The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced two online workshops to be held in mid-June: 
 

FIDE and ECU Workshop for arbiters in online chess events 

The conference will be held in Zoom. To register, simply send an email to chairman.arbiters@fide.com. Prior to the start, the organizer will send a link to join the webinar. 

Schedule: 10.06.2020 [Wednesday], 18:00 - 20:00 CEST 

Hosts: IA Laurent Freyd, Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters' Commission and IA Tomasz Delega, Chairman of the ECU Arbiters' Council 

Description: the hosts will share about online events and best practices to help arbiters fulfilling their role in this new context. 

During the conference, you will find out about:

- what's the role of the arbiter in online tournaments
- how to get prepared for different kinds of online tournament formats
- how to deal with the challenges that an arbiter may face online
- what are the useful processes and tools for arbiters online
- how to implement fair play measures and tools
 

FIDE Workshop for federations on arbiters' title applications

The conference will be held in Zoom. To register, simply send an email to secretary.arbiters@fide.com. Prior to the start, the organizer will send a link to join the webinar.

Schedule: 18.06.2020 [Thursday], 15:00 - 17:00 CEST 

Hosts: IA Laurent Freyd, Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters' Commission, IA Nebojsa Baralic, Secretary of the FIDE Arbiters' Commission and IA Jirina Prokopova, Member of the FIDE Arbiters' commission in charge of titles. 

Description: the hosts will share about best practices in the preparation of arbiters' title applications, to help federations and arbiters increase their applications approved at first try. 

During the conference, you will find out:

- how to fill in and validate an arbiter's norm
- how to select norms for a valid application
- how to check data related to an application