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TITLE APPLICATIONS Approved in 2018 MINSK FIDE PRESIDENTIAL BOARD

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A. INTERNATIONAL ARBITER TAs

No NAME FIDE I.D. FED. FA TITLE APPR. COMMENTS
1 Rebaine Hamid 7900589 ALG 2006 YES –
2 Sekrane Ahmed 7903367 ALG 2013 YES –
3 Hakobyan Yervand 13306120 ARM 2010 YES –
4 Iskandaryan Aram 13301667 ARM 2013 YES –
5 Khalafian Erna 13300180 ARM 2009 YES –
6 Forace Lee 3213196 AUS 01/14 YES –
7 Kadimova Ilaha 13400045 AZE 2016 YES –
8 Clevers Marc 213594 BEL 2015 COND. On info ( IT3/IA1 not relevant in BK 2016 Open)
9 Lavretzkij Roman 13500660 BLR 4/2015 YES –
10 De Souza Elana Silva 2150239 BRA 2016 YES –
11 Padoin Cleber 2150204 BRA 2016 YES –
12 Atkinson Alan 450430 ENG 3/2017 YES –
13 Al-Haddad Husein Essa 1226460 FID

(QAT)

 2006 YES –
14 Grapsa Georgia 4206436 GRE 2014 YES –
15 Koutsogiannopoulou Theodora 4215265 GRE 8/2014 YES –
16 Oustabasidou Eleni 4285069 GRE 2013 YES –
17 Pramateftakis Georgios 25818228 GRE 2013 YES –
18 Serntedakis Athanasios 4239423 GRE 2/2017 YES –
19 Biswanath Banerjee 35045571 IND 2014 YES –
20 Govindankutty M S 45022011 IND 2015 YES –
21 Guru Dayal Prajapati 25618199 IND 2/2017 YES –
22 Promodraj Moree 25040316 IND 2012 YES –
23 Khatibzadeh Amir 12501450 IRI 2013 YES –
24 Marzoughi Mohammadsadegh 12502430 IRI 2015 YES –
25 Raeisi Amir Assad 12514519 IRI 2014 YES –
26 Rezvani Mahammad Ali 12569127 IRI 2014 YES –
27 Levi Yoel 2806371 ISR 1/2016 NO Non licenced
28 Cheong Kok Love 5716802 MAS 2015 YES
29 Msukwa Kezzie 20500203 MAW 2014 YES –
30 Maharjan Herakaji 12302589 NEP 2011 YES –
31 Benitez Fretes Gualberto 3705498 PAR 2016 YES –
32 Tacuche Martinez Fernando 3808734 PER 3/2016 YES –
33 Ihsan Jawad 11500263 PLE 2009 NO Only 3 norms ( 1st Sharjah Intl. CC 2014 not valid for IA norm because of no norms for players are possible)
34 Cybulski Maciej 1143190 POL 2014 YES –
35 Parol Krzysztof 1119818 POL 5/2013 YES –
36 Piek Ronel 14306972 RSA 2011 YES –
37 Demina Julia 4105621 RUS 2007 YES –
38 Howie Andrew 2403986 SCO 2012 YES –
39 Lim Boon Seng Cristopher 5802520 SGP 2007 NO Only 3 norms (69th SGP Nat. CC Men & Wom. Count as 1 norm because of same dates).
40 Nisban Jasmin 5817838 SGP 2015 YES –
41 Tan Tian Wah 5817595 SGP 2015 YES –
42 Ukropina Darko 950769 SRB 1/2016 YES –
43 Studer Jonas 1327968 SUI 2014 YES –
44 Mir Mahmoud Afamia 7600674 SYR 2009 YES –
45 Hamouda Salam 5502900 TUN 2011 YES –
46 Kucukkilinc Harun 6384536 TUR 2014 YES –
47 Dommapalati Anand 2091402 USA 2015 YES –
48 Yang Brian 2086301 USA 2016 YES –
49 Vahidov Abduvahob 14104258 UZB 5/2013 YES –
50 Mbatha Constance 8700591 ZAM 2012 YES –
51 Ouimet Bernard 2615371 CAN 2013 YES –
52 Hennequin Chantal 20635818 FRA 2008 YES –
53 Abdul Wahab Najib 5707536 MAS 2012 NO Only 2 norms (national Rapid and Blitz CC 2014 and UniKL-MFI Intl. Rapid CC 2017 not valid for IA norm)
54 Alnuaimi Ahmed M. 9311769 UAE 9/2016 NO Only 3 norms (UAE President Cup 2017 not valid for IA norm because of no norms for players and SS tourn. With less than 20 players)
55 Meteleno Yevgenyi 13703382 KAZ 2013 YES –

C. FIDE ARITER TAs

No NAME FIDE I.D. FED. APPR. COMMENTS
1 Aimar Rayene 7917449 ALG YES –
2 Ghafoul Mohamed Amine 7901690 ALG NO Seminar not valid (because more than 4 years ( art. 5.3)
3 Oukid Amine Faycal 7907494 ALG NO Seminar not valid (because more than 4 years ( art. 5.3)
4 Ould Rouis Mounir 7900430 ALG YES –
5 Dubrovich Igor 122335 ARG YES –
6 Millain Daniel 140767 ARG YES –
7 Mira Castets Sebastian 159190 ARG YES –
8 Flitzpatrick Andrew 3206734 AUS YES –
9 Topchiyeva Inara 13415310 AZE NO Seminar not valid (because more than 4 years ( art. 5.3)
10 Antunes Luciano Justi 2126893 BRA NO Seminar not valid (because more than 4 years ( art. 5.3). Late application (2nd FIDE Congress 2017 Antalya) –art.5.3
11 Davalos Danny Ramires 2174600 BRA YES –
12 Rietter Luciano 22702440 BRA YES –
13 Lemus Moreno Alejandro 3429075 CHI YES –
14 Shi Shihua 8615748 CHN COND. On info (not mentioned in IT3 & FRS in 2017 Chinese League and 2017 Chinese CC Gr.B)
15 Beltran Carlos Armando 4400658 COL NO Seminar not valid (because more than 4 years ( art. 5.3)
16 Forster Michael C 400785 ENG YES –
17 Bergas Ferriol Jeroni 2253895 ESP YES –
18 Garcia Domingo Jose Antonio 2221845 ESP YES –
19 Marino Bravo Marco Antonio 2206277 ESP YES –
20 Martin Martin Antonia 24518476 ESP YES –
21 Zambrana Petisme Ramiro 22217630 ESP YES –
22 Galanis Georgios 25872036 GRE YES –
23 Makris Xenophon 4201531 GRE YES –
24 Papaefstratiou Andreas 4222644 GRE YES –
25 Paterakis Aristeidis 25849689 GRE YES –
26 Roukounakis Mihail 4222849 GRE YES –
27 Stefanatos Charalampos 4282426 GRE YES –
28 David Bela 742333 HUN YES –
29 Kecskemeti Balazs 784982 HUN NO Only SS tournaments with less than 100 participants (art. 2.1.3)
30 Pesztericz Laszlo 703451 HUN YES –
31 Kusmana Aam 7108249 INA YES –
32 Praytino 7105886 INA NO Late application ( 2nd FIDE Congress 2017 Antalya) – art. 5.3
33 Soejoeti M. Noorwacid 7108419 INA YES –
34 Tantular Barnas Bayu 7107714 INA YES –
35 Ajinkya Pingale 5027535 IND YES –
36 Aparajita Gochhikar 5046556 IND YES –
37 Banel Andross J. 25707329 IND YES –
38 Bhaskar V. 5068746 IND YES –
39 Bhatt Swati 25075551 IND YES –
40 Borse Umesh Suresh 25073575 IND YES –
41 Chopon Babu R.K. 5086850 IND YES –
42 Gautam Rohidas Tari 5066921 IND YES –
43 Joshi Abhijit 5026091 IND YES –
44 Karthik R 25712870 IND YES –
45 Kaviraj Sawant 35010069 IND YES –
46 Kavlekar Sanjay R. 5045541 IND YES –
47 Kumtakar Deepak 5029678 IND YES –
48 Ladhe Mohit 25056743 IND YES –
49 Malvankar Avinash 5026776 IND YES –
50 Milind B Naik 46693971 IND YES –
51 Mrityunjay Singh 25061550 IND YES –
52 Murugasundaram K. 25712063 IND YES –
53 Omkar S Dandoti 25637843 IND YES –
54 Phani Kumar N M 25048910 IND YES –
55 Poornima B 25651137 IND YES –
56 Praful Zaveri 5020050 IND YES –
57 Raghavendra M V 45051518 IND YES –
58 Sandesh Nagarnaik 25649833 IND YES –
59 Sharma Amit 5020522 IND YES –
60 Sivasubramanian B 46638210 IND YES –
61 Stella Sharmila P 25088327 IND YES –
62 Sunil Soni 5087872 IND YES –
63 Swanpil Hobble 5020174 IND YES –
64 Tejavath Naresh 35000810 IND YES –
65 Thanikachalam E. 25619144 IND YES –
66 Thik Swanpil 45075980 IND YES –
67 Thik Siddhesh 25019678 IND YES –
68 Vaychal Deepak 25036050 IND YES –
69 Aliakbari Hanieh 12520756 IRI YES –
70 Baharirad Alireza 12513180 IRI YES –
71 Mozafar Milad 12511170 IRI YES –
72 Paknia Ehsan 12525308 IRI YES –
73 Rahimi Marjan 12517151 IRI YES –
74 Shohreh Shayan 12570699 IRI YES –
75 Benediktsson Thorir 2302691 ISL NO Icelandic Team CC 2016-17 only 4 rounds (6-9), art. 2.1.2.(4)
76 Cogan Doron 2813114 ISR NO Late application (2nd FIDE Congress 2017 Antalya – art. 5.3).   IT3 missing
77 Bae Junggi 13201298 KOR NO Only 1 norm (Chess Igloo Tourney and Magpie not valid because they were SS with less than 20 players in the first or the last rounds – art. 3.5)
78 Kim Yongtae 13200062 KOR NO Late application (2nd FIDE Congress 2017 Antalya – art. 5.3).  
79 Shamieh Jamal 3004444 LBN COND. On info (IT3 missing, Signature of Lebanese Federation Official missing from all FA1 forms).
80 Ahmad Rostam Ahmad Izzuddin 5727731 MAS NO Only SS tournaments with less than 100 participants (art. 2.1.3)
81 Arshad Muhammad 5706530 MAS YES –
82 Thiagarajoo Kumaressan 5727588 MAS YES –
83 Yeap Joo Hock 5709679 MAS NO Late application (2nd FIDE Congress Antalya 2017) – art. 5.3
84 Zakaria Mohd Fadli 5700558 MAS YES –
85 Denissen Erwin 1007297 NED YES –
86 Westerduin Philip 1014269 NED YES –
87 Brobakken Geir 1511270 NOR YES –
88 Ayala Huerta Diego Andres 3839141 PER NO No international event art. 4.6.d. (all norms with players from only 1 Fedration.)
89 Cubas Caballero Alfredo 3842363 PER YES –
90 Espezua Lara Renato Giancarlo 3832252 PER YES –
91 Iriarte Blas Walter 3819493 PER YES –
92 Mesones Omar 3802728 PER YES –
93 Moscoso Gomez Sanchez Oswaldo Juan Martin 3835634 PER YES –
94 Cunanan Marlon 219264 PHI NO Only SS tournaments with less than 100 participants ( art. 2.1.3)
95 Daniel Damian 1183621 POL YES –
96 David Dorian-Ciprian 1216341 ROU YES –
97 Piek Cobus 14328232 RSA YES –
98 Akhmetov Radmil 24165719 RUS YES –
99 Beshukov Sergei 4105451 RUS YES –
100 Bryzgalin Kirill 4133285 RUS YES –
101 Gulevich Anatoly 24119571 RUS YES –
102 Ilienkov Evgeny 54103398 RUS YES –
103 Konenkin Dmitry 4185781 RUS YES –
104 Trjufilkina Elena 24186473 RUS YES –
105 Uskov Andrey 4173872 RUS YES –
106 Gan Yeow Beng 5812631 SGP YES –
107 Leung Weiwen 5816696 SGP YES –
108 Winfridsson Hakan 1706292 SWE YES –
109 Hend Mohamed 9308300 UAE YES –
110 Nouf Ahmed 9303537 UAE NO Only 2 norms (President Cup Women not valid because SS with less than 20 players – art. 3.5)
112 Keik Mykola 14135744 UKR YES –
113 Brownscombe Thomas 2005832 USA YES –
114 Losoff Alan 2055937 USA YES –
115 Do Van Long 12404659 VIE YES –
116 Hamduchi Adina-Maria 1206435 FRA YES –
117 Baburin Ivan 2507682 IRL NO Only 2 norms (Irish New Year 2018 GM and ICU Winter Blitz 2018 count as 1 norm because of same date : 7-1-2018)
118 Klenburg Michael 14102072 ISR YES –
119 Grima Noel 5600588 MLT YES –
120 Utesheva Ainur 13705504 KAZ YES –
121 Boostani Mosayeb 12566080 IRI YES –
122 Cheshm Alous Shahrm 22514210 IRI YES –

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