From 26 to 29 November 2018 a FIDE IO Seminar was organized in Al Mahra, Yemen, by the Yemen Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE, Asian Chess Federation and Ministry for Youth & Sports in Yemen.
The lecturer was IA/IO Shaker Alafoo (BRN). The lectures were in Arabic language.
The venue of the Seminar was Al Mahra Sports Center.
This seminar comes as part of AL Mahra International Chess Festival 2018 (Peace & Love) that marks the regain of the stability and peace in Yemen after years of war. Forty four (44) participants from Yemen attended the Seminar and the following succeeded in the test:
| Name | FED | FIDE ID | |
| 1 | Abdulla, Fawzi Ali | YEM | 9403485 |
| 2 | Al Khulqi, Abdulla Mohamed | YEM | 9403540 |
| 3 | Al Bardah, Bander Ali Mohamed | YEM | 9403477 |
| 4 | Ba Saleh, Ali Salman Abbod | YEM | 9403515 |
| 5 | Saleh, Ala Hamood Ali | YEM | 9403272 |
| 6 | Othman, Rowaida Abdulsallam | YEM | 9402560 |
| 7 | Fahad Al Somiay | YEM | 9401890 |
| 8 | Al Faqeeh, Mohamed Jamal Saleh | YEM | 9403450 |
| 9 | Ahmed, Hala Hassan Ali | YEM | 9403558 |
| 10 | Al Kawni, Gamal | YEM | 9403566 |
| 11 | Shaqeer, Nabeel | YEM | 9404490 |
| 12 | Abdulla, Ba Mallm | YEM | 9400966 |
| 13 | Al Asbahi, Raed M | YEM | 9400974 |
| 14 | Abdullah Sunbol | YEM | 9401873 |
| 15 | Abdulla Basel | YEM | 9401911 |
| 16 | Sallam, Sabri Abdul-Mawla | YEM | 9400087 |
| 17 | Sowailem, Mohamed Omar | YEM | 9403582 |
| 18 | Qashbari, Abdulla Mohamed | YEM | 9403590 |
| 19 | Saeed, Ebrahim Al Khader | YEM | 9403604 |
| 20 | Al Aidaroos, Alawi | YEM | 9403612 |
| 21 | Abdelaziz Sabaawi | YEM | 9401787 |
| 22 | Al Husni, Ali Mohsen | YEM | 9403620 |
| 23 | Awaidh, Abdul Aziz Mohamed | YEM | 9403639 |
| 24 | Mohamed, Riyadh Awad | YEM | 9403647 |
| 25 | Shaqraa, Mohamed Ahmed Ali | YEM | 9403655 |
| 26 | Al-Asowdi, Abdullah Ahmed Ali Saleh | YEM | 9403345 |
| 27 | Ahmed, Ragheb Raed Mostafa | YEM | 9403663 |
| 28 | Bajeel, Ahmed Ali | YEM | 9403280 |
| 29 | Husam Hamed Saleh | YEM | 9402950 |
| 30 | Al Bani, Abdul Qader Abu Baker | YEM | 9403507 |
| 31 | Omar, Khalid Abdulla Saleh | YEM | 9403671 |
| 32 | Al Hada, Fouad Ahmed Ali | YEM | 9404481 |
| 33 | Edrees, Mohamed Ahmed Ali | YEM | 9403698 |
| 34 | Saeed, Mukhtar Mohamed | YEM | 9403701 |
| 35 | Al-Owairani, Aref Ahmed Omar | YEM | 9403710 |
| 36 | Ali, Mohamed Hussain | YEM | 9403728 |
| 37 | Al Shami, Abdul Samea Ali Saeed | YEM | 9403736 |
| 38 | Azan, Malatef Ahmed Mohamed | YEM | 9403744 |
| 39 | Saleh, Wael Ba Lail | YEM | 9403752 |
| 40 | Al Matri, Fahad Mohsen Abdul Qawi | YEM | 9403760 |
