FIDE Arbiters' Seminar in Dubai, UAE
Monday, 12 January 2009 10:46

FIDE Arbiters' Seminar in Dubai, UAE From 18 to 24 December 2008 a FIDE Arbiters' Seminar was organized in Dubai, UAE, by the UAE Chess Federation and the Arab Chess Union, and under the auspices of FIDE. The Seminar took place in the Medical Center of Dubai, UAE. The Lecturers were IA Andrzej Fillipowicz (POL) and IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE). 38 people from UAE, Philippines, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, India, Iran, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Ukraine, Russia, Palestine, Libanon and Jordania participated in the Seminar and 28 participated in the examination test.The following 14 succeeded in the test and will be awarded the title of FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE General Assembly:

Anthony P. Pelayo (PHI) 94
Faisal Obaid Al Kaabi (UAE) 90
Obay Izzeldin Ali(SUD) 89
V. Ravi Kumar(IND) 88
Ali Tavari(IRI) 87
Elena Nekrasova(UKR) 85
Mohd Hicham Al Argha(SYR) 83
Amer Hassan Al Ali(UAE) 82
Khalid Khouri(UAE)\ 81
Alexandra Grischina(RUS) 81
Mohamed Ahmed Jarallah(YEM) 80
Ihsan Jawad Joudeh(PLE) 80
Jobannie C. Tababa(PHI) 80
Gihan El Sahhar(EGY) 80


IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters' Council