From 3-5th February 2015 a Refreshing Course for Arbiters in English language was organized on Internet by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission.
The following subjects were discussed:
(a) The changes of the Laws of Chess that have been in effect since 1 July 2014.
(b) The changes of FIDE Titles, Ratings Regulations and Swiss System regulations that have been in effect since 1 July 2014.
(c) The Anti cheating guidelines for Arbiters that have been approved in 2014 Sochi FIDE Presidential Board and are in effect.
The lecturer was IA Takis Nikolopoulos (GRE), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Chairman and FIDE Lecturer and the Assistant Lecturer and Technical Organizer was IA Michail Prevenios (GRE).
The participation was free for all International and FIDE Arbiters.
Forty nine (49) Arbiters from twenty seven (27) Federations participated in the Course:
1 Andrikopoulou, Efstathia GRE 4215370 IA
2 Ang, Keong NZL 4303660 IA
3 Arnetta, Benedetto Piero ITA 876917 FA
4 Banda Aaron ZAM 8701067 FA
5 Bartolini, Leonardo ITA 876925 FA
6 Bayat, Shohreh IRI 12501018 IA
7 Biancotti, Alessandro ITA 828637 FA
8 Brady, Frank Dr USA 2049236 IA
9 Broich, William USA 2061317 FA
10 Chan, Kwai Keong HKG 6000991 IA
11 Cybulski, Maciej POL 1143190 FA
12 de San Vicente, Sabrina URU 3003973 IA
13 Denommee, Pierre CAN 2611031 IA
14 Domelevo Entfellner, Jean-Baka FRA 680494 FA
15 Echeverria, Nestor ARG 116572 NA
16 George Githui Wanjiku KEN 10801588 FA
17 Holowczak, Alex R ENG 418668 IA
18 Inaganti Amarnath IND 5009766 FA
19 Inaganti, Jyothi Ganesh IND 5016924 FA
20 Jadidi, Hamidreza IRI 12552011 FA
21 Jones, Brian AUS 3200663 FA
22 Judek, Magdalena POL 1170651 FA
23 Karadimitriou, Georgios GRE 4235347 FA
24 Kenmure, Jamie AUS 3202070 IA
25 Keramiotis, Michail GRE 4285310 NA
26 Kontogiannis, Christos GRE 4291891 FA
27 Kormick, Korey J. USA 2064472 FA
28 Lahdenmaki, Leo FIN 507717 IA
29 Martinez, M Catalino PAR 3700666 IA
30 Miller, Donald JAM 7401973 FA
31 Nedev, Zdravko BUL 2914190 IA
32 Nesla, Adnane ALG 7900341 IA
33 Nsakanya, Chanda ZAM 8700532 IA
34 Oyunchimeg, Genden MGL 4900219 IA
35 Parol, Krzysztof POL 1119818 FA
36 Peter Duke Michieka King Oina KEN 10801880 FA
37 Phelps, Matthew W USA 2058227 FA
38 Prohorov, Olexandr UKR 14105578 FA
39 Raimbert, Ronald MRI 9700250 FA
40 Ricca, Roberto ITA 807249 IA
41 Shah, Binoy IND 5007810 FA
42 Shyam Sundar, T. IND 5053455 FA
43 Sokolski, Aleksander POL 1170740 IA
44 Vazelakis, Ulysses GRE 4226160 IA
45 Walsh, Gerry F ENG 419451 IA
46 Wolter, Jens GER 4698185 IA
47 Zakama, Yousri TUN 5504015 NA
48 Zhivkov, Georgi BUL 2907135 IA
49 Mbatha, Constance ZAM 8700591 FA
