Annex 73 Minutes Asian Continental Assembly 6 October 2013 Tallinn, Estonia

0.1 Roll Call

It was determined that there were ten (10) delegates personally present. It was agreed to assign, for the Continental Assembly only, ten proxies to them and four proxies to four non-Asian delegates for a total of 24 present personally and by proxy. It was determined that there was a quorum of 50% of 48 members, not counting Saudi Arabia and East Timor which were not yet admitted into FIDE.

1. Administrative Matters

1.1 Report of the President

The Continental Assembly (CA) approved the report of Asian Chess Federation President Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan in Annex 1.

1.2 Treasurer’s Report

The CA approved Treasurer’s Report by ACF Treasurer Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh in Annex 2 with Notes to the Accounts in Annex 3.

1.3 Affiliations

CA welcomed the Saudi Arabia Chess Federation and the East Timor Chess Federation into the Asian chess family. Asian Assembly requests FIDE that their admission be confirmed at the FIDE Extraordinary GA in Tallinn in order for them to be able to vote in the elections in Tromso 2014.

1.4 FIDE Electoral Commission

On nomination by Sheikh Sultan, seconded by Mr. Leong, CA unanimously elected Mr. Bharat Singh of India as Asian representative to the FIDE Electoral Commission for the FIDE elections in Tromso 2014.

1.5 FIDE Office in Sharjah Chess Club

CA welcomed the report in Annex 4 by Sheikh Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Mualla of the letter in Annex 5 from the UAE General Authority of Youth and Sports approving the FIDE Office in the new Sharjah Chess Club.

1.6 Proposed Amendment to Statutes

CA approved amendment to have one woman on the ACF Presidential Board effective 2014 Asian Continental Assembly. Add to 12.1 At least one member of the Presidential Board shall be a woman. Sheikh Sultan welcomed the suggestion by Mr. Geoffrey Borg to add the woman to the ticket.

CA noted the guideline to Asian federations that, just as proxies for the Zone should be from within the Zone, effective 2014 proxies for use in the Asian Continental Assembly may be assigned only to delegates from federations within the Asian Continent, unless it is necessary to obtain a quorum.

2. Tournaments and Matches

2.1 Asian Calendar

CA noted the calendar in Annex 6. Asian Chess Federation thanks the organizing Federations. ACF will conduct inspections and enter into agreements about conditions with future organizers of attached Calendar events.

2.2 Penalty for withdrawal from organization

On proposal by C. Abundo, amended by Mr. D. V. Sundar of India, CA approved a deposit fee of $2,000 for each event which will be forfeited in case a federation does not organize the event.

2.3 Asian Continental Championship 2014

CA noted that FIDE regulations stipulate that the minimum prize fund for the Asian Continental is $50,000 for the Open and $25,000 for Women.

2.4 Asian Club Champions League 2014

ACF Secretary General Hisham Al Taher proposed new format - seven Zone club champions in addition to the host club to meet in a single round robin among eight teams. The 2014 Asian Club Champions League second edition shall be organized 17-25 April 2014 in Al Ain, UAE. Zones are urged to conduct selection tournaments or base by rating of FIDE country rank.

2.5 Asian Children’s Championship Under-6, 8, 10, 12

The Uzbekistan Chess Federation shall organize the Asian Children’s Championship Under-6, 8, 10 and 12 from 20-29 June 2014 in Tashkent.

2.6 Asian Youth Championship Under-14, 16, 18

The All India Chess Federation shall organize the Asian Youth Championships Under-14, 16 and 18, dates and city to be announced.

2.7 Asian Schools Championship

The 2014 Asian Schools Under-7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 shall be organized by the Chinese Taipei Chess Association 7-14 July 2013 in Taichung, Chinese Taipei. CA noted that there was a schedule conflict with Ramadan and the host federation shall be so advised.

2.8 Asian Junior Championship

The Yemen Chess Federation shall organize the Asian Juniors 22-29 August 2014 in Sana’a.

2.9 Eastern Asia and Western Asia Youth Championships

On proposal of ACF Deputy President Casto Abundo, CA approved two new events in order to provide more chances for participation and opportunities for FIDE titles – Eastern Asia Youth for Zones 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6, and Western Asia Youth for Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.7. In Annex 7, the historical Analysis of Participating Countries shows clearly that smaller federations join when the event is held in nearby countries.

CA awarded organization of the Western Asia Youth to Sri Lanka and the Eastern Asia Youth to the Philippines. Regulations shall be similar to Asian Youth.

3. Other Matters

3.1 Asian Chess Academy

The Asian Chess Academy has been established with FIDE approval, to conduct Trainers, Arbiters and Organizers Seminars and management. The ACF has acquired rights to the ASEAN Chess Academy syllabus by IM Jovan Petronic and the curriculum by GM FST Efstratios Grivas which will be disseminated to Asian Chess Federation Academies and to federations. Following the first Academy in Al Ain, the ACF supported the establishment of an Oman Chess Academy. The aim of the ACF is to have Academies in chess centers around Asia starting with one Academy per zone.

As approved by the FIDE Trainers Commission, the ACF conducted Trainers Seminars in November 2012 by GM Efstraios Grivas and another in December 2012 by GMs Ashok Petrosyan and Alesander Beljavsky in Al Ain, 21-25 May 2013 in Manila, Philippines and 22-26 June 2013 in Sari, Iran by GM/FST Efstratios Grivas. Trainers Seminars were also held 20-22 September 2013 in Hong Kong. Coming Trainers Seminar is scheduled 20-27 December 2013 in Al Ain, UAE.

The ACF supported FIDE Arbiters Seminars in 27-30 November 2012 in Al Ain, 2-6 June 2013 in Kuwait City, Kuwait and 2-6 June 2013 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Another Arbiters Seminar is scheduled 21-27 December 2013 in Al Ain, UAE.

Annex 8 is the flyer for the Asian Chess Academy.

3.2 Asian Chess Web Site

ACF invites all federations to submit national news and photos for publication on the web site www.asianchess.com with webmaster Arvind Aaron of India at [email protected] .

3.3 Asian Chess Awards

ACF shall conduct an Asian Chess Awards. The criteria will be events in the one year period from 1st November to 31 st October for the following categories. Nominations should reach the President before Nov 15th of each year. The categories are:

• Asian chess Man of the Year • Asian chess Woman of theYear • Asian chess best player of the year (category male) • Asian chess player of the year (category female)

• Asian chess best player under 14 boys • Asian chess best player under 14 girls • Asian chess coach of the year • Asian chess Arbiter • Asian chess Organizer of the Year • Asian Chess federation of the Year for best competition organizer (level of standard) • Asian Chess federation of the Year (technical wise) best results in both world and Asian championship medals

The Asian Chess Federation president shall consider all nominations and proposals by federations and expert opinion for approval.

3.4 Committees

ACF shall establish Committees for: Development, Competition, Arbiters, Top Players, Talented Junior Players, Media, Marketing, Women and Seniors, Schools and Universities.

3.5 Mission Statement

ACF Secretary General Hisham Al Taher proposes to have an Asian Chess Federation Mission Statement. CA authorized the President Sheikh Sultan to approve the Mission Statement.

Annexes:

1. Report of the Office of the ACF President. 2. Treasurer’s Report 3. Notes to Treasurer’s Report 4. Letter from Sheikh Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Mualla 5. Letter from UAE General Authority of Youth and Sports 6. Asian Tournament Calendar 2013-2014 7. Historical Analysis of Participating Countries in Asian Youth 8. Asian Chess Academy Flyer

Asia Annex 1 Asian Chess Federation P.O.Box 66511, Al-Ain, UAE, [email protected] Tel: +971-3-7633387, Fax: 7633362 URL: www.asianchess.com

Report of the Office of the President Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan 6 October 2013 * Tallinn, Estonia

We welcome all our chess friends in Asia and congratulate newly elected presidents:

Mr. Dhafer Al Madhloum, re-elected President of the Iraqi Chess Federation Mr. Milan Turpanov, President, Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation Mr. Abdus Salim, President of the Pakistan Chess Federation Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, President of the Palestine Chess Federation Dr. Mohamad Anas Makhdoom, President of the Saudi Arab Chess Federation

We congratulate Asians in their recent successes in particular Women’s World champion Hou Yifan of China; World Junior champion GM Yu Yangi of China and bronze medallist GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi from India; World Girls silver medallist WIM Zhansaya Abdumalik from Kazakhstan; co-3rd placer WIM Mitra Hejazipur from Iran. And World Youth medalists: Priyanka N IND Gold G10 Vaishali R IND Gold G12 Mahalakshmi,M IND Gold G14 Asadi Motahara IRI Gold G08 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB Gold O08 Nguyen Anh Khoi VIE Gold O10 Aravindh Chithambaram IND Silver O14 Girish, A. Koushik IND Silver O16 Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ Silver G12 Xiao Yiyi CHN Bronze G16 Zhu Yi CHN Bronze O12 Savant Riya IND Bronze G12 Monnisha Gk IND Bronze G14 Ram Aravind L N IND Bronze O10

Asian Chess Federation is pleased to report the resurgence of chess activity in the countries above. ACF assisted the Saudi Arabia Chess Federation with its formation and application with FIDE, donated prize fund for six tournaments in different regions in Saudi Arabia, donated chess equipment and in Arbiters Seminars there with the aim of opening chess potential in Saudi Arabia.

ACF is also helping the Timor Leste Chess Federation and the Oman Chess Federation in their formation. Sheikh Sultan had visited Oman last year and ACF sponsored a seminar for school teachers in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Minister of Sports and Youth, and donated chess equipment. As a result chess will be introduced in 60 Omani schools, five schools in each of 12 provinces. Sheikh directed ACF Secretary General Hisham Al Taher to follow up and the Ministry promised inclusion of chess in their budget for the next fiscal year.

The President, Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan, gave the awards at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games June 2013 in Incheon, South Korea and met with the President and delegates of the Korean Chess Federation. We are now working on chess in North Korea.

Sheikh Sultan also visited Kyrgyzstan with the FIDE President and attended their GA meeting and tournament and met with their new president, donated chess equipment and agreed to support their Zonal tournament in Osh.

Sheikh Sultan attended the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The President directed Hisham Al Taher to Singapore to visit ASEAN, Laos and Cambodia together with FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong. Mr. Al Taher also visited the Saudi Arabia Chess Federation and the Japan Chess Association where he met with the Japan Olympic Committee.

To further this program, the ACF shall establish Asian Chess Academies, conducting seminars with FIDE titles for Trainers, Arbiters and Organizers. Attached is the flyer for your perusal. The ACF Academy conducted Trainers Seminars in Manila, Philippines, in Sari, Iran and in Hong Kong.

This past year, the Asian Chess Federation has held all the tournaments in the Asian calendar.

Asian Chess Federation supported the organization of Zonals and we thank the organizing committees of the Zonal Championships.

ACF also supported the new tournament 1 st West Asian Zone 3.1 Club Cup Team Championship 16-24 March 2013 in Amman, Jordan as qualification to the Asian Club Champions League.

In accordance with ACF policy to spread development, more federations were actively organizing events such as the Asian Junior and Girls by the UAE Chess Federation, the Asian Continental Open and Women’s in the Philippines, the Asian Youth Championship by the Iran Chess Federation.

In Asia chess has regularly been part of Olympic Council of Asia activities. This year, chess was in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, Korea and will be in the Southeast Asian Games this December in Yangon, Myanmar.

Development of the youth continued with the record participation in the Asian Schools and we congratulate the Sri Lanka Chess Federation for its excellent organization.

Asian Chess Federation continued donation of chess equipment and gave chess clocks and sets to Maldives, Mongolia, Laos, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei and Myanmar.

Asian Chess Federation Asia Annex 2 2012 2013 2014 Revenues and Expenses Revenues Revenues Budget Events (to date) Asian Youth Open and Girls Championships $ 12,225 $ 10,050 $ 10,000 Asian Junior and Girls Championships $ 3,262 $ 4,238 $ 4,000 Asian Schools Championship $ 21,775 $ 19,500 $ 15,000 Asian Continental Open and Women's $ 15,000 $ 15,525 $ 15,000 Asian Seniors Championship $ 600 Asian Amateur Championship $ 625 Asain Nations Cup Team Championship $ 3,600 $ 4,000 Asian Cities Championship Asian Club Champions League $ 2,000 Zone 3.1 Zonal $ 1,800 Zone 3.2 Zonal $ 3,150 Zone 3.3 Zonal $ 2,733 Zone 3.4 Zonal $ 2,175 Zone 3.5 Zonal $ 3,000 Zone 3.6 Zonal $ 3,600 Zone 3.7 Zonal $ 3,000 Annual Membership Dues $ 4,800 $ 4,900 $ 4,900 Total Revenues $ 61,887 $ 73,671 $ 54,900 Event Expenses Expenses to date Budget Asian Youth Open and Girls Championships $ 10,000 Asian Junior and Girls Championships $ 6,000 $ 6,000 Asian Schools Championship $ 10,000 $ 5,000 Asian Continental Open and Women's $ 12,000 Asian Amateur / Seniors Championship $ 14,000 Asian Nations Cup Team Championship $ 11,000 $ 10,000 Trainers Seminar in Tajikstan $ 19,000 Arbiters Seminar in Uzbekistan $ 5,000 Arbiters Seminar in Myanmar $ 5,000 Arbiters Seminar in Iran $ 3,000 Arbiters Seminar in Vietnam $ 1,000 Arbiters Seminar in Saudia Arabia $ 1,370 Zonal Championship Prize Funds $ 25,000 Tournament Support (Tajikstan) $ 1,000 Support to Asian Juniors (U.A.E.) $ 6,000 Arbiters Seminar (Kyrgyzstan) $ 5,000 Trainers Seminar (PHI) $ 4,430 Trainers Seminar (IRI) $ 1,500 Arbiters and Trainers Seminars $ 20,000 Swiss Manager Donation $ 812 Equipment to Maldives $ 800 Tiournament Support (Beirut Open) $ 5,000 $ 7,500 Arbiters & Trainers Seminars in Jordan $ 10,000 West Asian Zone League (Jordan) $ 10,000 Support for Palestine Chess Federation $ 1,500 Support to Saudia Arabia (for 6 tournaments) $ 7,330 Support to Federations $ 20,000 Domain and Hosting of Asianchess.com $ 900 Chess Equipment Support $ 5,000 Chess Equipment Support $ 14,072 Total Expenses $ 117,000 $ 97,214 $ 50,000 Revenues Over Expenses $ (55,113) $ (23,544) $ 4,900 Asia Annex 3

Notes to Accounts of Asian Chess Federation

Deficit of expenses over revenues was covered by the ACF President.

The ACF assists organizing federations to make a tournament popular with the aim of eventually making the event self-supporting.

1. Financial Assistance to Asian tournaments shall be dependent on revenue from registration fees.

2. Budget of assistance to 2014 Asian Youth shall be divided between the Asian Children’s Under-6, 8, 10 and 12 championship and the Asian Youth 14, 16, 18 championship.

3. Trainers Seminar in Tajikistan was for the Lecturer and for participants from neighboring countries.

4. Financial support to Arbiters’ and Trainers Seminar was for the participation of students from several countries, namely Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Singapore and Jordan.

5. Chess equipment 2012 donations were for Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives.

6. Chess equipment 2013 donations were for Mongolia, Laos, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei and Myanmar.

Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh Treasurer

Asian Calendar 2013 and 2014 Asia Annex 6 Zonals City, Fed 2013 1 Zone 3.1 Zonal Doha, Qatar 3-13 May 2013

2 Zone 3.2 Zonal Colombo, Sri Lanka 2-9 Feb 2013 3 Zone 3.3 Zonal Tagaytay, Philippines 21-30 Jan 2013 4 Zone 3.4 Zonal Osh, Kyrgyzstan 6-16 Jun 2013 5 Zone 3.6 Zonal Suva, Fiji 4-10 May 2013 Event City, Fed 2013 6 Asian Junior/Girls Championships Sharjah, UAE 29 Mar-7 Apr 2013 7 Asian Continental Championships Manila, Philippines 17-27 May 2013 8 ASEAN Age Group Chiangmai, Thailand 5-14 Jun 2013 9 Asian Youth Championship Sari, Iran 19-27 June 2013 10 Asian Indoor Games Incheon, South Korea 28 Jun – 7 Jul 2013 11 FIDE Grand Prix Series Beijing, China 3-17 July 2013 12 2nd ASEAN vs China Summit Kunming, China 14-21 July 2013 13 World Under-16 Olympiad Chongqing, China 21-30 July 2013 14 Asian Schools Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 29 Aug – 4 Sep 2013 15 Women’s World Championship Taizhou, China 10-27 Sep 2013 16 Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent, Uzbekistan 17 Sep – 1 Oct 2013 17 Asian Cities Team Championship Tagaytay City, Philippines 19-27 Oct 2013 18 World Championship Match Chennai, India 6-26 Nov 2013 19 World Youth Championships Al Ain, UAE 17-29 Dec 2013 20 Asian Seniors and Amateur Jordan 30 Dec 2013-6 Jan 2014 Zonals City, Fed 2014 1 Asian Nations Cup Hue, Vietnam 19 Feb – 1 Mar 2014 2 Asian Club Champions League Al Ain, UAE 17-25 April 2013 3 ASEAN Championship Singapore 25 Apr – 4 May 2014 4 World Amateur Championships Singapore 25 Apr – 4 May 2014 5 Eastern Asia Youth U8 to 18 Pangasinan, Philippines * 6 Western Asia Youth U8 to18 Sri Lanka 7 World Rapid and Blitz Ch Dubai, UAE 15-22 Jun 2014 8 ASEAN Age Group Championship Macau 18-27 Jun 2014 9 Asian Children U-6,8,10,12 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 20-29 Jun 2014 10 Asian Schools Championship Taichung, Chinese Taipei 7-14 July 2013 11 Chess Olympiad Tromso, Norway 1-14 Aug 2014 12 Asian Juniors/Girls Championships Yemen* 22-29 Aug 2014 13 Asian Youth U-14,16,18 India 14 Asian Continental Championships Bidding Open 15 Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Erdenet, Mongolia 24 Aug – 7 Sep 2014 16 World Junior Championships Mumbai, India 15-30 Sep 2014 17 Asian Amateur/Seniors Kuwait* 19-27 Nov 2014 18 World Cities Team Championship Al Ain, UAE 17-29 Dec 2014 *Bid Form Analysis of East/West Participating Countries in Asian Youth Championships - Asia Annex 7

Host No. East Asia No. West Asia Host Year East Feds (Zones 3.3, 3.5, 3.6) Feds (Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.7) West 2002 Asian U-10, 12, 14, 16 Tehran Mar-Apr 2002 IRI 2 MGL, VIE 7 IND, IRI, KGZ, SRI, TJK, UAE, UZB

2003 Asian U-10, 12, 14 Calicut 6-13 Jun 2003 IND 3 MAS, SIN, VIE 5 IND, IRI, KAZ, SRI, UZB

2004 SIN Singapore 10-18 Dec 2004 Asian U-8, 10, 12, 14 14 AUS, BAN, CHN, FIJ, HKG, INA,MAS 9 EGY,IND, IRI, KAZ, MDV,QAT, SRI MGL, MYA,NZL,PHI, SIN, TPE, VIE UAE,UZB

2005 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14 New Delhi 7-15 Dec 2005 IND 3 MAS, MGL, VIE 8 IND,IRI,KAZ,KGZ,QAT,TJK, TKM,UZB

2006 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14 Tehran 23 Jun - 1 Jul 2006 IRI 2 MGL, VIE 7 IND, IRI, KAZ, KGZ,QAT,SYR, TJK

2007 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14 Al Ain - 22 August 2007 UAE 7 HKG, AUS, KOR, MGL, PHI, SIN, VIE 15 BRN, IND, IRI, IRQ, KAZ, KGZ, LIB,PLE QAT, SRI, SYR, TJK, UAE, UZB,YEM

2008 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14, 16, 18 Tehran 15-22 July 2008 IRI 5 KOR, MGL, PHI, SIN, VIE 12 IND, IRI, IRQ, KAZ, KGZ, LBA, LIB, SRI TJK, TKM, UAE, UZB,

2009 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14, 16, 18 New Delhi 2-9 Aug 2009 IND 4 INA, MAS, MGL, VIE 10 AFG, BHU, IND, IRI, KAZ, KGZ SRI, TKM, UAE, UZB

2010 CHN Beijing 8-18 Jul 2010 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14, 16, 18 12 AUS, CHN, HKG, INA, KOR, MAC 6 IND, IRI, KAZ, SRI, TKM, UZB MAS, MGL, NZL, PHI, SIN, VIE

2011 PHI Subic 14-22 May 2011 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14, 16, 18 13 AUS, BRU, CHN, FIJ, INA, KOR 6 IND, IRI, KAZ, KGZ, UAE, UZB MAC, MAS, MGL, PHI, SIN, THA,VIE

2012 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14, 16, 18 Hikkaduwa 24 Jun-1 Jul 2012 SRI 8 AUS, CHN, HKG, MAC, MAS, 11 BAN, IND, IRI, IRQ, JOR, KAZ MGL, PHI, VIE KGZ, MDV, SRI, UAE, UZB

2013 Asian U-8, 10,12, 14, 16, 18 Sari 19-27 Jun 2013 IRI 5 CHN, MAC, MGL, PHI, VIE 11 IND, IRI, IRQ, KAZ, KGZ, SRI SYR, TJK, TKM, UAE, UZB