Obituaries

With great sadness the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Gregor Johann passed away on 23 August 2024. The

Ríkharður or Richard as he liked to introduce himself to foreign chess players, started playing chess in the 70s. He

The Hungarian chess society has suffered an enormous loss with Gabor’s tragic and unexpected death. He was a real gentleman

With great sadness, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Carol Jarecki from the British Virgin Islands passed away

With great sadness, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Garcia Ramos, Santiago from Mexico passed away on 7th

With great sadness, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Vyron Tsorbatzoglou from Greece passed away on 11th November

International Arbiter Joan Vila I Segura has passed away on October 26, 2020, aged 92. He started playing competition chess

With great sadness, the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Chanturia Guram from Georgia passed away on 7th September

We are sorry to inform you that on the night of April 13th our colleague IA Guzman Haensch, Hugo passed

It is with the deepest sadness that we learned about the passing of Eduardo Mieles Viteri, who was President of

We are sorry to inform you that our colleague IA Chuit Perez, Serafin passed away after a severe illness. He was

The FIDE Arbiter’s commission was informed with great sadness that IA David Welch from England passed away on November 9th

We are sorry to inform you that our colleague IA and FM Aram Iskandaryan passed away after a long lasted

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed with great sadness that IA & IO Lars-Henrik Bech Hansen from Denmark passed away

With great sadness the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Eduard Dubov from Russia passed away on 22 December

With great sadness the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Dr. Dirk De Ridder passed away on 7 January

With great sadness the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Phil Haley passed away on 10 October 2017. The

With great sadness the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Sevan Muradian passed away on 18 February 2016. The

With great sadness the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was informed that IA Elisabeta Polihroniade passed away on 23 January 2016. The

The Arbiters’ Commission learnt the sudden passing away of Mikko Markkula, at the age of 64. Mikko was a very