From 28 February to 1 March 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Melbourne, Australia, by the Chess Victoria in cooperation with the Australia Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Melbourne Chess Club in Melbourne.

The lecturer was IA N.Y. Wong (SIN), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Peter Tsai (AUS), Vice-President of Chess Victoria.

The lectures were in English language.

Seven (7) people from Australia and Botswana participated in the Seminar and in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a norm or the FIDE Arbiter title, after the approval of the next FIDE Congress:

Danilo Basobas 3226956 Australia
Reginald Chong 3212270 Australia
Bevan Clouston 3215784 Australia
Simon Dale 3216691 Australia
Thai Ly 3204308 Australia
Boipuso Samuel 11300175 Botswana
Christopher Zuccala 3220257 Australia

IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

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