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The FIDE Arbiters’ Manual 2013
The Arbiter’s Commission has published the 2013 Arbiters’ Manual and it is available as a .pdf at
http://www.fide.com/images/stories/N...anual_2013.pdf
There will be a new edition in June 2014 reflecting the changes in the Laws of Chess approved at the Tallinn FIDE Congress, 2013.
The download has 114 pages.
With so many hands involved in its production, it is almost certain there will be some awkward passages. Still, it is a laudable production.
Some comments from the English Chess Forum:
- I found the comment to 8.7, about signing for the correct result, particularly funny:
"At the moment the arbiter sees that a game has been finished, he should rush to that board and request the players to write the result of the game and to sign the score sheets. The arbiter should immediately check that both score sheets show the identical results."
I look forward to reading details of the "FIDE Arbiter Fitness Tests" to ensure that all arbiters are capable of doing this repeatedly during a tournament.
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- .. we're presented with more detailed explanation for 2.4, covering a range of topics including which way Knights must face, ...
Unfortunately, this conflicts with the explanation of 4.2. That says you can only adjust a piece if it is displaced. A knight on the centre of its square is not displaced, so cannot be adjusted just because it's not pointing the way you'd like it to be.
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Some passages that I noted on my first read-through:
You can face your knights as you wish:
Sometimes there is a disagreement between players how to place the knights. Each player has his
own habit regarding this. Each player may place his own knights as he likes before the starting of
the game or, if he does it during the game, only after he has informed his opponent that he is
going to adjust them (See Article 4: “J’adoube” – “I adjust”)
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It is considered as an illegal move to put an upside‐down rook as a promoted piece (queen, etc.), even in case that the needed piece is not available. In such cases the player has just to stop the clock and ask for the Arbiter's assistance.
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There are different ways to resign a game by a player:
‐ stopping the clock
‐ knocking over the king
‐ reaching out his hand to the opponent
‐ signing a score sheet, etc
All of these possibilities are dangerous and might be misunderstood. Therefore an arbiter always
has to clarify such a situation.
The only correct way to resign a game is to write down the result on the score sheet and to sign it.
If a player who does not wish to continue a game and leaves without resigning or notifying the
arbiter is discourteous. He may be penalised, at the discretion of the CA, for poor sportsmanship
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If a mobile rings the game is lost for the player. His opponent shall win, but if cannot win by any
series of legal moves, his score shall be draw. It means that the result of the game is 1⁄2‐0 or 0‐1⁄2.
Suppose the following situation occurs: There is no zero‐tolerance. Player A is in the playing hall at
the start of the round. His opponent, Player B is absent. Immediately after player A made his first
move his mobile rings. The arbiter declares the game lost for Player A. Some minutes later, but still on time, Player B arrives. The score is “‐/+”, it is not a “played” game and it cannot be rated
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The pawns are given names à la Nigel Short in the section on Blind and Visually Handicapped Chess
A – Anna, B – Bella, C – Cesar, D – David, E – Eva, F – Felix, G – Gustav, H – Hector
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There shall be an Appeals Committee….. Members of the Appeals Committee should not be younger than 21 years old.
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There is a huge amount of information to digest and learn. Good luck to all FIDE Arbiters.
At least everything is set down for discussion and improvement and that is a good thing.
The Arbiter’s Commission has published the 2013 Arbiters’ Manual and it is available as a .pdf at
http://www.fide.com/images/stories/N...anual_2013.pdf
There will be a new edition in June 2014 reflecting the changes in the Laws of Chess approved at the Tallinn FIDE Congress, 2013.
The download has 114 pages.
With so many hands involved in its production, it is almost certain there will be some awkward passages. Still, it is a laudable production.
Some comments from the English Chess Forum:
- I found the comment to 8.7, about signing for the correct result, particularly funny:
"At the moment the arbiter sees that a game has been finished, he should rush to that board and request the players to write the result of the game and to sign the score sheets. The arbiter should immediately check that both score sheets show the identical results."
I look forward to reading details of the "FIDE Arbiter Fitness Tests" to ensure that all arbiters are capable of doing this repeatedly during a tournament.
+++++++
- .. we're presented with more detailed explanation for 2.4, covering a range of topics including which way Knights must face, ...
Unfortunately, this conflicts with the explanation of 4.2. That says you can only adjust a piece if it is displaced. A knight on the centre of its square is not displaced, so cannot be adjusted just because it's not pointing the way you'd like it to be.
+++++++++
Some passages that I noted on my first read-through:
You can face your knights as you wish:
Sometimes there is a disagreement between players how to place the knights. Each player has his
own habit regarding this. Each player may place his own knights as he likes before the starting of
the game or, if he does it during the game, only after he has informed his opponent that he is
going to adjust them (See Article 4: “J’adoube” – “I adjust”)
++++
It is considered as an illegal move to put an upside‐down rook as a promoted piece (queen, etc.), even in case that the needed piece is not available. In such cases the player has just to stop the clock and ask for the Arbiter's assistance.
++++++++
There are different ways to resign a game by a player:
‐ stopping the clock
‐ knocking over the king
‐ reaching out his hand to the opponent
‐ signing a score sheet, etc
All of these possibilities are dangerous and might be misunderstood. Therefore an arbiter always
has to clarify such a situation.
The only correct way to resign a game is to write down the result on the score sheet and to sign it.
If a player who does not wish to continue a game and leaves without resigning or notifying the
arbiter is discourteous. He may be penalised, at the discretion of the CA, for poor sportsmanship
+++++++
If a mobile rings the game is lost for the player. His opponent shall win, but if cannot win by any
series of legal moves, his score shall be draw. It means that the result of the game is 1⁄2‐0 or 0‐1⁄2.
Suppose the following situation occurs: There is no zero‐tolerance. Player A is in the playing hall at
the start of the round. His opponent, Player B is absent. Immediately after player A made his first
move his mobile rings. The arbiter declares the game lost for Player A. Some minutes later, but still on time, Player B arrives. The score is “‐/+”, it is not a “played” game and it cannot be rated
+++++++++
The pawns are given names à la Nigel Short in the section on Blind and Visually Handicapped Chess
A – Anna, B – Bella, C – Cesar, D – David, E – Eva, F – Felix, G – Gustav, H – Hector
+++++++
There shall be an Appeals Committee….. Members of the Appeals Committee should not be younger than 21 years old.
+++++++++++
There is a huge amount of information to digest and learn. Good luck to all FIDE Arbiters.
At least everything is set down for discussion and improvement and that is a good thing.