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THE FIDE DEVELOPMENT MEETING Annex 67 Annex 67 1 | P a g e THE FIDE DEVELOPMENT MEETING The Sheraton Hotel, Batumi, The Republic of Georgia, 30th September 2018 THE 89th FIDE CONGRESS BATUMI, GEORGIA In attendance: ...from the Core Commission... Mr Allan Herbert (Chairman BAR), Mr Rupert Jones (Secretary PNG) Mr Hal Bond (CAN), Mr Martin Huba (SVK) and Mr Stephen Kisuze (UGA). K Howie (SCO), N Short (ENG), E Celi (URU), R Zanza (PAR), R Smith (TTO), K Hassan (ERI), I Shilongo (NAM), S Belayungu (ETH), G Boxall (GCI), J Vega (GUA), R dos Ramos (SUR), S Mivic (ZIM), E Shreshta (NEP), L Ncube (ZAM), G Diaz M Fierro (ECU), F Cruz (PUR), A Marshall Harris (BER), Y Peroud (GUY), A Howie (SCO), E Kyrkjebo (NOR), J Mahomole (RSA), E Hernandez (ESA), A Avgoustis (URU), C Asseba (ETH), W Kastner (AUT), E Takawira (RSA), P Chatelain (HAI), K Msukwa (MAW), JA Modi (SSD), G Kevin (RWA), R Waithe (BAR), H Gill (BAR), G Neshheim (NOR), V Simensen (NOR), SK Rotoma (NOR), E Joseph (BAH), C Nsakanya ZAM, D Chen TPE, M Murphy ISV D Sedgwick (ENG), H Pees (DGT), P Laine (FIN), A Muhsin) (MAS), E Bastidas (ECU), E Thompson II (LBR), P Ameku (GHA), K Vatanov (TJK), K Turdialiev (UZB), B Messaoudi (TUN) A Yalici (TUR), C Mohanbela (ZIM), B Wansala (KEN) , G Arko Dadzie (GHA), F Gonzales (VEN), B Ascue (PER) D Lima (BRA), A Lemsioui (MAR), E Mwaka (NAM) M Chilufya (ZAM), T Sitale (BOT), M Pein (Eng), T Wall (Eng) L Cornet BEL, M Msibi (SZW), C Mphambela (ZIM) S Imanboka (NEP) Umesh KC (NEP), L Katebe (ZAM), G Borg (FIDE) & A Siegel (FIDE Treasurer) 1 – Welcome The Chairman Mr Allan Herbert welcomed everyone. He announced that as it was the last meeting in this period of office and is the custom today's meeting would be a review of what has been done. It would be a paperless meeting with everything available online / through email. Everyone was thanked for attending. It had been an honour to serve FIDE Development for the last eight years. 2 - Development Goals The Chairman revisited the Development Goals and indicated that over the progress to their achievement was encouraging there was still worked to be done. The goals have been incorporated into the Commission’s regulations and can be found in FIDE Hand Book under section 2.7.5 2.7.5 The DEV shall aim at achieving the following objectives for developing Federations: • organisation of National Youth and Junior Championships every year • organisation of a FIDE-rated National Championship every year • participation in Chess Olympiads • each such Federation to have at least five active rated players, five certified and active trainers and five certified and active arbiters Annex 67 2 | P a g e 3 - 2017-2018 Development List Federations are divided into five categories; level one being the most developed and level 5 the least developed. The rational used is the average rating of the top 10 active rated players and the list is updated every two years after the bi annual chess Olympiad. The Chairman pointed out that the number of Federations that do not have any rated players is almost zero. Attached is full list with projections for the new categories based on the September 2019 Rating list. 4 - Trainers for the 2018 Olympiad The list of Trainers and Federations they are attached to is attached. The Commission covers the trainers fee and air ticket and assigned Federation names the trainer as their team captain so they come under their free accommodation allocation. All allocations are done on a 'first come first served' basis with requests to be received by the end of February in the year of the Olympiad. Questions were asked as to how the country is chosen. Nigel Short suggested that maybe the Commission should consider supporting an equal number of Open and Ladies teams. The budget for the Trainers was 60,000 euros. 5 - DGT Development Pricing The Chairman thanked DGT and their CEO Hans Pees for the excellent co-operation with the commission. Last year a special offer was made to every Federation by DGT and over 20 countries including Federations in levels 1 & 2 took advantage to purchase chess clocks for their respective Unions. England, Scotland and Wales for example bought a lot of clocks as many areas in the UK still did not have digital clocks. The special price was 15 euros for a DGT 2010. An application form is available for developing Federations to be able to order equipment through the Commission at the special prices during the Olympiad. 6 - Programmes and Financial Incentives Activity Rebates The activity rebates incentive continued to benefit many Federations. Annex 67 3 | P a g e 2018 Budget The 2018 Budget details are all set out in the attached presentation. Mr Short questioned the current policy of allocation of the budget to Continents and the opportunity it presented for political abuse by Continental Presidents. Clarification was sought from Mr Jones about the additional extra 200,000 euros that was added to the Development budget at the last Presidential Board meeting. At this point the FIDE Treasurer Mr Siegel entered the room and along with the Commission Chairman explained that this amount was added as a bonus because of FIDE's improved financial position and would not be accessible to the Commission till after the FIDE Elections. This then led to an extensive discussion about allocation of funds to Continental Presidents especially with reference to Africa. A lively discussion then started between Mr Siegel and the Continental president Mr Ncube with various members contributing from the floor (the Secretary of the Commission wishes to add that it was very difficult to hear all this discussion because of the acoustics of the room). A lot of this discussion revolved around the 30,000 euros given to Africa for the establishment of a new office in South Africa back in 2014. Mr Short reiterated his concern that there was an inherit bias in the awarding of funds to Continental Presidents and that this could be seen to be dependent on how Federations vote in elections. He then referred to the Trainers budget of €60,000 which is selected by the Continental President as to the distribution. His suggestion was to distribute money directly to Federations dependent upon meeting certain criteria and if the funds were misused in the given time period then they do not get any again etc. Graham Boxall of Guernsey, and Chairman of Verification, asked the Commission if in their opinion the Commission had the resources to monitor the use of Development funds in the Continents. Mr Hal Bond in his closing remarks and in response to Mr Boxall said that the answer is maybe not. Accessing Development Funding The meeting was reminded of the process for accessing Development Funding. A copy of the form Annex 67 4 | P a g e for applying for funding from the Commission is attached. 7. AOB The Chairman then invited the core Commission members to give their final statements. This can be summarised by saying that everyone thought it was a great honour to serve on the Commission and that it had been a pleasure to work with everyone in the world of chess. And, the General Secretary appealed to the meeting to remember the positives such as 46 African countries out of 54 participating in Batumi. The Chairman then finished the meeting by reminding the Federations that 'Pocket money' will soon be ready for collection. However, Pocket Money was not a Development Committee initiative but decided by the Olympiad hosting Federation and that the UN Human Development index was used as a guide for deciding which countries got pocket money. Allan Herbert Chairman FIDE Development Commission Batumi 1st October 2018) Development List 2017-2018 Average Total Current Projected Olympiad Olympiad # Federation Code GMs IMs Continent Level Change Rating Titled Level Level Open Women 1 Argentina ARG 2546 24 74 282 1 1 America 0 Yes Yes 2 Armenia ARM 2644 42 29 126 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 3 Azerbaijan AZE 2674 24 30 151 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 4 Belarus BLR 2568 18 29 114 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 5 Brazil BRA 2551 14 32 223 1 1 America 0 Yes Yes 6 Bulgaria (Temporary Excluded) BUL 1 1 Europe 0 No No 7 Canada CAN 2500 13 38 200 1 1 America 0 Yes Yes 8 China CHN 2710 45 36 169 1 1 Asia 0 Yes Yes 9 Croatia CRO 2579 31 64 263 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 10 Cuba CUB 2561 24 55 336 1 1 America 0 Yes Yes 11 Czech Republic CZE 2591 36 79 322 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 12 Denmark DEN 2535 13 43 143 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 13 England ENG 2634 36 62 280 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 14 France FRA 2642 50 110 439 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 15 Georgia GEO 2597 32 39 131 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 16 Germany GER 2618 96 267 1389 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 17 Greece GRE 2555 14 27 137 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 18 Hungary HUN 2649 56 121 485 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 19 Iceland ISL 2502 14 12 66 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 20 India IND 2664 51 105 357 1 1 Asia 0 Yes Yes 21 Iran (Islamic Republic of) IRI 2544 15 22 123 1 1 Asia 0 Yes Yes 22 Israel ISR 2627 43 61 196 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 23 Italy ITA 2534 13 48 242 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 24 Kazakhstan KAZ 2494 15 38 160 1 2 Asia -1 Yes Yes 25 Latvia LAT 2501 12 10 66 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 26 Netherlands NED 2637 35 96 367 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 27 Norway NOR 2575 14 35 135 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 28 Peru PER 2544 7 17 92 1 1 America 0 Yes Yes 29 Poland POL 2639 43 108 420 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 30 Romania ROU 2568 21 84 308 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 31 Russia RUS 2744 249 537 2577 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 32 Serbia SRB 2566 57 123 610 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 33 Slovenia SLO 2530 12 25 125 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 34 Spain ESP 2610 53 129 643 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 35 Sweden SWE 2537 22 42 189 1 1 Europe 0 Yes Yes 36 Switzerland
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