From 1 to 4 July 2018 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Astana, Kazakhstan, by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Astana Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The lecturer was IA Ashot Vardapetian (ARM), FIDE Rules Commission Chairman and FIDE Lecturer.

The lectures were in Russian language.

Twenty three (23) Arbiters from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan participated in the Seminar

Twenty one (21) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures and the following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm for the FIDE Arbiter title and after the approval of the next FIDE Congress:

IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission