240' data-edge-type='Round' 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