The Hart House Chess Club is pleased to announce an upcoming FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar at Hart House, Friday, January 10th to Sunday, January 12th, 2025. The seminar will be conducted by one of Canada’s leading Arbiters and Organizers, International Arbiter Hal Bond.

Amongst his many accolades, Hal Bond has served as the Chief Arbiter at the 2012 Women’s World Chess Championship, Deputy Arbiter at the 2012 World Chess Championship, and as the Chief Arbiter of the 2017 World Youth Chess Championship.

• WHEN: Friday, January 10th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Saturday, January 11th 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Sunday, January 12th 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
• WHERE: Hart House (7 Hart House Cir, Toronto) – Committees Room.
• WHO: The Lecturer will be IA/IO Bond, Hal (CAN), FIDE Lecturer.
• ENTRY FEE: $250 paid online only
• CAPACITY: 16 participants
• LANGUAGE: The seminar will be conducted in English.
• ORGANIZERS: Hart House Chess Club
• EQUIPMENT: All materials provided by HHCC.

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The Seminar will give norms and titles of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the titles of Arbiters.

Requirements: All participants must be National Arbiters before the seminar begins. 

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SCHEDULE (tentative, subject to change):
January 10
6 pm – 10 pm: Role of Arbiters, Laws of Chess (4hrs)

January 11
10 am – 1 pm: System of Games, Tie-Breaks (3hrs)
2 pm – 4 pm: Ratings and OTB Title Regulations (2 hrs)
4 pm – 6:30 pm: Swiss System and Pairing Rules (2.5 hrs)

January 12
10 am – 11:30 am: Competition rules, Equipment standards and clocks (1.5 hrs)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Arbiter Title Regs (1 hr)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Fair Play Guidelines (2 hrs)
2 pm –  6 pm: Exam (4 hrs)

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REGISTRATION:

Registration is available online here. Please note that all participants must be National Arbiters before the seminar begins. Details on becoming a National Arbiter are available here.

For any inquiries, please email us at hhchess@studentorg.utoronto.ca. 

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For more information regarding the FIDE Arbiter seminar and system, see:
1. https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B0602
2. https://arbiters.fide.com/arb-titles/fide-arbiters-system

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Results: https://arbiters.fide.com/news/9781. Congrats to Mark, Deepanshi, Grace, Andrew, and Egidijus for successfully passing the exam

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