Call of Interest for Arbiters in World Events 2024-2025
Dear chess friends, International and FIDE arbiters, According to the new Regulation B.06.4 FIDE Regulations for the Appointment of Arbiters in World Events (effective from July 20, 2023), the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission is proud to release a new process for the selection of arbiters in the Panels (Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow) for the next cycle 2024-2025. The Call of Interest for Arbiters in World Events 2024-2025 is open for one month, from July 25, 2023, to August 24, 2023, 23:59 CEST, for all FIDE Arbiters and International Arbiters with a valid FIDE license. All arbiters who wish to officiate in World Events have to submit their application via Chamilo* (https://arb-learn.fide.com/). * Chamilo is the ARB Training Portal, which we are using to support the process. We will take advantage of the call of interest to include colleagues who haven’t followed training sessions yet under this new system. Survey link >>> Please complete this survey to help us identify your wishes and availability for the World Events scheduled in 2024-2025. Arbiters will be assigned, according to the Regulations (B06.4), depending on their experience, to panels, which will be used to assign positions in tournaments. GENS UNA SUMUS! IA Ivan SYROVYChairmanFIDE Arbiters’ Commission IA Nebojsa BARALICSecretaryFIDE Arbiters’ Commission
Chess for Refugees Project: Rohingya School Teachers Chess Training
Rohingya School Teachers Chess Training organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation, under the financial support of FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation, was held at the Refugee and Repatriation Camp-5, Ukhiya, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, last weekend. The Chess for Refugees social project has been carried out in cooperation with the South Asian Chess Council, Office of Refugees and Repatriation Commissioner’s (RRRC), UNICEF and Jagoani Chakra Foundation. The main objective of this training program is to teach the game of chess to the students studying in Rohingya camp schools. Md. Ahsan Habib, Senior Assistant Secretary, attached to the Refugees Relief & Repatriation Commissioner‘s Office (RRRC) of Camp In Charge of Camp-5, inaugurated the three-day training program as the chief guest at CiC conference room, Camp-5. National Chess Champion of Bangladesh, FIDE Trainer and Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib, International Chess Arbiter Md. Haroon Or Rashid, Md. Tanvir Rahman Bhuiyan, UNICEF Education Officer, Md. Abul Kashem Mozumder, Project Focal of Jagorni Chakra Foundation Mehedi Kaiser, and Program Coordinator of Johns Hopkins Center Communication program spoke on the occasion. UNICEF’s Communication Officers Alam Farvis and Md Pavlo and UNICEF’s Special Visitor Chris Henderson from Teachers College Cilumba University of New Zealand were present at the time. A total of 30 school teachers from different Rohingya school camps participated in this training program. FIDE Trainer GM Enamul Hossain Razib, International Chess Arbiter Md. Haroon Or Rashid and FIDE Instructor Showkat Hossain Pollab gave training on different subjects of how to learn chess. Rohingya school teachers who participated in this event showed great interest. Books on chess and the laws of chess were given to participating school teachers. Organizers hope that students studying in Rohingya schools will learn chess and will enjoy playing the game. At the same time, by practising chess, they will be more focused on studying the game. At the end of the training, each of the 30 schools was presented with ten sets of pieces and chessboards. Text and photos: asianchess.com