FIDE Arbiter’s Magazine for Download

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE Arbiter’s Magazine for Download

August 18, 2015

There is an Arbiter’s magazine available for download from FIDE. Everyone is eligible, you needn’t be considering a career in arbitrage.

The best way to go is to chessdom.com and click on the Arbiter’s Magazine link:

http://www.chessdom.com/fide-arbiters-magazine/

The Table of Contents:

Introduction by the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Chairman

Time Controls in FIDE World Events

Anti cheating guidelines for Arbiters

Incidents that happened during Tournaments:

a. Case from a National Youth Championship b. Case from an International Open Tournament c. Case from the 2015 World Women’s Team Chess Championship d. Case from the 2015 World Amateur Chess Championship e. Case from the 2015 Dubai Open Tournament f. Case from the 2015 USA Chess Championship
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The announcement:

The FIDE Arbiters’ Commission has published the first issue of the Arbiters’ Magazine (pdf). Announcement below.

This publication is our attempt to offer to all the Arbiters around the world the necessary knowledge and information, to enable them to exercise their duties in the best way.

The Magazine will include real incidents from the tournaments and respective actions of the Arbiters, as well as decisions taken by the FIDE Congresses and Presidential Boards in connection to the Arbiters. It will also contain any other information that can be useful to the Arbiters.

Many thanks to the Arbiters’ Commission Editorial Subcommittee of IA Aris Marghetis (CAN), Secretary of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, and IA Carlos Dias (POR), Member of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, who collect the material for publication in every issue of the Magazine and prepare it for publication.

The Arbiters’ Magazine will be published twice a year on the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission website and will be available for printing to everybody.

You are welcome to send your comments, opinions and ideas, as well as any incidents that have come to your knowledge and you believe are worth publishing.

Your assistance to our effort will be highly appreciated.


Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission
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The discussions are quite interesting. Wesley So is in the last case study and Nigalidze from the Dubai Open in the fifth.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: FIDE Arbiters' Magazine for Download

FIDE Arbiters' Magazine for Download

February 6, 2018

FIDE Arbiters' Magazine No. 6, February 2018 is now available for download at:

http://arbiters.fide.com/images/stor...ruary_2018.pdf

This issue has three interesting cases discussed.

1) In the second round at 2017 Gibraltar Masters Tournament, GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) was on his way to winning against GM Ori Kobo (ISR). As the players approached the first time control, GM Ivanchuk comfortably completed and recorded what he apparently thought had been his 40th move. But actually, it was only his 39th move!

Note that even though GM Ivanchuk had recorded the moves in the slots for the 40th move, but earlier in the game for the 24th move, he had left that line blank! Therefore, he lost on time!

This is an interesting case because we could ask ourselves if there was anything that the Arbiters could have done to prevent this unfortunate turn of events?!

2) The much-discussed case of the illegal moves in the Carlsen-Inarkiev first round game at 2017 King Salman World Blitz Chess Championship.

3) Player Resigns Then Un-Resigns

This case arose from an Amateur tournament in August 2016 in Kitchener (CAN). This incident occurred during the third round. At this point, games are still in progress on the first and second boards, which are situated beside each other. On Board 2, the following position is reached after White plays 26. Bxb4+




Black responds with 26... Rxe4, which is of course an illegal move. White stops the clock and advises Black that 26... Rxe4 is illegal, and that Black must now play a legal move with his Rook from c4. There is no attending arbiter yet. There should also be a 2 minute penalty added to White's time, for first illegal move.

At this point, Black gets upset and announces "then I resign".

All the players in the area, including two arbiters, hear the resignation, and also what follows. After this resignation, the White player from Board 1 says to the Black player from Board 2: "just capture the bishop", who announces "then I un-resign"! This interference from Board 1 White upsets Board 1 Black who feels distracted, and upsets Board 2 White who felt he had won when Board 2 Black resigned.

There are now multiple decisions for the Arbiter team to make. First of all, they stop both clocks. Then the most critical question is: can the game on Board 2 continue?
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Previous issues of the magazine:

FAM No. 1:
http://arbiters.fide.com/images/stor..._July_2015.pdf

FAM No. 2:
http://arbiters.fide.com/images/stor...ruary_2016.pdf

FAM No. 3:
http://arbiters.fide.com/images/stor...ugust_2016.pdf

FAM No. 4:
http://arbiters.fide.com/images/stor...ruary_2017.pdf

FAM No. 5:
http://arbiters.fide.com/images/stor...ember_2017.pdf

or, all at:

http://arbiters.fide.com/fide-arbiters-magazine.html