ARBITERS’ COMMISSION (ARB) Report for the 2nd quarter FIDE COUNCIL 2020 (Online, June 15th, 2020)

The present report covers the commission’s activity in the period between February 1st, 2020 and May 26th, 2020. It was prepared in collaboration with Nebojsa BARALIC, Secretary of the Commission.

While arbiters’ activity in tournaments was directly impacted by the Covid19 pandemic, the work of the commission continued and we could deliver key projects such as the Arbiters’ Manual 2020, finalize the work on the selection of arbiters for the coming Olympiad and continue improving our internal organization. We wish to thank all members, arbiters and people from other commissions who contributed!

1) MEETINGS AND REPRESENTATION

a) ARB MONTHLY ONLINE MEETINGS

From February 2020, the commission started a new working habit, to improve our work and achieve better results. Monthly online meetings are scheduled, and they increase connexions between members in a new way of communication. On the agenda: status and discussions on activities of the commission, brainstorming on projects and current issues, plans for the future, review of disciplinary cases, etc. This method of work has proven to be highly successful.

Until now, we organized three Monthly Online Meetings: 1st Meeting - February 18th, 2020 2nd Meeting - April 11th, 2020 3rd Meeting - May 23rd, 2020

The 4th Monthly Online Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 13th, 2020.

An online conference platform (GoToMeeting) is used to host those meetings.

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b) 90TH FIDE CONGRESS

The ARB Chairman Laurent FREYD attended the 90th FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi and reported the commission’s activity for 2019 to the Executive Board. Meetings with commission members present, FIDE leadership, representatives of federations, other commissions’ chairpersons and FIDE office team helped sharing about the vision of the commission and setting common goals for the future.

c) ARB COUNCILLORS’ MEETING

The commission intended to organize a councillors’ meeting during the Candidates Tournament in Ekaterinburg. The Covid19 pandemic impacted those plans and we had to cancel. As of now, it is not planned to physically meet in 2020 due to the health situation worldwide, until further notice.

d) ONLINE TOURNAMENTS GUIDELINES (CROSS COMMISSION)

As FIDE is starting to organize online events, the commission was involved in preparatory work to design guidelines for online tournaments, in collaboration with the FIDE management board, Fair Play Commission, Rules Commission, Qualification Commission. The ARB Chairman Laurent FREYD and Secretary Nebojsa BARALIC worked on provisional guidelines in close collaboration with Sava STOISAVLJEVIC from the FIDE Office at the end of April, to aggregate inputs from commissions into the first draft provided by the FIDE Executive Director Victor BOLOGAN.

e) ARB MEETING WITH THE FIDE PRESIDENT

An online meeting with the FIDE President Arkady DVORKOVICH and the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission was held on May 18th, 2020. This was the first meeting of a series that the FIDE President scheduled with all Commissions. The Arbiters’ commission started first, in alphabetical order, and also because the Commission had a strong activity in the last period and there were many subjects to discuss. A lot of topics were covered at the meeting: vision and positioning of the ARB Commission, education of arbiters, Olympiad preparation, cross commission and management, online activities, etc. The commission highly appreciates such an initiative and the support shown by the FIDE President and Executive Director on our work and vision.

The meeting was hosted on the Zoom online conference platform.

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2) ADMINISTRATION AND KPI’S

a) OPERATIONAL PROCESSES

Administrative processes are handled in collaboration with the National Federations and the FIDE Office. Now that we have more than one year of operations by the new team and we implemented structured data, we created a few metrics which will be covered in that section of the report every time. In charge for the commission: Nebojsa BARALIC, Laurent FREYD.

i) LICENSING PROCESS

We observe a clear decrease in the number of new National Arbiter licenses due to the Covid19 pandemic. The large number of titled arbiters’ licensed in the first quarter is due to having the FIDE Congress in early 2020 instead of late 2019.

Legend: YTD: Year To Date; LYTD: Last Year to Date, LY: Last Year (Full year) (May 25th, 2020)

ii) SEMINAR MANAGEMENT

In the first 5 months of 2020, the number of FA seminars is slightly higher compared to 2019 (15 vs 12).

Legend: YTD: Year To Date; LYTD: Last Year to Date, LY: Last Year (Full year) (May 25th, 2020) Text in black: stats on seminars; Text in blue: stats on participants

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iii) TITLE MANAGEMENT

Freezing tournaments due to the Covid19 pandemic has a direct impact on title applications.

Legend: YTD: Year To Date; LYTD: Last Year to Date, LY: Last Year (Full year) (May 25th, 2020)

b) INTERNAL ORGANISATION

Adapting our internal organization to the current challenges is key to meet our targets. In January 2020, a poll was done inside the commission, to understand areas of interest among our members about the open subjects we have to cover (operations, regulations, projects, etc.). As a result, the ARB Chairman made the following appointments:

i) EDUCATION TEAM

A dedicated team was formed to progress on the education of arbiters, under the leadership of Alex MCFARLANE. Their main scope covers seminars (existing and new ones to be implemented), lecturers and exams. The commission is going to put the whole process under better control.

ii) OLYMPIAD PREPARATION TEAM

A dedicated team was formed, under the leadership of Omar SALAMA, to implement the vision of the ARB about the preparation of arbiters for the large FIDE events. First select arbiters, then ensure they are trained and prepared specifically for the event. Due to the postpone of the Olympiad to 2021, this project will be delayed a bit, however the design phase can progress.

iii) ARBITERS’ MANUAL

Following successful results in 2019, Councillor Shohreh BAYAT was confirmed in her role to lead projects related to the FIDE Arbiters’ Manual.

iv) ARBITERS’ TITLES AND CLASSIFICATION Starting with the current reporting period, Jirina PROKOPOVA will be trained on titles and classification evaluation and then take the lead in this area. She will be supported by Councillor Leandro PLOTINSKY and member of the commission Mohamed GARAD.

v) NEW ARBITERS’ WEBSITE The design and preparation of the new ARB website is done under the leadership of Nebojsa BARALIC.

Good progress was observed in the various projects listed above and we will proceed to further assignments in the coming period to help developing other areas.

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3) PROJECTS

a) ONLINE CHESS

As mentioned above, the commission was involved in the redaction of the Provisional Guidelines for the organization of FIDE online tournaments, in cooperation with other Commissions. The next step will be to build awareness sessions for arbiters, based on experience and observations from recent online events. Online chess is also an opportunity to strengthen links with continental organizations. A first webinar is planned for the beginning of June, in cooperation between the FIDE ARB Chairman Laurent FREYD and the ECU Arbiters’ Council Chairman Tomasz DELEGA.

4) REGULATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

a) ARBITERS` MANUAL

On April 11th, 2020, the ARB Commission was proud to publish the edition 2020 of the Arbiters’ Manual. This was the result of a great preparation work from the team led by Shohreh BAYAT, coordinating with other commissions and the FIDE Office. This version of the manual reorganized chapters to put the arbiter back in the center of focus; added new regulations; reviewed comments to bring better added value to the reader. Thanks to the various contributors inside and outside the commission! The next target for the manual is to edit an e-book version and offer again a printed version, that people could buy again from FIDE.

b) REGULATIONS FOR ARBITERS

The ambition in this area is to move from a handbook chapter named “B06 – Regulations for the titles of arbiters” to “B06 – ARB Regulations”. That means reviewing the whole structure and content of the regulations to cover the whole spectrum of arbiters, for the benefit of clarity and an actual translation of the ARB vision into regulations. The new ARB framework was shared in the 2019 report and the new structure of regulations is ready. The next step is to complete the content and write missing parts of the regulations. This is a huge project and a dedicated team will be formed to allow delivering faster.

5) EDUCATION OF ARBITERS

a) EDUCATION TEAM

The education team formed in April is composed as follows: Lead: Alex MCFARLANE Members: Councillor Shohreh BAYAT, Jirina PROKOPOVA, Aris MARGHETIS The ARB Chairman and Secretary are also attending meetings and discussions.

The short-term focus is on building refresher seminars, to be hosted online directly by the commission, before opening them to other organizers. The target is June for a first session. The second priority is the training of lecturers. Only lecturers officially certified by the ARB are entitled to train arbiters in FIDE seminars. They are a key factor in the success of future arbiters and FIDE needs quality and reduced variability at that level. The process of recruitment of future lecturers will be reinforced, as well as certification and re-certification of lecturers. The third priority is the introduction of International Arbiter Certification Seminars to reinforce the standards at IA level too.

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b) FIDE ARBITERS SEMINARS

i) REPORTED FA SEMINARS

In the period from the February 1st, 2020 till the May 26th, 2020 ten (10) FIDE ARBITERS’ SEMINARS were organized in the following places and dates, under the auspices of FIDE. For each of them, report and results have been published on the FIDE website:

1. Athens, GREECE, 1-15 February 2020 25 participants from 3 Federations, 2. Montevideo, URUGUAY, 10-14 February 2020 7 participants from 1 Federation, 3. Fredericia, DENMARK, 13-16 February 2020 22 participants from 4 Federations, 4. Djerba, TUNISIA, 17-21 February 2020 7 participants from 2 Federations, 5. Sao Paulo, BRASIL, 22-26 February 2020 6 participants from 2 Federations, 6. Iwo, NIGERIA, 11-14 March 2020 18 participants from 1 Federations, 7. 71st Internet Based Seminar, 17-24 March 2020 Organized by the CONFEDERATION OF CHESS FOR AMERICAS, * Late edit: report received May 28th, 2020 – data not reported in all statistics. 8. 73rd Internet Based Seminar, 16-20 April 2020 (OMAN) 37 participants from 11 Federations, 9. Belgrade, SERBIA, 21 April – 10 May 2020 13 participants from 3 Federations, 10. 74th Internet Based Seminar, 3-7 May 2020 (European Chess Union) 41 participants from 26 Federations.

* Due to the Covid19 pandemic, one seminar was canceled Sochi, RUSSIA, 21-25 April 2020. Some advertised seminars were migrated to online sessions: Muscat, OMAN, 9-12 April 2020 became the 73rd Internet Based Seminar, 16-20 April 2020. Belgrade, SERBIA, 21 April – 10 May 2020, mixed seminar moved 100% online.

* From the previous period: - Lome, TOGO, 26-30 January 2020 (38 participants from 3 Federations)

Map 1 – Seminars reported for 2nd FIDE Council 2020

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A few statistics (based on received reports to date): 176 arbiters from 48 Federations took part in 9 seminars. 167 arbiters took part in the exam. 97 arbiters passed the exam and achieved an FA Norm (see Appendix A for the full list). 5 direct titles were submitted for validation from this period.

ii) ANNOUNCED FA SEMINARS

The following FIDE Arbiters’ Seminars have been approved to be organized in the next period and published on the FIDE website by May 26th:

1. 76th Internet Based Seminar, FRANCE, 26 May – 21 June 2020* Organized by FRENCH CHESS FEDERATION, 2. 77th Internet Based Seminar, USA, 5 – 8 June 2020 Organized by USA CHESS FEDERATION, 3. 72nd Internet Based Seminar, KENYA, 15 – 19 June 2020 Organized by KENYA CHESS FEDERATION, 4. 75th Internet Based Seminar, ITALY, 15 – 20 June 2020* Organized by ITALY CHESS FEDERATION, 5. 78th Internet Based Seminar, SPAIN, 17 – 21 June 2020 Organized by SPANISH CHESS FEDERATION, 6. Hull, ENGLAND, 19-21 June 2020 Organized by ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION, 7. Lazy, POLAND, 1-5 July 2020 Organized by POLISH CHESS FEDERATION, 8. Glandebach, GERMANY, 27-30 August 2020 Organized by GERMANY CHESS FEDERATION.

* Due to the Covid19 pandemic, seminars marked with a star were initially scheduled as standard or mixed and will be migrated to 100% online seminars. One seminar planned in Ostfildern, Germany, 11-14 June 2020 was canceled.

Map 2 – Seminars announced by May 26th 2020

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6) ARBITERS SELECTION IN FIDE EVENTS

a) OLYMPIAD 2020 - SELECTION

The selection of arbiters for large FIDE events is key for the success of the competitions and it is important for the commission to be involved in that process. That has been the case for the Olympiad which have been postponed to 2021 shortly after the selection process was covered. Nevertheless, the experience was extremely valuable and will help writing the future regulations about the selection of arbiters. Those are the steps followed to achieve a selection respecting representativity of the worldwide arbiters’ population and expectations in terms of quality, rotation, gender, development, etc.: 1. A call of interest, targeting any IA or FA over the world, was open. 2. Applications were then shared with federations to collect their feedback. 3. The list of applications was then reviewed by the ARB (IAs and FAs exclusively). 4. The short list prepared by the ARB was reviewed in collaboration with GSC. The waterfall graph below shows how the applications were filtered to determine the final list of arbiters selected for the Olympiad.

Graph 1 – Olympiad Arbiters selection waterfall

From an initial list of 526 applications, a list of 141 names from 108 federations was prepared in collaboration between ARB and GSC.

This was a huge workload from December 2019 to April 2020, to collect applications, interact with the candidates and 131 federations represented. Special thanks to the Chairman of the Global Strategy Commission Emil SUTOVSKY for his support in the overall initiative and to the GSC Secretary Pavel TREGUBOV for his active involvement on the project. Also, FIDE International Director Mohd AL- MUDAHKA, FIDE Vice President Akaki IASHVILI, Sava STOISAVLJEVIC and Polina TSEDENOVA from the FIDE Office.

In charge for the commission: Shohreh BAYAT, Alex McFARLANE, Nebojsa BARALIC, Laurent FREYD.

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7) COMMUNICATION

a) WEBSITE

The standard operations on the website were covered for the period between February 1st, 2020 and May 26th, 2020. We published 33 posts on https://arbiters.fide.com with news, seminar announcements and reports; and the weekly update of the list of licensed arbiters was done every Monday. The migration project to a new version of the website is progressing well as several hundreds of news were already moved, in cooperation with the FIDE office in Elista. We expect to share about its official publication in our next report to the FIDE Council. The Website Administrator is Nebojsa Baralic.

b) SOCIAL MEDIA

The commission continues to use the Facebook page as a support for communication, which was particularly useful during the Call of Interest for the Olympiad and at the time we published the FIDE Arbiters’ Manual 2020.

8) COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINARY

A disciplinary case was concluded during the period, regarding a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar where irregularities were observed. The commission confirmed the disciplinary sub-committee’s conclusions to sanction.

As part of the redesign of regulations for the arbiters, the commission will also work on the improvement of the disciplinary regulations, with the support of the FIDE Legal Advisor.

9) APPLICATIONS TO BE VALIDATED BY THE COUNCIL

The evaluation of arbiters’ title applications or category upgrade is extremely time consuming for the commission and the FIDE title administrator. This is especially the case when applications are incomplete (missing information like names, dates, signatures; missing norms or IT3; missing names on the FIDE rating server) or incorrect (invalid tournaments or mix of tournaments). For the current session, 30% of the applications are not valid due to missing information. This is too much, and the commission will organize a webinar with the national federations, to clarify how to prepare applications, hoping to reduce the number of applications requiring special care. As far as the currently invalid applications are concerned (Conditional to receiving missing elements), federations will be contacted, and the applications will be skipped for now and postponed to the next session, except if all details are provided and validated by FIDE by June 1st, 2020. That means that only Approved and Rejected applications will be listed as recommendations below.

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a) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IA AND FA TITLE APPLICATIONS

For the 2nd quarter FIDE Council 2020, the Arbiters’ Commission received 75 applications for Arbiters Titles. 20 IA and 55 FA title applications were submitted for consideration by the Commission. 67 applications are approved, 5 rejected and 3 postponed to the next session.

Note: Change from the 90th FIDE Congress Recommendation IA title application for Daniel Damian (POL, 1183621) – APPROVED The applicant’s first IA norm was achieved before the FA title award. However, based on documents exchanged between FIDE and the Polish Federation; and based on the published information on the FIDE Rating Server (precise dates of PB, but only the award year without actual day and month for the title); it was concluded that the application was genuinely made considering that the title was awarded during the PB without consideration of the 60-days period after submission. A request has been made to the FIDE IT, to display the full award date on the arbiter’s profile, to increase clarity for federations and applicants in the future.

Appendix B contains the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission for the IA and FA title applications that have been submitted for approval by the 2nd quarter FIDE Council 2020.

b) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ARBITERS’ CLASSIFICATION UPGRADES

For the 2nd quarter FIDE Council 2020, the Arbiters` Commission received 67 applications for Arbiters` classification upgrades: - 9 category A - 11 category B - 47 category C 43 applications are approved, 3 rejected and 21 conditionally approved on seniority.

Appendix C contains the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission for the upgrades of the Arbiters’ classification that have been submitted for approval by the 2nd quarter FIDE Council 2020.

c) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONS TO THE FIDE LECTURERS LIST

For the 2nd quarter FIDE Council 2020, the Arbiters` Commission received one request, and recommends the following for approval: - IA KRJUKOV MIKHAIL (RUS, 4141016), immediate addition to the list, as they fulfill the requirements of the FIDE regulations for the training of the Chess Arbiters.

Appendix D contains the updated list of FIDE Lecturers for Arbiters submitted for approval by the 2nd quarter FIDE Council 2020.

IA LAURENT FREYD CHAIRMAN FIDE ARBITERS’ COMMISSION

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List of arbiters who passed the FIDE Arbiter exam and achieved FA Title and FA Norm

- FA Direct Titles

Seminar FIDE ID Name FED Result 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 22001360 Al Alawi, Mohamed Amer OMA FA Title 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 22012818 Al Balushi, Badar OMA FA Title 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 22012826 Al Kharusi, Ahmed OMA FA Title 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 22010459 Al Maani, Luqman OMA FA Title 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 22006745 Al Shukaili, Saud OMA FA Title

Erratum from 90th FIDE Congress.

The list below was previously identified as FA Norms, while the concerned federations are present in the list of FA Direct Title exceptions.

Seminar Name FED Result Tashkent May 2019 (UZB) Kanz Ahmad Safy AFG FA Title Magglingen Jul 2019 (SUI) Frick, Renato LIE FA Title Saint Lucia Aug 2019 (LCA) Lee, John Anthony GUY FA Title Honiara Sep 2019 (SOL) Maelasi, Anthony SOL FA Title Honiara Sep 2019 (SOL) Samu Jnr, James SOL FA Title Honiara Sep 2019 (SOL) Fakarii, Don SOL FA Title 68th Internet Based Sep 2019 Mohamad, Irshad GUY FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Abdulla Umar MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Mohamed Raaque MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Adam, Nasih MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Hussain Vishau Mohamed MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Shamrooh, Mohamed MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Yameen, Yooshau Mohamed MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Abdul Muhsin MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Ahmed Nabeel Abdulla MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Ahmed, Ashraf MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Hassan, Nasih MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Mohamed, Ijaz MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Shamoon, Ahmed MDV FA Title Male Oct 2019 (MDV) Zeeshan Abdul Raheem MDV FA Title

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- FA Norms

Seminar FIDE ID Name FED Result Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4213300 Aggeli, Eleni GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4231007 Halmoukis, Haralambos GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4261127 Karanikas, Harilaos GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4211065 Koulaxouzidis, Georgios GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4221990 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4253590 Kouvaras, Andreas GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4210190 Laggousis, Andreas GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4260503 Lyrakis, Stavros GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4207513 Makka, Evanthia GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4205316 Makka, Ioulia GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4227778 Ntalabiras, Spyros GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4219295 Pramateftaki, Aspasia GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 42139449 Psarrou Evangelia GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4207750 Stefanidi, Maria-Anna GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4236548 Tsouba, Adamantia GRE FA Norm Athens Feb 2020 (GRE) 4231643 Tsouba, Maria GRE FA Norm Montevideo Feb 2020 (URU) 3003612 Campora, Edgardo URU FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1425137 Fris, Jesper Scherling DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1439006 Hansen, Michael DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1418718 Hansen, Sune Orbaek DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1435965 Linderod, Lars Erik DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1427342 Lodahl, Holger Ronnow DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1434993 Madsen, Jens Ingemann DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1464990 Overgaard, Kristian DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1417045 Pedersen, Lars Wisler DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1410636 Rasmussen, Morten Fredsgaard DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1422537 Simonsen, Eivind Ortind DEN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 500950 Laine, Panu FIN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 514608 Tiiva, Eetu FIN FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1505963 Haarr, Jon Kristian NOR FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1563190 Konstantynowicz, Sylwia NOR FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1509551 Wasenius, Thomas NOR FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1708198 Hakansson, Stefan SWE FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1718347 Johansson, Henrik SWE FA Norm Fredericia Feb 2020 (DEN) 1711822 Nordin, Eric SWE FA Norm Djerba Feb 2020 (TUN) 7941110 Arieche , Abdelhakim ALG FA Norm Djerba Feb 2020 (TUN) 7940904 Benadda,Aouda ALG FA Norm Djerba Feb 2020 (TUN) 7900635 Semahi, Lazhar ALG FA Norm Djerba Feb 2020 (TUN) 5514096 Nakhli Ghazi TUN FA Norm Djerba Feb 2020 (TUN) 5523478 Oueslati,Amira TUN FA Norm Sao Paulo Feb 2020 (BRA) 2136643 Januario, Jessica Dos Anjos BRA FA Norm Sao Paulo Feb 2020 (BRA) 2138514 Jose, Anderson Willians Amaro BRA FA Norm Sao Paulo Feb 2020 (BRA) 2104784 Madeu, Fernando Antonio de B. BRA FA Norm Sao Paulo Feb 2020 (BRA) 22722777 Monteiro Rosas, Ednilson BRA FA Norm Sao Paulo Feb 2020 (BRA) 22780173 Nogueira, Rafael de Souza BRA FA Norm Sao Paulo Feb 2020 (BRA) 7001509 Hoshino, Motohiro JPN FA Norm 12 Iwo Mar 2020 (NGR) 8511764 Adeoti Oladapo Bolaji NGR FA Norm Iwo Mar 2020 (NGR) 8511799 Agodirin Sulaiman Olayide NGR FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 7938489 Djeldjli, Nordine ALG FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 7906811 Hachilif, Hamza ALG FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 7942699 Rahmoun ,Taha Yassin ALG FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 11204710 Almurbati, Yaser BRN FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 11201606 Hafedh Ebrahim BRN FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 11204958 Mansoor, Yusuf BRN FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 11204966 Zidany, Eman BRN FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 10602950 Abbas, Ahmed EGY FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 10643303 Almenshawy, Waell EGY FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 10671420 Fadi, Peter EGY FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 10625976 Mahmoud, Hosam Eldin EGY FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 10675167 Mounir, Gaber EGY FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 10644296 Shabka, Aly EGY FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 4819438 Iman Yousif Thannoon IRQ FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 4800974 Jabr, Jwad Majeed IRQ FA Norm KARRAR HAYDER 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 4806573 ABDULGHANI SAHLANEY IRQ FA Norm Majid, Khudhair Khalaf Albu- 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 4802578 Salih IRQ FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 4814851 Safad, Mudhafar Mohammed IRQ FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 21514003 Abdelrahim,Kayreay A KSA FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 21503486 Al Sharif, Fawaz KSA FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 21508119 Al Shubber, Lujain KSA FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 21518017 Alturkistani,Daniya KSA FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 9201963 Ramadan, Siraj LBA FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 9006052 Belmejdoul, Salah Eddine MAR FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 9002812 El Aouni, Said MAR FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 9015833 Touktah Ahmed MAR FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 7601735 Omrani, Hasan SYR FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 9307028 Al Ali, Aisha Saif UAE FA Norm 73rd Internet Based Apr 2020 (OMA) 9312420 Fatima, Saif Al-Ali UAE FA Norm Belgrade May 2019 (SRB) 14514168 Jergovic, Andrija CRO FA Norm Belgrade May 2019 (SRB) 9203944 Bakic, Sanja SRB FA Norm Belgrade May 2019 (SRB) 989126 Baltic, Vladimir SRB FA Norm Belgrade May 2019 (SRB) 930954 Desic, Zoran SRB FA Norm Belgrade May 2019 (SRB) 978965 Djordjevic, Nebojsa B SRB FA Norm Belgrade May 2019 (SRB) 931390 Djukic, Sandra SRB FA Norm Belgrade May 2019 (SRB) 942545 Krstic, Aca Jovan SRB FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 203998 De Noose, Daniel BEL FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 220574 Scaillet, Timothe BEL FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 14536994 Gudelj, Stjepan CRO FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 439061 Vleeshhouwer, Douglas ENG FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 2251213 Gonzalez Diez, Ruben ESP FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 2218895 Peinador Garcia-Aranda, Dan ESP FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 12928240 Muenstermann, Claudia GER FA Norm 74th Internet Based May 2020 (EUR) 2008335 Harding, Andre USA FA Norm

13 Appendix B

International Arbiter Title Applications

Elwin, Adrian G ENG ID#411450 Born in 1958 in Thetford, ENG Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 26.08-30.08.19 Bridgend WLS 1st Welsh Masters RR 10 10 9 3 09.19 31.10-04.11.18 Telford ENG 1st 4 NCL Intl SS 46 46 9 7 12.18 28.07-05.08.18 Hull City ENG 105th British Champ SS 64 64 9 9 09.18 07.07-12.07.18 Cardiff WLS 15th South WLS Intl Open SS 72 72 9 12 08.18 APPROVED Martinez Martinez, Pedro Jose ESP ID#32015283 Born in 1982 in San Fernando, ESP Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 02.01-07.01.20 Roquetas de Mar ESP XXXI Intl Roquetas de Mar SS 173 173 9 26 02.20 02.11-12.11.19 Budapest HUN First Saturday GM Nov RR 10 10 9 6 12.19 02.01-07.01.19 Roquetas de Mar ESP XXX Intl Roquetas de Mar SS 176 178 9 22 02.19 24.08-30.08.18 Mondariz BalnearioESP Magistral Hotel CEMAR RR 10 10 9 7 09.18 APPROVED Mutschelknaus, Yves GER ID#12917648 Born in 1967 in Stuttgart, GER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 26.12-30.12.19 Boeblingen GER 36 Intl Boeblinger Open A SS 144 145 9 26 01.20 26.08-01.09.19 Weissach GER Wuerttembergisches 2019 RR 10 10 9 6 10.19 26.12-30.12.18 Boeblingen GER 35 Intl Boeblinger Open A SS 147 147 9 21 01.19 26.12-30.12.17 Boeblingen GER 34 Intl Boeblinger Open A SS 136 137 9 24 01.18 APPROVED Kontini, Angelina GRE ID#4245199 Born in 1981 in Corfu, GRE Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 29.11-06.12.19 London ENG 11th CSC London Classic SS 163 166 9 35 01.20 09.12-16.12.18 London ENG 10th CSC London Classic SS 229 232 9 40 01.19 02.12-09.12.17 London ENG 9th CSC London Classic SS 283 289 9 48 01.18 28.10-06.11.17 Hersonisos GRE Euro TM CC Women TM/SS 158 158 9 31 12.17 APPROVED Chavan, Deepak IND ID#5088526 Born in 1988 in Amvarati, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 07.02-13.02.20 Ahmedabad IND 40th Nat TM CC TM 162 173 9 1 03.20 02.10-12.10.19 Mumbai IND World Youth CC U-16 SS 78 78 11 44 11.19 13.09-20.09.19 Udaipur IND 1st Lakecity Intl Open GM SS 204 223 10 11 10.19 26.07-28.07.19 Nagpur IND Below 1600 Rtg tnmt SS 246 403 9 3 08.19 APPROVED Gourav Kumar Ray IND ID#25708651 Born in 1995 in Houze, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 30.12-07.01.19 Mumbai IND 3rd IIFL Wealth Mumbai SS 152 152 9 23 02.19 02.10-12.10.19 Mumbai IND World Youth Girls U-16 SS 68 70 11 36 11.19 09.06-16.06.19 Mumbai IND 12th Mayor’s Cup Intl A SS 217 217 10 21 07.19 30.12-07.01.19 Mumbai IND 3rd IIFL Wealth Junior SS 194 245 9 6 02.19 APPROVED Sandesh, Nagarnaik IND ID#25649833 Born in 1972 in Amravati, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 21.12-28.12.19 Bhopal IND Bhopal Intl GM Tnmt SS 226 254 10 15 01.20 02.10-12.10.19 Mumbai IND World Youth CC U-16 SS 78 78 11 44 11.19 30.12-07.01.19 Mumbai IND IIFL Wealth Mumbai SS 194 245 9 6 02.19 21.12-28.12.18 Bhopal IND Bhopal Intl GM Tnmt SS 320 375 10 13 01.19 APPROVED Sunil, Soni IND ID#5087872 Born in 1982 in Indore, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 21.12-28.12.19 Bhopal IND Bhopal Intl GM Tnmt SS 226 254 10 15 01.20 13.09-20.09.19 Udaipur IND 1st Lakecity GM Mem SS 204 223 10 11 10.19 28.03-31.03.19 Udaipur IND 3rd Holi Cup Lakecity Open SS 326 436 8 3 04.19 21.12-28.12.18 Bhopal IND Bhopal Intl GM Tnmt SS 320 375 10 13 01.19 APPROVED

14 Oliazdeh, Pedram IRI ID#12518948 Born in 1990 in Mashhad, IRI Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 01.03-08.03.19 Mashhad IRI 9th Ferdowsi Intl Master SS 58 58 9 12 04.19 12.02-19.02.19 Rasht IRI 17th Caspian Cup Intl Fest SS 79 79 9 11 03.19 03.02-10.02.18 Amol IRI 26th Intl Fajr Group B SS 182 256 11 13 03.18 13.02-20.02.17 Mashhad IRI 7th Intl Ferdowsi Cup SS 263 332 11 18 03.17 APPROVED Almasalati, Abduljawwad A. LBA ID#9201599 Born in 1959 in Dema, LBA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 02.08-10.08.17 Alexandria EGY Alexandria Open 2017 SS 245 359 10 3 09.17 24.07-31.07.17 Cairo EGY African Clubs CC 2017 TM/RR 39 40 7 4 09.17 23.07-30.07.16 Djerba TUN Arab Youth Open U-12 SS 10 14 9 6 08.16 01.05-06.05.14 Musrata LBA Final LBA League 1st D TM/SS 44 85 7 4 06.14 REJECTED: Only 3 norms (Final LBA League 2014 1st Degree - not IA level, art. 2.1.2.3; no mention to the language “English” was made – IA2) Wolfinger, Dominik LIE ID#1601962 Born in 1970 in St. Gallen, LIE Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 26.02-06.03.20 Bad Ragaz SUI Accentus Young Masters TM/RR 10 10 10 6 04.20 27.02-07.03.19 Bad Ragaz SUI Accentus Young Masters RR 10 10 9 5 04.19 13.04-17.04.17 Bad Ragaz SUI Bad Ragazer Osteropen SS 91 100 7 14 05.17 06.04-14.04.16 Bad Ragaz SUI Accentus Young Masters RR 10 10 5 05.16 APPROVED Shamieh, Jamal LBN ID#5300444 Born in 1985 in Saida, LBN Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 14.02-23.02.20 Los Angeles USA LACC 2nd Los Angeles IM RR 10 10 9 5 03.20 20.07-26.07.19 Amman JOR Arab Indv U16-F CC SS 12 13 9 8 08.19 25.04-03.05.19 Beirut LBN 10th Beirut Intl Open CC SS 54 54 9 12 06.19 17.01-29.01.19 Beirut LBN LBN Indv CC 2019 RR 12 12 11 1 02.19 APPROVED Al Hinai, Hamdan Hamood OMA ID#22000712 Born in 1981 in Ibri, OMA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 02.12-08.12.19 Muscat OMA 6th OMA Indv CC SS 31 38 9 1 01.20 09.08-10.08.19 Abu Dhabi UAE 26th Abu Dhabi Intl Open SS 195 235 9 33 09.19 20.07-26.07.19 Amman JOR Arab Indv U-10 CC SS 17 29 9 12 08.19 23.12-29.12.16 Al Ain UAE Western Asian U-10 Girls SS 8 15 9 5 01.17 APPROVED Lopez Rodriguez, Alberto Jesus PER ID#3802671 Born in 1988 in Huancayo, PER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 31.01-02.02.20 Lima PER Cerrado Classico 1600 RR 10 10 9 3 03.20 31.10-03.11.19 Lima PER I Tnmt IRT Peon Al Paso SS 89 124 8 3 12.19 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Abs Sub 10 SS 69 109 9 10 01.19 21.03-25.03.18 Lima PER Camp Nac Femenino SS 30 31 9 1 04.18 29.01-04.02.18 Lima PER Copa Latinoamericana B SS 107 117 9 6 03.18 Only 3 norms (Cerrado Classico 1600 not IA level; two 4.6d tournaments while only one norm is acceptable) De Winnaar, Benjamin RSA ID#14320142 Born in 1975 in RSA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 11.03-17.03.20 Port Elizabeth RSA Boardwalk Pearson IM RR 6 6 10 4 04.20 24.09-05.10.18 Batumi GEO 43rd World Chess Olympiad TM/SS 862 918 11 180 11.18 26.04-01.05.18 Pretoria RSA Capablanca Chess Festival RR 10 10 9 7 06.18 01.04-07.04.18 Benoni RSA 2018 RSA Junior Closed SS 90 293 11 1 05.18 09.01-12.01.18 Boksburg RSA 2017 SA Inter Regional TM/SS 96 121 7 5 02.18 APPROVED Biryukov, Mikhail RUS ID#24100498 Born in 1991 in Vladivostok, RUS Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 21.08-01.09.19 Weifang CHN World Cadet Girls U-10 SS 128 203 11 36 10.19 27.01-04.02.18 Moscow RUS Moscow Open 2018 A SS 220 220 9 21 03.18 06.11-11.11.16 Vladivostok RUS Chess tnmt in RUS Island 2 DR 6 6 10 3 12.16 31.10-05.11.16 Vladivostok RUS Chess tnmt in RUS Island RR 10 10 9 4 12.16 APPROVED Druzhinina, Natalia RUS ID#24129275 Born in 1977 in Tyumen, RUS Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 25.01-02.02.20 Moscow RUS Moscow Open 2020 B SS 116 116 9 11 03.20 10.07-18.07.19 Samara RUS L. Polugaevsky Memorial SS 130 132 9 4 08.19 01.05-10.05.19 Sochi RUS TM Men PL Chess Final TM/RR 76 76 9 3 06.19 10.07-18.07.18 Samara RUS L. Polugaevsky Memorial SS 107 108 9 3 08.18

15 APPROVED Motuzova, Marta SVK ID#14919346 Born in 1963 in Bojnice, SVK Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 28.09-05.10.19 Tatranska Lomnica SVK Open Tatry 2019 SS 176 177 9 14 11.19 02.08-10.08.19 Bratislava SVK Euro Youth Girls U-18 SS 72 72 9 36 09.19 24.06-27.06.19 Liptovsky Mikulas SVK DSF Liptov 2019 U-15 TM/SS 46 48 7 5 07.19 10.11-14.04.19 Various SVK Extraliga SVK 2018/2019 TM 221 222 11 7 05.19 REJECTED: Only 3 norms DSF Liptov 2019 U15 tournament – not IA level) Naslund, Mikael SWE ID#1708260 Born in 1962 in Stockholm, SWE Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 27.12-05.01.19 Stockholm SWE Rilton Cup 2019/2020 SS 117 117 9 24 02.19 24.09-05.10.18 Batumi GEO 43rd World Chess Olympiad TM/SS 862 918 11 180 11.18 30.06-08.07.18 Ronneby SWE SM gruppen 2018 RR 10 10 9 1 08.18 27.12-05.01.18 Stockholm SWE Rilton Cup 2017/2018 SS 126 126 9 21 02.18 APPROVED Brownscombe, Thomas USA ID#2005832 Born in 1968 in Maryland, USA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 26.12-30.12.19 Las Vegas USA 29th North American Open SS 89 91 9 17 01.20 12.06-16.06.19 Las Vegas USA 2019 Nat Open CC SS 107 107 9 18 07.19 26.12-30.12.18 Las Vegas USA 28th Annual North AmericanSS 109 115 9 17 01.19 21.06-24.06.18 Las Vegas USA 2018 Nat Open U2300 SS 92 106 7 14 07.18 APPROVED

FIDE Arbiter Title Applications

Hermann, Martis AHO ID#7501587 Born in 1993 in Willemstad, AHO Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 17.03-24.03.20 71st Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 10.04-25.04.18 Porlamar VEN IRT Batalla de Matasiete FVA DR 5 7 14 3 05.18 14.03-18.03.18 Porlamar VEN Margarita Dynasty Hotel Suites RR 10 10 9 4 04.18 07.03-11.03.18 Porlamar VEN Isla de Margarita ITT FVA RR 10 10 9 4 04.18 23.09-24.09.17 Willemstad AHO Womens Nat CC 2017 SS 5 18 5 1 10.17 APPROVED Martis, Vladimir AHO ID#7501595 Born in 1988 in Willemstad, AHO Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 07.02-11.02.18 San Pedro del RioVEN San Pedro del Rio ITT FVA RR 10 10 9 3 03.18 05.02-05.02.18 San Cristobal VEN XXVIII IRT Blitz FISS SS 33 40 9 3 03.18 31.01-04.02.18 San Cristobal VEN Torneo Magistral San Cristobal RR 8 8 7 2 03.18 18.01-21.01.18 Cumana VEN 5to. IRT Feria de Santa Ines SS 42 43 7 4 02.18 26.06-01.07.17 51st Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar REJECTED: The application is late – last tournament in February 2018 (art. 5.3) Feldman, Vladimir AUS ID#3201791 Born in 1959 in UKR Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 04.01-10.01.20 Sydney AUS FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 08.08-29.08.17 Sydney AUS 2017 North Rapid CC SS 49 62 9 4 09.17 14.02-02.05.17 Sydney AUS 2017 North Club CC RR 10 10 9 2 06.17 24.05-26.07.16 Sydney AUS 2016 NSW Champ RR 10 10 9 2 08.16 14.01-22.01.16 Melbourne AUS 2016 AUS Womens Reserves RR 6 6 10 1 02.16 APPROVED Hardegen, Andrew AUS ID#3204081 Born in 1983 in Perth, AUS Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 08.01-08.01.20 Kogarah AUS 2020 AUS Blitz CC SS 107 117 11 8 02.20 04.01-10.01.20 Sydney AUS FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 26.05-07.07.19 Perth AUS 2019 WA Reserves Champ SS 15 26 7 3 08.19 04.04-20.06.17 Perth AUS 2017 Southern Suburbs RR A RR 10 10 9 3 07.17 APPROVED Kordahi, Nicholas AUS ID#3203360 Born in 1972 in Sydney, AUS Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 04.01-10.01.20 Sydney AUS FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 09.09-25.11.19 Sydney AUS 2019 Rooty Hill Club Ch A RR 10 10 9 2 12.19 08.06-10.06.19 Sydney AUS 2019 NSW Open SS 60 67 7 10 07.19 24.04-28.04.19 Sydney AUS 2019 Peter Parr Mem Challeng SS 51 56 9 15 05.19 APPROVED

16 Wadsack, Winfried AUT ID#1605992 Born in 1968 in Amstetten, AUT Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 02.01-05.01.20 Amstetten AUT 18 Amstettner Meisterschaft SS 37 43 5 4 02.20 07.09-07.09.19 Linz AUT Staatsmeisterschaft Blitz SS 101 116 11 1 10.19 15.08-18.08.19 Rosenheim GER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 13.07-21.07.19 Schwarzach AUT 34. Schwarzacher Open A SS 165 188 9 21 08.19 APPROVED Dibirova, Ruhangiz AZE ID#13400835 Born in 1976 in Zagatala, AZE Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 03.01-09.01.20 Baku AZE Fuad Jafarov Mem Child U-12 SS 33 70 7 3 02.20 09.12-17.12.19 Baku AZE AZE Champ 1 League Men SS 24 24 9 1 01.20 23.09-27.09.19 Baku AZE FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 12.07-21.07.19 Gakh AZE AZE Youth Olympiad U-16 A SS 121 272 11 1 08.19 15.05-25.05.19 Baku AZE AZE Champ Cadets Boys U-12 RR 12 12 11 1 06.19 24.11-02.12.18 Baku AZE Baku Open 2018 SS 143 149 9 10 01.19 APPROVED Wan, Corina CAN ID#2634120 Born in 1960 in Hong Kong Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 08.11-10.11.19 Toronto CAN 2019 Ivy League Challenge TM/RR 24 25 5 6 12.19 26.10-14.12.19 Toronto CAN 2019 Toronto Women’s Closed SS 8 20 7 1 01.20 16.08-20.08.19 Kingston CAN 2019 NAYCC Open U-8 SS 2 44 9 5 09.19 10.08-12.08.18 Guelph CAN FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Wan, Karen CAN ID#2634139 Born in 1993 in Toronto, CAN Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 08.11-10.11.19 Toronto CAN 2nd Ivy League Challenge TM/RR 24 25 5 6 12.19 26.10-14.12.19 Toronto CAN 2019 Toronto Women Closed SS 8 20 7 1 01.20 16.08-20.08.19 Kingston CAN 2019 NAYCC U-16 Open SS 40 51 9 4 09.19 10.08-12.08.18 Guelph CAN FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Nunez Gonzalez, Joshebeth Elena CRC ID#6505694 Born in 1994 in Alajuela, CRC Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 19.01-21.01.20 San Jose CRC Torneo ADACHE Enero A RR 6 10 9 1 02.20 05.07-05.07.17 San Jose CRC Panamerican Youth Blitz U-10 SS 22 36 9 17 08.17 01.07-06.07.17 San Jose CRC Panamerican Youth Girls U-10 SS 15 36 9 13 08.17 10.12-18.12.16 San Jose CRC Metropolitano Infantil Sub-14 SS 23 62 7 1 01.17 01.11-06.11.16 47th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 20.01-24.01.16 Alajuela CRC Camp Nac Juvenil Sub-18 SS 26 31 9 1 02.16 APPROVED Drahotsky, Lubos CZE ID#353507 Born in 1960 in Praha, CZE Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 14.02-22.02.20 Praha CZE Prague Open C SS 247 248 9 35 03.20 11.07-14.07.19 Pardubice CZE CZE Open 2019 E 4-member TM/SS 570 593 7 8 08.19 22.12-22.12.18 Praha CZE Otevrene Mistrovstvi CR SS 308 317 15 1 01.19 15.09-16.09.18 Prague CZE FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Tiiva, Eetu FIN ID#514608 Born in 1999 in FIN Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.02-16.02.20 Fredericia DEN FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 14.09-15.03.20 Various FIN FIN Champ League 2019/2020 TM 59 109 8 7 04.20 15.07-21.07.19 Jyvaskyla FIN XXIX Heart of FIN Open SS 88 88 9 8 08.19 19.08-19.08.18 Helsinki FIN Helsinki Blitz Chess Festival SS 39 42 18 9 09.18 APPROVED Kekelidze, Nino GEO ID#13604635 Born in 1991 in GEO Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 17.02-22.02.20 Lviv UKR February Lviv Tradition IM RR 10 10 9 5 03.20 02.07-10.07.19 Batumi GEO 5th Batumi Municipality Cup A SS 38 38 9 7 08.19 26.09-01.10.18 Batumi GEO FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 02.07-10.07.17 Batumi GEO 3rd Batumi Municipality Cup B SS 5 83 9 10 08.17 APPROVED Born, Jonathan GER ID#12915750 Born in 1997 in Berlin, GER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 03.01-05.01.20 Potsdam GER Deutsche Amateur Q3 E SS 78 95 5 1 02.20 22.09-22.09.19 Berlin GER Berliner Blitz Meisterschaft TM 123 130 17 7 10.19 15.08-18.08.19 Rosenheim GER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar

17 01.08-04.08.19 Berlin GER Berlin Open 2019 SS 236 250 7 36 09.19 APPROVED Goettel, Tobias GER ID#24693316 Born in 1994 in Landstuhl, GER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 26.12-30.12.19 Boeblingen GER 36 Intl Boeblinger Open A SS 144 145 9 26 01.20 02.10-06.10.19 Wuerzburg GER Deutsche Laendermeisterschaft TM/SS 168 174 7 3 11.19 15.08-19.08.19 Rosenheim GER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 09.06-15.06.19 Willingen GER Offene Deutsche U-25 A SS 92 93 9 3 07.19 APPROVED Kawelke, Anton GER ID#16238460 Born in 1993 in Berlin, GER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 29.02-29.02.20Fuerstenfeldbruck GER 8 Open Brain Games 2020 SS 131 152 9 13 03.20 27.12-30.12.19 Magdeburg GER Deutsche Verainmeisterschaft TM/SS 207 278 7 7 01.20 28.09-06.10.19 Munchen GER 39 Offenes Intl Muenchen A SS 128 147 9 10 11.19 15.08-18.08.19 Rosenheim GER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Jakobetz, Andras HUN ID#705012 Born in 1994 in HUN Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 29.02-01.03.20 Budapest HUN 4th Maroczy Geza Memorial SS 42 70 11 4 04.20 01.11-02.11.19 Budapest HUN 4th Adam Gyorgy Memorial TM/RR 27 27 5 5 12.19 12.10-15.10.17 Budapest HUN 2nd Adam Gyorgy Memorial TM/SS 51 56 7 7 11.17 29.09-01.10.17 Budapest HUN FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Aishwarya IND ID#5063434 Born in 1996 in Dhanbad, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.01-16.01.20 New Delhi IND 18th Delhi Intl Open GM SS 939 1300 10 9 02.20 09.01-12.01.20 New Delhi IND 18th Delhi Open GM Cat. B SS 720 783 10 7 02.20 02.11-03.11.19 New Delhi IND 5th Shri Ambeesh Memorial SS 261 411 9 3 12.19 17.09-19.09.19 Udaipur IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Balasubramanian A IND ID#25058657 Born in 1992 in Karaikudi, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.12-15.12.19 Salem IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 28.09-30.09.19 Tirunelveli IND 1st Nellai below 1600 Rtd tnmt SS 139 312 9 1 10.19 29.08-02.09.19 Tirunelveli IND 1st Courtalam Saaral Rtd tnmt SS 153 308 9 4 10.19 01.08-04.08.19 Rajapalayam IND Thalavaipuram Rotary Club Op SS 103 152 7 2 09.19 13.05-17.05.17 Tirunelveli IND Tamilnadu State U-15 Girls SS 50 76 9 2 06.17 APPROVED Chandan Kumar Prasad, Jharkhand IND ID#5097983 Born in 1991 in Jamshedpur, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 15.12-19.12.19 Raipur IND Chess for Everyone Open Rtd SS 165 379 9 3 01.20 03.04-07.04.19 Raipur IND 8th Nat School Girls U-13 SS 48 70 9 1 05.19 15.09-23.09.18 Ranchi IND 32nd Nat Girls U-09 CC SS 47 151 11 1 10.18 24.08-26.08.18 Patna IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Makadiya, Atul IND ID#35046349 Born in 1963 in Kharachiya, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 07.10-09.10.19 Mumbai IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 26.09-29.09.19 Ahmedabad IND 2nd Gujarat Intl Op GM Cat C SS 225 375 10 2 10.19 22.09-25.09.19 Ahmedabad IND 2nd Gujarat Intl Op GM Cat B SS 240 264 10 2 10.19 03.08-11.08.19 Ahmedabad IND 33rd Nat Girls U-9 CC 2019 SS 43 163 11 1 09.19 APPROVED Meena, R IND ID#25631071 Born in 1977 in Nagercoil, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.12-15.12.19 Salem IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 16.05-20.05.18 Nagercoil IND 29th TN State Girls U-17 2018 SS 68 92 9 1 06.18 26.01-29.01.18 Nagercoil IND Ganesan Memorial Rtd Open SS 95 219 8 1 02.18 20.05-22.05.16 Calicut IND 10th ACA FIDE Rtg Open SS 152 230 6 2 06.16 11.12-14.12.15 Cusat IND 26th Cusat FIDE Rtg SS 199 257 8 2 01.16 APPROVED Murukaananth, A IND ID#35070576 Born in 1999 in Coimbatore, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 27.12-29.12.19 Coimbatore IND 16th KCM below 1600 Rtd SS 243 440 9 2 01.20 13.12-15.12.19 Salem IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 28.09-30.09.19 Tirunelveli IND 1st Nellai below 1600 Rtd SS 139 312 9 1 10.19

18 29.08-02.09.19 Tirunelveli IND 1st Courtalam Saaral Rtd SS 153 308 9 4 10.19 APPROVED Muthukumarasamy J IND ID#46681434 Born in 1964 in Namakkal, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.12-15.12.19 Salem IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 26.01-28.01.18 Karur IND 3rd Karur Rating below 1600 SS 208 341 9 2 02.18 30.11-02.12.17 Karur IND 3rd Karur Rating Open Tourn SS 136 201 8 1 01.18 16.11-19.11.17 Erode IND PRO Chess 1st Open 2017 SS 364 522 8 3 12.17 24.12-27.12.15 Namakkal IND 8th AIM All India below 1800 SS 152 245 10 2 01.16 APPROVE Ramesh, Kumar N IND ID#5012066 Born in 1979 in Dindigul, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.12-15.12.19 Salem IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 25.08-27.08.17 Trichy IND 1st Trichy All IND Rtg 1500 SS 237 442 9 3 09.17 29.07-31.07.17 Dindigul IND 1st ICA MCA FIDE Rtg SS 191 312 9 2 09.17 18.05-21.05.17 Dindigul IND St Peters School 1st FIDE Rtd SS 158 248 8 1 06.17 APPROVED Shraddha, Vinchwekar IND ID#25125737 Born in 1988 in Jalgaon, IND Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 27.11-01.12.19 Aurangabad IND 9th Nat Schools Girls U-16 SS 10 15 9 1 01.20 08.11-12.11.19 Pune IND Maharashtra State Selection SS 139 233 9 1 12.19 07.10-09.10.19 Mumbai IND FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 26.05-26.05.19 Raigad IND 1st Kotan Pratishtan Chashak SS 117 185 9 1 06.19 25.05-26.05.19 Raigad IND 1st Kokan Pratishthan Chashak SS 152 232 9 2 06.19 03.05-05.05.19 Pune IND Late Bharatbai Haikude 4 Mem SS 325 496 9 2 06.19 29.04-02.05.19 Pune IND Late Bharatbai Haikude 3 Mem SS 348 484 8 2 06.19 15.04-18.04.19 Raigad IND Maharashtra State Girls U-13 SS 35 84 8 1 05.19 APPROVED Zolfaghari, Niloofar IRI ID#12586838 Born in 1993 in Tehran, IRI Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 02.09-08.09.18 Tehran IRI 3rd Paytakht Intl Cup Gr. B SS 196 218 9 6 10.18 24.10-30.10.17 Tehran IRI 2nd Paytakht Standard Cup SS 207 232 9 5 01.18 25.10-01.11.16 Tehran IRI 1st Paytakht Cup Intl Gr. B SS 167 192 9 3 12.16 12.07-16.07.16 Tehran IRI FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar REJECTED: The application is late – last tournament in September 2018 (art. 5.3) Golshani Poor Komeleh, Soghra IRI ID#22525190 Born in 1979 in Tehran, IRI Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 05.02-11.02.19 Tehran IRI 27th Fajr Cup Intl Festival SS 373 430 11 11 03.19 01.09-09.09.18 Tehran IRI 3rd Paytakht Intl Cup Group C SS 66 98 9 4 10.18 28.06-06.07.18 Tehran IRI Tehran CC 2018 SS 140 161 11 1 08.18 05.05-09.05.18 Tehran IRI FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Khalesi, Vahid IRI ID#12505366 Born in 1996 in Zanjan, IRI Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 31.08-06.09.19 Zanjan IRI IRI Amateurs Cup 1398 A SS 31 31 11 1 07.19 24.08-27.08.19 Zanjan IRI Zanjan Talent RR tnmt 98 RR 11 12 11 1 09.19 25.07-28.07.19 Tehran IRI FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 09.04-09.04.19 Zanjan IRI Zanjan Rapid Cup U2000 1398 SS 51 61 9 1 05.19 APPROVED Pakgohar, Mahdi IRI ID#12540889 Born in 1980 in Kerman, IRI Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 12.07-23.08.19 Ashwood AUS 2019 Box Hill Grades SS 60 74 7 1 09.19 02.07-03.07.19 Gold Coast AUS FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 28.09-30.09.18 Mashhad IRI Standard Cup U-14 T. Baradari SS 50 50 8 1 10.18 12.02-19.02.17 Mashhad IRI 7th Intl Ferdowsi Cup Tnmt SS 263 332 11 18 03.17 APPROVED Harding, Tim D IRL ID#2500256 Born in 1948 in London, ENG Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 31.01-02.02.20 Dublin IRL FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 22.07-24.07.19 Dundalk IRL Glorney Cup 2019 TM 104 120 5 6 08.19 17.04-22.04.19 Dublin IRL IRL Intl Open 2019 SS 94 97 9 19 08.19 16.09-16.09.18 Dublin IRL IRL Blitz Champ 2018 SS 38 40 11 1 03.20 APPROVED

19 Gertners, Gunars LAT ID#11607327 Born in 1958 in Kuldiga, LAT Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 08.08-11.08.19 Riga LAT RTU Open 2019 D SS 56 61 7 8 09.19 05.10-06.10.18 Kuldiga LAT Rumbas kauss 2018 TM/SS 97 140 7 4 11.18 21.08-26.08.18 Riga LAT FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 20.08-29.08.18 Riga LAT Euro Youth CC Open U-12 SS 119 125 9 42 09.18 09.08-12.08.18 Riga LAT RTU Open 2018 D SS 74 78 7 12 09.18 APPROVED Sabri, Shamsuddin MAS ID#5706696 Born in 1960 in Taiping, MAS Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 30.11-01.12.19 Puchong MAS U1600 Classica Edition 8 SS 68 68 8 5 01.20 05.11-07.11.18 Kuala Lumpur MAS SKBD Closed RR Rtd A RR 4 10 9 1 12.18 01.09-02.09.18 Puchong MAS Invitation Ice Challenge S. 6 SS 27 44 8 2 10.18 20.08-24.08.18 Kuala Lumpur MAS FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Syed Hussin, Syed Iskandar Shah MAS ID#5704421 Born in 1974 in Kangar Perlis, MAS Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 23.01-26.01.20 Cyberjaya MAS Cyberams Classical U2200 B RR 4 10 9 3 02.20 30.11-01.12.19 Kuantan MAS TM Event Trophy YDP MPK TM/SS 81 152 6 3 01.20 21.10-23.10.19 Rompin MAS FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 16.09-16.09.19 Kuala Lumpur MAS Cheras September Rapid 2019 SS 23 92 9 2 10.19 APPROVED Obrovic, Pavle MNE ID#16504615 Born in 1984 in Niksic, MNE Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 25.01-25.01.20 Podgorica MNE Vladimir Stamatovic Memorial SS 81 87 9 2 02.20 10.11-16.11.19 Ulcinj MNE 35th Euro Club Cup TM/SS 455 457 7 48 12.19 11.06-19.06.17 Budva MNE Euro Schools CC Open U-9 SS 28 47 9 12 07.17 25.02-28.02.16 Podgorica MNE FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Thandar, Aye Win MYA ID#13002864 Born in 1983 in MYA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 28.05-03.06.18 Singapore SGP 3rd SG City Chess Open SS 44 47 9 10 07.18 22.11-26.11.17 Singapore SGP 34th Nat Age Group Open U-12 SS 57 100 8 8 12.17 05.08-05.08.17 Singapore SGP Nat Blitz CC 2017 SS 60 84 11 7 09.17 05.08-06.08.17 Singapore SGP 29th Nat Rapid CC Open 2017 SS 53 59 9 9 09.17 15.01-18.01.17 Singapore SGP FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Van de Krol, Sernin NED ID#1056069 Born in 1989 in Geleen, NED Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 17.01-26.01.20 Wijk aan Zee NED Tata Steel Tienkampen 2020 RR 10 10 9 5 02.20 29.11-02.12.19 69th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 06.07-14.07.19 Amsterdam NED Amsterdam Science Park 2019 SS 60 60 9 10 08.19 21.06-23.06.19 Hilversum NED HSG Open 2019 SS 151 159 6 3 07.19 18.01-27.01.19 Wijk aan Zee NED Tata Steel Tnmt Tienkampen SS 486 577 9 20 02.19 APPROVED Altamirano Porras, Ricardo Enrique PER ID#3809277 Born in 1992 in Huanuco, PER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 27.07-28.07.19 Huanuco PER I IRT Fiestas Patrias SS 19 37 6 2 08.19 04.12-04.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Blitz Abs Sub-8 SS 25 65 9 7 01.19 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Abs Sub-10 SS 69 109 9 10 01.19 20.08-24.08.18 Lima PER III Nac Impares Abs Sub-09 SS 19 61 9 2 09.18 APPROVED Llave Escobedo, Elia Emma PER ID#3827836 Born in 1988 in Trujillo, PER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 19.12-22.12.19 Lima PER II IRT Cerrado FDPA Sub1700 RR 8 10 9 2 01.20 01.11-03.11.19 Lima PER III IRT Cerrado FDPA Sub2000SS 49 107 7 4 12.19 13.07-15.07.19 Lima PER Camp Metropolit Abs Sub-11 SS 29 77 7 2 08.19 04.12-04.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Blitz Abs U-16 SS 49 50 9 8 01.19 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Abs Sub-18 SS 31 32 9 8 01.19 01.12-22.12.19 Lima PER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Soto Dextre, Elmer PER ID#3801160 Born in 1973 in Lima, PER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 19.12-22.12.19 Lima PER II IRT Cerrado FDPA Sub1700 RR 8 10 9 2 01.20

20 31.10-03.11.19 Lima PER Peon Al Paso SS 89 124 8 3 12.19 31.01-02.02.19 Lima PER Metropolitano Abs Sub-10 B SS 21 43 7 2 03.19 04.12-04.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Blitz Abs Open SS 24 26 9 7 01.19 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Abs Sub-14 SS 81 83 9 9 01.19 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Velarde Munante, Gloria Isabel PER ID#3812731 Born in 1997 in Ica, PER Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 31.10-03.11.19 Lima PER Peon Al Paso SS 89 124 8 3 12.19 10.09-14.09.19 Lima PER Camp Nac Escolar Abs Sub-11 SS 35 56 9 2 10.19 04.12-04.12.18 Lima PER Sudamerican Blitz Abs Sub-18 SS 24 25 9 6 01.19 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER Sudamericano Damas Sub-8 SS 7 47 9 9 01.19 01.12-07.12.18 Lima PER FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 12.01-14.01.18 Lima PER Metropolitano Abs Sub-10 A SS 18 47 7 2 02.18 APPROVED Lopes, Bruno Ricardo POR ID#1936069 Born in 1996 in Lisboa, POR Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 28.06-02.07.19 Gaia POR XIX de Gaia XII Profigaia Op SS 88 114 7 3 08.19 02.02-09.02.19 Lisboa POR Open de Portugal 2019 SS 253 262 9 39 03.19 23.03-25.03.18 Luso POR FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 14.06-18.06.17 Gaia POR XVII de Gaia X Profigaia Op SS 67 89 7 3 07.17 APPROVED Zhdanov, Alexander D. RUS ID#24166308 Born in 1952 in Novosibirsk, RUS Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 20.01-30.01.20 Moscow RUS FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 11.01-12.01.20 Novosibirsk RUS Sandakhchiev Memorial Rapid SS 225 286 11 2 02.20 09.07-17.07.18 Berdsk RUS Maestro Open 2018 SS 58 60 9 2 08.18 08.07-16.07.15 Berdsk RUS Maestro Open 2015 SS 112 120 9 2 08.15 APPROVED Lim, Chin Lee SGP ID#5700779 Born in 1977 in Malaysia Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 31.12-19.01.20 Singapore SGP 71st Nat CC 2019 Women DR 6 6 10 1 02.20 27.12-30.12.19 Singapore SGP 36th Nat Age Group Boys U-10 SS 18 80 8 7 01.20 25.12-27.12.19 Singapore SGP FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 27.07-27.07.19 Singapore SGP Nat Blitz CC 2019 SS 72 115 11 14 08.19 APPROVED Markovic, Miroslav R SRB ID#938114 Born in 1957 in Paracin, SRB Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.02-16.02.20 Knic SRB Omladinsko prvenstvo CS SS 17 23 7 1 03.20 24.02-24.02.19 Varvarin SRB Drugi Rapid Rokada Varvarin SS 98 104 9 1 03.19 07.09-07.10.18 Various SRB Drugi Liga CS Zapad 2018 TM/RR 130 165 11 4 11.18 22.06-26.06.16 Silver Lake SRB FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Bayramsahedov, Serdarguly TKM ID#14000407 Born in 1968 in Ashgabat, TKM Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 13.11-16.11.19 Ashgabat TKM FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 28.04-08.05.18 c. Ashgabat TKM The Champ of TKM final RR 15 16 15 1 06.18 27.03-06.04.18 c. Ashgabat TKM The Champ of TKM 1st liga SS 45 118 11 1 05.18 03.12-17.12.17 Ashgabat TKM The Champ of TKM final RR 16 16 15 1 01.18 21.09-24.09.17 Ashgabat TKM 5th Asian Indoor Games Wom SS 37 39 7 21 10.17 15.04-30.04.14 Ashgabat TKM The Nat Champ of TKM RR 14 16 15 1 05.14 APPROVED Kimera, Innocent UGA ID#10000631 Born in 1984 in Mbale, UGA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 27.12-30.12.19 Kampala UGA Kireka Open CC SS 106 202 8 6 01.20 27.06-03.07.19 Kampala UGA 2019 African Indv Schools U11SS 3 23 9 5 08.19 25.05-26.05.19 Nairobi KEN Inter Uni and Colleges TM CC TM/SS 48 104 7 3 06.19 29.12-05.01.18 Kampala UGA 2018 African Junior CC Open SS 15 16 9 8 02.18 01.01-04.01.18 Entebbe UGA FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Timoshenko, Irina UKR ID#14129388 Born in 1966 in UKR Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 21.01-31.01.20 Dnipro UKR UKR CC Boys U-14 RR 12 12 11 1 02.20 06.09-14.09.19 Dnipro UKR Champ of Dnieper Men Wom SS 39 56 9 1 10.19 14.06-24.06.19 Dnipro UKR Coach Memory Tnmt RR 12 12 11 1 07.19 02.06-10.06.19 Dnipro UKR Open Tnmt for Children’s Day SS 27 40 9 1 07.19 21 20.04-25.04.17 Kremenchuk UKR FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar APPROVED Buklis, William USA ID#30910633 Born in 1972 in Chicago, USA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 06.12-08.12.19 Chicago USA Chicago Chess Center Decemb SS 16 29 7 2 01.20 07.08-09.08.19 Orlando USA FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 02.09-02.09.18 Chicago USA Illinois Blitz State Champ SS 20 48 10 2 10.18 14.07-16.07.17 Wheeling USA 10th Annual Chicago Class SS 50 52 5 10 08.17 18.02-21.02.16 Schaumburg USA 2016 US Amateur TM North TM 114 282 5 8 03.16 APPROVED McGreen, Maya USA ID#2064545 Born in 1998 in New York, USA Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 01.01-05.01.20 Charlotte USA 2020 Charlotte Open SS 68 69 9 23 02.20 26.12-30.12.19 Charlotte USA CCCSA Holiday 2019 IM RR 10 10 9 5 01.20 29.11-02.12.19 69th Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 23.08-25.08.19 Greensboro USA 2019 North Carolina Open SS 32 38 5 2 09.19 APPROVED Reed, Louis USA ID#30962030 Born in 1973 in Guadalajara, MEX Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 27.02-02.03.20 New York USA Marshall GM Norm 2020 RR 10 10 9 6 04.20 13.02-17.02.20 Fort North USA 11th Annual Southwest CC SS 88 88 9 18 03.20 07.08-09.08.19 Orlando USA FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 10.07-14.07.19 Cherry Hill USA 3rd World Junior U-20 CC SS 10 16 7 8 08.19 24.05-27.05.19 Dallas USA 74th Annual Texas State Ch SS 43 46 7 4 06.19 APPROVED Romero Gonzalez, Jose Gregorio VEN ID#3903133 Born in 1973 in Maturin, VEN Start-Close City Fed Tournament TS Rtd Total Rds Feds FRL 25.01-30.01.20 Guatire VEN ITT Camp Nac de Maxima FemRR 10 10 9 1 02.20 05.12-09.12.18 62nd Internet based FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar 28.04-03.05.18 Merida VEN CAC Femenino Sub-18 SS 10 12 9 3 06.18 14.03-18.03.18 Porlamar VEN ITT Margarita Dynasty Hotel RR 10 10 9 4 04.18 16.08-21.08.16 Caracas VEN CAC Abs Sub-16 SS 27 49 9 6 09.16 APPROVED

22 Appendix C

List of recommendations for Arbiters’ Classification Upgrades

Current Targetted FED FIDE ID Arbiter's Name FA Date IA Date Approval Category Category CZE 337994 Prokopova, Jirina 10-10-13 09-09-15 B A YES APPROVED ESP 2238411 Curto Rodriguez, Ricardo 01-01-02 D A -> C YES APPROVED ESP 22223258 Jesus Garcia Valer 07-06-11 01-09-14 D B YES APPROVED IND 25006606 Vasanth, B H 01-01-09 08-06-11 B A YES APPROVED IND 5044480 Bhardwaj, Vipnesh 01-01-08 B A YES APPROVED IND 5007186 Ephrame, M. 01-01-09 03-05-10 B A YES APPROVED IND 25017993 Bansod Swapnil 01-01-09 13-02-12 C A YES APPROVED IND 5046351 Anandh Babu V L 01-01-12 15-09-16 C B YES APPROVED IND 25090372 Biju Raj S 01-01-13 25-04-16 D B YES APPROVED IND 25030345 Nihar Ranjan, Sasmal 01-01-09 17-02-13 C B NO REJECTED: Only swiss tournaments, one team tournament with 145 players - art. 3.3.4 and art. 3.4.3b. IND 5029449 Venkata, Kumar G. 01-01-09 04-07-19 C B YES APPROVED IND 25049321 Suresh Chandra Sahoo 01-01-12 05-05-15 C B YES APPROVED IND 5029180 Ganesh Babu S 01-01-12 15-02-13 C B YES APPROVED IND 35008382 Pantawane Pravin 01-01-14 05-11-18 D C YES APPROVED IND 35014684 Rajesh R 01-01-14 12-05-15 D C YES APPROVED IND 46656987 Sathiesh G G 01-01-14 07-03-19 D C YES APPROVED IND 35045571 Biswanath Banerjee 01-01-14 11-04-18 D C YES APPROVED IND 25096826 Anurag Singh 29-04-15 02-05-17 D C YES APPROVED IND 5080878 Amit Sharma 01-01-11 09-08-17 D C YES APPROVED IND 5036917 Vinothkumar, T 01-01-14 08-04-19 D C YES APPROVED IND 25011766 Raval Dilipkumar Tribhovandas 01-01-14 03-04-17 D C YES APPROVED IND 5014638 Anil Kumar, Raizada 01-01-14 09-10-18 D C YES APPROVED 23 IND 46698035 Vinita Shrotri 14-09-16 11-03-19 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 14/09/2021 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 25062883 Patel Kavita 14-09-16 09-09-19 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 14/09/2021 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 25710478 Sohani Vivek Suhas 15-10-17 16-09-19 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 15/10/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5042771 Jitendra Choudhary 29-04-15 15-02-19 D C YES APPROVED IND 25618199 Guru Dayal Prajapati 09-08-17 26-04-18 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/08/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 45022011 Govindankutty M S 29-04-15 11-04-18 D C YES APPROVED IND 25004107 Gaur H C 09-08-17 09-04-19 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/08/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5035465 Biswajit, Bharadwaj 09-08-17 04-07-19 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/08/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5095980 Arvind Mhamal 01-01-14 24-09-19 D C YES APPROVED IND 35010069 Kaviraj Sawant 09-04-18 08-04-19 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/04/2023 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 46659293 Ganesh R 15-09-16 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 15/09/2021 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5031044 Inamdar, Rasheed 15-09-16 D C NO REJECTED: No C-level tournament. IND 5001935 Lahiri, Santanu 15-09-16 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 15/09/2021 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 35004220 Rupesh, Kumar 06-12-15 01-03-20 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 06/12/2020 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 25085506 Arun Singh M 12-07-18 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 12/07/2023 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 46659277 Babita B 08-09-14 D C YES APPROVED IND 25086723 Chelvaprakash K 09-08-17 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/08/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5018552 Dharmaraj, P. 20-03-17 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 20/03/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5045541 Kavlekar, Sanjay R. 09-04-18 01-03-20 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/04/2023 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 35013777 Kirti Sharma 09-08-17 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/08/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 25007904 Mrinal Ghosh 28-01-15 D C YES APPROVED IND 5005000 Natarajan C 21-01-13 D C YES APPROVED IND 25015621 Ravi, Kiran D J 09-08-17 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 09/08/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 25027042 Selva Manikandan S 29-04-15 01-03-20 D C YES APPROVED IND 46659242 Silambarasan D 05-05-15 D C YES APPROVED IND 25066404 Somanath, Krishnarao 02-09-14 D C YES 24 APPROVED IND 25036173 Srirenga Nachiar R 21-04-17 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 21/04/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 46692240 Srivari Naga Prasad S 02-05-17 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 02/05/2022 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5023912 Vappangi, Srikanth 09-10-13 D C YES APPROVED IND 25036050 Vaychal Deepak 10-04-18 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 10/04/2023 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) IND 5025583 Vijay, Kumar Agarwal 18-10-09 D C YES APPROVED IRI 12535486 Khalili, Kaveh 01-01-16 03-03-17 D C NO REJECTED: Less than 2 C-level tournaments. RSA 14306972 Piek, Ronel 01-01-11 10-04-18 D C YES APPROVED SVK 14904195 Syrovy, Ivan 01-01-07 01-01-09 B A YES APPROVED TUR 6306675 Acar, Ozgur 29-04-15 03-03-17 D B YES APPROVED TUR 6351930 Akin, Oguz Cem 22-10-11 17-02-15 D C YES APPROVED TUR 6333028 Alev, Engin Deniz 10-09-12 09-09-19 D C YES APPROVED TUR 6368808 Altun, Emin Yasa 06-02-12 01-04-14 D B -> C YES APPROVED TUR 6308678 Arvit, Ismet 01-01-82 D C YES APPROVED TUR 6350925 Karabay, Fahri 06-01-10 13-02-12 B A YES APPROVED TUR 34505806 Uctu, Ahmet 29-04-15 13-11-17 D A YES APPROVED TUR 34506373 Yildirim, Cuneyt Kamil 09-09-15 10-12-18 D B Cond. CONDITIONAL: 21/09/2020 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) TUR 6383726 Altuntas, Abuzer 03-11-12 D B -> C YES APPROVED TUR 6306845 Kaygisiz, Ozgur Can 21-09-15 D C Cond. CONDITIONAL: 21/09/2020 - 3.4.1 not yet 5 years as an arbiter (FIDE level) TUR 6330320 Saglam, Emrah Sitki 20-01-13 01-03-20 D C YES APPROVED

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Appendix D

Updated list of FIDE Lecturers for Arbiters

FIDE ID Name Fed 7900341 Nesla, Adnane ALG 127876 Hermida, Marcelo Mariano ARG 101702 Pingas, Blas Mariano ARG 13305670 Vardapetyan, Ashot ARM 3202070 Kenmure, Jamie AUS 3214672 Tsai, Peter AUS 1628488 Stubenvoll, Werner AUT 13405152 Gasanov, Faig AZE 10208291 Md Haroon or Rashid BAN 13501151 Sorokina, Anastasia BLR 2110598 Bento, Antonio BRA 2110652 Ribeiro, Pablyto Robert Baioco BRA 11200081 Al Afoo, Shaker BRN 2601699 Bond, Hal CAN 2611058 Marghetis, Aris CAN 3503259 Lopez-Chavez Marino, Barbara CUB 337994 Prokopova, Jirina CZE 351725 Zaruba, Petr CZE 10600736 Elgendy, Hesham EGY 10607846 Khaled, Hassan EGY 419281 Barnes, Lara A.L. ENG 405256 Reuben, Stewart ENG 22280952 Mena Sarasola, Jesus ESP 616672 Boyd, Stephen FRA 654655 Dervieux, Dominique FRA 632686 Escafre, Stephane FRA 620700 Freyd, Laurent FRA 12900656 Alt, Ralph GER 12900699 Deventer, Klaus GER 4616472 Klueners, Juergen GER 12900761 Kohlstaedt, Juergen GER 4698185 Wolter, Jens GER 4226070 Nikolopoulos, Panagiotis GRE 4226151 Tsorbatzoglou, Viron GRE 6702937 Vega Fernandez, Jorge GUA 6000991 Chan, Kwai Keong HKG 7102577 Bunawan, Bong INA 25017179 Dharmendra, Kumar IND 5058287 Gopakumar M S IND 25016148 Rathinam, Anantharam IND 12501018 Bayat, Shohreh IRI 12504270 Pahlevanzadeh, Mehrdad IRI 10601279 Salama, Omar ISL 26 2803640 Burstein, Almog ISR 873217 Dapiran, Franca ITA 2700034 Jarecki, Carol IVB 21500053 Al Otaibi, Yaser Motlaq KSA 9001964 Akkour, Abdelfattah MAR 5707021 Abd Hamid Bin Abd Majid MAS 5113504 Garcia Ramos, Santiago MEX 5101913 Martinez Garcia, Jose MEX 4300700 Gibbons, Robert NZL 5200512 Abundo, Casto PHI 1100491 Filipowicz, Andrzej POL 1905813 Dias, Carlos Oliveira POR 14301180 van den Bergh, Gunther RSA 4129890 Akhmetov, Artiom RUS 4141016 Krjukov Mikhail RUS 4153758 Shaab, Alexander RUS 4158598 Tkachev, Alexander RUS 24158836 Vereshchagin, Igor RUS 2403102 McFarlane, Alex H SCO 5800242 Leong, Ignatius SGP 935549 Bojovic, Zoran SRB 923281 Suhartovic, Branislav SRB 5501067 Messaoudi, Bechir TUN 6350925 Karabay, Fahri TUR 6325203 Unal, H.Guran TUR 9304207 Abdulrahim, Mahdi UAE 14128748 Tovchyga, Oleg UKR 2060426 Reed, Boyd USA 14203251 Turdialiev, Husan UZB

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