REPORT OF THE ARBITERS’ COMMISSION for the 1st Quarter 2015 FIDE PB (Chengdu, CHINA 26-29/4/2015)
A. FIDE ARBITERS’ SEMINARS
In the period from November 2014 until the end of April 2015 nine (9) FIDE ARBITERS’ SEMINARS were organized in the following places and dates, under the auspices of FIDE:
1. New Delhi, INDIA, 11-13 November 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
2. Colombo, SRI LANKA, 26-28 November 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
3. Yaoundé, CAMEROON, 26-28 November 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
4. Sauremo, ANGOLA, 2-4 December 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
5. Ankara, TURKEY, 5-7 December 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
6. Dubai, UAE, 7-9 December 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website).
7. Quezon, PHILIPPINES, 17-21 December 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website).
8. Al Ain, UAE, 18-20 December 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website).
9. Eybens, FRANCE, 20-21 December 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website).
9. Eybens, FRANCE, 20-21 December 2014 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website).
10. Moscow, RUSSIA, 31 January 2014 – 5 February 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website).
11. Casablanca, MOROCCO, 1-4 February 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
12. Plovdiv, BULGARIA, 4-7 February 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
13. Luang Prabang, LAOS, 12-16 February 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
14. Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, 28 February – 1 March 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
15. Jerusalem, ISRAEL, 1-3 March 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
16. 39th INTERNET ( FIDE ARBITERS’ COMMISSION ), 9-14 March 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
17. Hammamet, TUNISIA, 30 March – 1 April 2015 (report and results have been published on the FIDE website)
The following FIDE Arbiters’ Seminars have been approved for the next period:
1. Eastern Region, SAUDI ARABIA, 16-19 April 2015
2. 41st INTERNET ( ARAB CHESS FEDERATION ), 20-24 April 2015
3. Cairo, EGYPT, 8-12 May 2015
4. Plovdiv, BULGARIA, 4-7 February 2015
5. Pattaya, THAILAND, 9-13 May 2015
6. Esfahan, IRAN, 13-17 May 2015
7. 42nd INTERNET (FIDE ARBITERS’ COMMISSION), 25-31 May 2015
8. Doha, QATAR, 28-31 May 2015
9. Singapore, SINGAPORE, 2-6 June 2015
10. Rosenheim, GERMANY, 11-14 June 2015
11. Las Vegas, USA, 16-18 June 2015
12. Cali, COLOMBIA, 1-4 July 2015
13. Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA, 6-10 July 2015
14. Dresden, GERMANY, 21-25 October 2015.
The list of the direct FA titles from Seminars for approval by the PB is attached
B. ARBITERS’ COMMISSION DISCIPLINARY SUBCOMMITTEE’S DECISION
REGARDING THE MONGOLIAN CASE (IA Genden Altan-Och)
The Arbiters’ Commission Disciplinary Subcommittee dealt with the case of the two Mongolian Arbiters (IA Genden Altan-Och and FA Batsaikhan Tserendorj), who were accused by ex officials of the Mongolian Chess Federation for mishandling of two International Arbiter’s norms for FA Batsaikhan Tserendorj.
Attached are submitted the complaint to FIDE, the information from the Mongolian Chess Federation about the case and the Disciplinary Subcommittee’s decision for the penalties.
C. REFRESHING COURSES FOR ARBITERS ON INTERNET
After the successful organization in 2014 of seven (7) workshops for the training of the International Arbiters (in which 185 Arbiters participated), the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission continued the project of the training of the Arbiters by organizing Refreshing Courses on Internet.
The following subjects are discussed in these Refreshing Courses:
(a) the changes of the Laws of Chess that have been in effect since 1 July 2014.
(b) The changes of FIDE Titles, Ratings Regulations and Swiss System regulations that have been in effect since 1 July 2014.
(c) The Anti cheating regulations that will be in effect soon.
The courses lasted for three days, with one evening session of three (3) hours per day. The participation was free for all licensed International and FIDE Arbiters.
Until now four (4) Refreshing Courses for Arbiters on Internet have been organized (in Russian, Arabic, Spanish and English language), where 155 Arbiters from all over the World participated.
In the next period Refreshing Courses will be also organized in Iran and Singapore.
D. COMMUNICATION WITH FEDERATIONS
Many e-mails have been exchanged with Elista Office, Athens Office and National Federations, clarifying the decisions of the Sochi 2014 FIDE Presidential Board, regarding the titles of FA and IA, and giving information regarding the organization of FIDE Arbiters’ Seminars, as well as the about the Arbiters’ Licenses.
E. 2014 ARBITERS’ MANUAL
The Commission in cooperation with the Athens FIDE Office continues distributing to the Federations per their request the books of the 2014 Arbiters’ Manual.
After Tromso Olympiad (where 500 books were distributed to the Delegates of all National Federations, to all Arbiters and to all Officials of the Olympiad) about 1.500 books have been distributed to 50 federations.
F. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FA AND IA TITLE APPLICATIONS
In the attached file there are the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission for the FA and IA title applications that have been submitted for approval by the FIDE PB in Chengdu, China.
IA TAKIS NIKOLOPOULOS
CHAIRMAN
FIDE ARBITERS’ COMMISSION
