Arbiter Titles

Becoming a FIDE Arbiter

• Certificates is how many arbiters they can offer norms to
• Norms is how many norms you can get of what kind

Things you need to do to become a FIDE arbiter:

• Arbit 3 FIDE rated events (national or international)
• Attend (and pass) the FIDE Arbiters' Seminar

To get the FIDE arbiter title, norms must consist of:

• At least 7 rounds in a tournament
• Only 1 tournament with 5 or 6 rounds shall be accepted

The tournaments must have a minimum number of players:

• Round Robin: 10 players
• Double Round Robin: 6 players
• Swiss System: 20 players
• Rapidplay/Blitz play: 30 plays, 9 rounds. Only one of these norms are allowed

Peculiarities:

• Arbiting an Olympiad counts as a FIDE norm

If you have only Swiss System tournaments and one of them is an international FIDE event with at least 100 players, at least 30% FIDE rated players and at least 7 rounds.

Forms that you need

• FA1, IT3. Need an FA2 form which is the "collate everything together"
• The norm for the seminar is valid for 4 years
• Other norms must be submitted within a 6-year period

Before events start, tell the chief arbiter that you're looking for a norm so they know to look out for what you're doing

Becoming an International Arbiter

• Need to know pairing programs, Word, Excel and Email
• 2 of the norms must be signed by different Chief Arbiters
• Need 4 events:
  • Final of the national individual championship (up to 2 norms)
  • Official FIDE tournaments
  • International FIDE tournaments (with at least 3 federations)
  • All events must be 9+ rounds (one norm can be 7 or 8 rounds))