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Special preparation programme for the Arbiters’ Team of the 44th Chess Olympiad

The first session of the special preparation programme for the Arbiters’ Team of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 took place on July 3. Almost 200 arbiters from around 100 federation attended the session. A second online session is planned for July 17, before a final preparation day on July 28, at the Olympiad venue, to practice in real conditions.

July 3, 2022, became a historic day for the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission. The vision of the Commission has become a reality: the FIDE ARB is seeking opportunities to leverage the quality of Arbiters and support their growth worldwide, using FIDE Events as a development tool for a better player experience.

With this in mind, a special preparation programme was set up for the Arbiters’ Team of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai. The first session took place on July 3, bringing together almost 200 arbiters from nearly 100 federations. The team was welcomed by the Chief Arbiter and Chairman of the ARB, Laurent Freyd, before the ARB Councilor in charge of World Events Preparation, Omar Salama, introduced the team structure, arbiters’ roles and teamwork expected at the 44th Chess Olympiad.

There was a good interaction during the session, and each of the 12 sectors will now form teams to prepare for the year’s main event together. A second online session is planned for July 17, before a final preparation day on July 28, at the Olympiad venue, to practice in real conditions.

The Arbiters’ Team that will officiate in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India 2022, was selected this June. The list of Arbiters is mostly reusing the selection made in 2020 for the aborted Olympiad in Moscow, when a call of interest collected answers from 526 Arbiters from 136 federations and feedback from 101 Federations. 112 Foreign Match Arbiters were selected. Following the 1st FIDE Council 2022, Continents were also consulted and some of their suggestions were used to replace colleagues who withdrew from the team. Read more: Selection of FIDE Chess Arbiters

Selected arbiters for the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022:

RoleContinentZoneFedNamePanelContinental input
ChiefEurope1.1bFRAFreyd, LaurentARB Chairman
Deputy ChiefAmerica2.5URUde San Vicente, SabrinaGreen
Deputy ChiefAsia3.7INDGopakumar M SGreen
SectorAfrica4.4UGAKisuze, Stephen SsemmangoBlue
SectorAfrica4.5ZAMNsakanya, ChandaBlue
SectorAmerica2.2CANMarghetis, ArisBlue
SectorAmerica2.3.2CRCMunoz Solis, CarolinaGreen
SectorAsia3.1IRIPahlevanzadeh, MehrdadRedx
SectorAsia3.1UAEAbdulrahim, MahdiGreen
SectorAsia3.3VIENguyen, Thi Anh ThuBlue
SectorEurope1.4CZEProkopova, JirinaBlue
SectorEurope1.1aENGBayat, ShohrehGreen
SectorEurope1.7ESTBrokko, MargitBlue
SectorEurope1.3ISLSalama, OmarGreen
SectorEurope1.4POLDelega, TomaszGreen
TAP ChairmanEurope1.1aENGHolowczak, Alex RGreen
TAP MemberAsia3.6PNGPress, ShaunBlue
TAP MemberEurope1.2bISRBurstein, AlmogRed
TAP MemberEurope1.2aSLOSrebrnic, AnaGreen
SupervisorAsia3.6AUSSorokina, AnastasiaGreen
SupervisorEurope1.5aGRENikolopoulos, PanagiotisGreen
SupervisorEurope1.5aSRBBaralic, NebojsaARB Secretary
MatchAfrica4.1ALGAimar, RayeneYellow
MatchAfrica4.1ALGSekrane, AhmedYellow
MatchAfrica4.3BDINtagasigumwami, DeoYellow
MatchAfrica4.3CMREbongue, EmileYellow
MatchAfrica4.1EGYHassanin, SaidYellow
MatchAfrica4.4ETHNugusse, Dejen ZelalemYellowx
MatchAfrica4.1LBAAlmasalati, Abduljawwad A.Yellow
MatchAfrica4.5LESMotloheloa, TselisoYellow
MatchAfrica4.5NAMNakapunda, OttoYellowx
MatchAfrica4.5RSAPiek, RonelYellow
MatchAfrica4.5RSAvan den Bergh, GuntherGreen
MatchAfrica4.2SENThiam, Pape SambaYellow
MatchAfrica4.4SEYContoret, Bernardette ClaudiaYellow
MatchAfrica4.4SOMMohamed, Mohamed AbdullaYellow
MatchAfrica4.4SUDMaher MusaYellowx
MatchAfrica4.1TUNKrifa, NajlaYellow
MatchAfrica4.5ZIMMurimi, SimbarasheYellow
MatchAmerica2.5ARGPingas, Blas MarianoYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.5BAHWhite, AndreYellow
MatchAmerica2.4BRAAmaral, MauroRed
MatchAmerica2.4BRAChaves, JoaraYellow
MatchAmerica2.5CHIBerti Contreras, LorenginisYellow
MatchAmerica2.5CHICastro Guerra, MarioYellowx
MatchAmerica2.3.4COLRojas Villamil, PedroYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.2CRCJimenez Artavia, RebecaYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.3CUBLopez-Chavez Marino, BarbaraYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.2HONGaray Munoz, Mario GerardoYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.1MEXBarrientos Carmona, ErnestinaYellowx
MatchAmerica2.3.1MEXMartinez Garcia, JoseYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.2PANMurillo Subia, AgustinYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.5PURSoto Gonzalez, Ismael R.Yellow
MatchAmerica2.5URUMuzzi, EduardoYellow
MatchAmerica2.1USADommalapati, AnandYellowx
MatchAmerica2.1USAUnderwood, MarthaYellow
MatchAmerica2.3.5VENBlanco Hernandez, Uvencio JoseYellow
MatchAsia3.6AUSTsai, PeterRed
MatchAsia3.2BANMd Haroon or RashidBlue
MatchAsia3.3HKGChan, Kwai KeongRed
MatchAsia3.3INALubis, Endar SaktiYellowx
MatchAsia3.7INDAishwaryaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDAlankar, BhivgadeYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDAmit SharmaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDAnandh Babu V LYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDAnil Kumar, RaizadaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDArasu BYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDArbind Kumar SinghYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDArun Kumar GYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDArun Singh MYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDArvind MhamalYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDAshesh KeniYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDAthulan SYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBansod SwapnilBlue
MatchAsia3.7INDBeig, SaleemYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBhardwaj, VipneshYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBhaskar.vYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBhatt SwatiYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBhuvanaa Sai L RYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBiju Raj SYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBiju Singh ThYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDBindu PathaniaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDChandra Reddy Mouli RYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDChitaranjan TaoremYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDChockalingam Balaji Ulaganathan Dr.Yellow
MatchAsia3.7INDChoudhury, Asit BaranYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDDebasish BaruaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDDeepak Kumar NarendraYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDDeshmukh, PreetiYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDDhakal, MahendraYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDEphrame, M.Yellow
MatchAsia3.7INDGambhire, MangeshYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDGanesh Babu SYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDGovindankutty M SYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDGuru Dayal PrajapatiYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDJoshi, Ambrish CYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDKajal BudhirajaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDKameswaran V.Yellow
MatchAsia3.7INDKaviraj SawantYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDKavitha J EYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDKumar Bhuyan, JayantYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDManjunatha, M.Yellow
MatchAsia3.7INDMonimala SinhaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDMrityunjay SinghYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDNadaradjane SYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDNandakumar, N KYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDNarendra, ShrimaliYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDPalaniappan PYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDPatel KavitaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDPaul Arokia Raj SYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDPradip Kumar RoyYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDPranesh, Yadav KYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDPromodraj MoreeYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDRajesh RYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDRanjan, MohantyYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDRavichandran VenkataramanYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDRupesh, KumarYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDS Chougule, BharatYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSaini, RashmiYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSakthi Prabhakar BYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSaripalli, JostnaYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSathiesh G GYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSethuraman, B.T.Yellow
MatchAsia3.7INDShenvi, NitinYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSheshadri, K RYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDShidore DeeptiYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDShidore, RajendraYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDShivakant MishraYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSohani Vivek SuhasYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSoundaramurthy, DYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSrirenga Nachiar RYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSrivatsan RYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDStella Sharmila PYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSubha RakeshYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSunil SoniYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDSuresh Chandra SahooYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDTaba AnamYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDTapi ShahYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDTeli, RajendraYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDThakare PravinYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDTiwari, Rade ShyamYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDVarun KumarYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDVasanth, B HRed
MatchAsia3.7INDVenkata, Kumar G.Yellow
MatchAsia3.7INDVenkatesan A NYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDVijayakumar ManickavasagamYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDVijayaraghavan V.Yellow
MatchAsia3.7INDVinita ShrotriYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDVishal Kumar MinzYellow
MatchAsia3.7INDYashpal, AroraYellow
MatchAsia3.1IRIParidar, ShadiYellow
MatchAsia3.1IRQFarhan, Naseer Jasim AlhasnawiYellow
MatchAsia3.1JORMalkawi, FadiYellow
MatchAsia3.4KAZRinas, OlegYellow
MatchAsia3.4KGZUmarbekov, AzizYellow
MatchAsia3.1KUWAl Azmi, KhalafYellow
MatchAsia3.1LBNKhairallah, EliasRed
MatchAsia3.3MASKamaruzaman, NorazwanYellow
MatchAsia3.2MDVShamrooh, MohamedYellowx
MatchAsia3.3MGLOyunchimeg, GendenRed
MatchAsia3.3MGLSainbayar, TserendorjRed
MatchAsia3.2NEPK.C., UmeshYellow
MatchAsia3.2NEPKhamboo, MonalishaYellow
MatchAsia3.6NZLWang, YingYellowx
MatchAsia3.1OMAAl Wadhahi MusallamYellow
MatchAsia3.2PAKMuhammad, Wasif NisarYellow
MatchAsia3.3PHILee, PatrickYellow
MatchAsia3.1PLETlaib, HaniYellow
MatchAsia3.6PLWHernandez, RobertoYellow
MatchAsia3.1QATIbrahim, Yousef KhalilYellow
MatchAsia3.2SRIAkalanka, MalithYellow
MatchAsia3.2SRITissera, ThiwankaBlue
MatchAsia3.1SYRHasan, SolimanYellow
MatchAsia3.1SYRMir Mahmoud, AfamiaYellow
MatchAsia3.4TKMAnnayev, VladimirYellow
MatchAsia3.3TPEYueh, Elsa Wei ChungYellow
MatchAsia3.4UZBSemenova, IrinaYellow
MatchAsia3.3VIETon, That Nhu TungYellow
MatchAsia3.1YEMSultan, Mohsen Awadh SenanYellow
MatchEurope1.5aALBCollaku, MarinYellow
MatchEurope1.5bARMMovsisyan, NairaYellow
MatchEurope1.2aAUTMitterhuemer, GuenterYellow
MatchEurope1.8AZERustamov, LutfiyarYellow
MatchEurope1.1bBELBailleul, GeertRed
MatchEurope1.4BULAtanasov, RadislavYellow
MatchEurope1.4CZEBenak, JaroslavYellow
MatchEurope1.3DENPedersen, Hans MilterYellow
MatchEurope1.3DENRimestad, ArildRed
MatchEurope1.1aENGBarnes, Lara A.L.Red
MatchEurope1.1cESPMartinez Hernandez, NoemiYellow
MatchEurope1.3FINAl Hamoud, MalekYellow
MatchEurope1.1bFRADervieux, DominiqueYellowx
MatchEurope1.5bGEOJaparidze, MarikaGreen
MatchEurope1.2aGERKlueners, JuergenBlue
MatchEurope1.5aGREKytharidis, ArgyriosBlue
MatchEurope1.4HUNGyomber, TamasYellow
MatchEurope1.1aIRLO Muireagain, ColmYellow
MatchEurope1.2bISRShulman, AlonBlue
MatchEurope1.1cITABartolini, LeonardoYellow
MatchEurope1.1cITABiagioli, MarcoRedx
MatchEurope1.2bKOSMisini, BurhanudinYellowx
MatchEurope1.7LATCimina, AndraBlue
MatchEurope1.2bMKDShemshiji, AgimYellow
MatchEurope1.10MLTGrima, NoelYellow
MatchEurope1.5aMNEVujacic, IgorYellow
MatchEurope1.4POLJudek, MagdalenaYellow
MatchEurope1.1cPORRocha, PauloYellow
MatchEurope1.4ROUNicula, Dinu-IoanRed
MatchEurope1.1aSCOMcFarlane, Alex HBluex
MatchEurope1.2aSUIHein, MichaelYellow
MatchEurope1.4SVKSyrovy, IvanGreen
MatchEurope1.3SWEBerntsen, JohanYellow
MatchEurope1.5aTURCaliskan, IsmailBlue
MatchEurope1.5aTURUctu, AhmetYellow
MatchEurope1.9UKRTovchyga, OlegYellow

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