2022 FIDE General Assembly: List of decisions
2022 FIDE General Assembly List of decisions August 7-8, 2022 GA-2022/01 To approve Treasurer’s report. GA-2022/02 To approve the Verification Commission’s report GA-2022/03 To discharge the Treasurer from the responsibilities for the financial year 2021 GA-2022/04 To re-appoint Ernst & Young as External Auditor for annual audit of FIDE accounts for 2022. GA-2022/05 To elect three Scrutineers: Mr. George Kweku Arko-Dadzie, Mr. Ragai Al Susi and Ms. N. Rob. GA-2022/06 To note the results of the completed elections in Zones and Continents. GA-2022/07 To note that the ticket B. Kouatly-I.Wilkinson has withdrawn from the FIDE Presidential elections. GA-2022/08 To elect Mr. A. Dvorkovich as FIDE President and Mr. A. Viswanathan as FIDE Deputy President. GA-2022/09 To elect the following as FIDE Vice-Presidents: Sheikh Saud bin Adulaziz Al Mualla (UAE), Ms. Xie Jun (CHN), Mr. Georgios Makropoulos (GRE), Mr. Michael Khodarkovsky (USA) GA-2022/10 To elect the following FIDE President’s nominations: Mr. Mahir Mammedov (AZE) – Vice-President, Mr. Joran Aullin-Jansson (NOR) – Vice-President, Ms. Zhu Chen (QAT) – Treasurer, Mr. Olalekan Adeyemi (NGR) – Vice-President, Mr. Mario Antonio Ramirez Barahas (MEX) – Vice-President/Secretary of the Council GA-2022/11 To elect the following members of the Constitutional Commission: Mr. Daniel Florea (ROU), Ms. Ivy Amoko (UGA). GA-2022/12 To elect the following member of the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission: Mr. Pedro Dominguez (DOM). GA-2022/13 To mandate the FIDE Council to approve the FIDE Budget 2023. GA-2022/14 To approve the update of the Financial Rules regarding tournament fees. GA-2022/15 To approve the Mitropa Chess Association as an affiliated member of FIDE. GA-2022/16 To readmit the ASEAN Chess Association as an affiliated member of FIDE. GA-2022/17 To approve editorial/minor/technical changes in the Laws of Chess. GA-2022/18 To approve the proposal of the English Chess Federation in respect of the proposed change in the FIDE Charter regarding Article 9.4. GA-2022/19 To reject the proposals of the Papua New Guinea Chess Federation in respect of the proposed changes in the FIDE Charter, regarding Associate Member Federations and Membership. GA-2022/20 To approve the Constitutional Commission’s report. GA-2022/21 To award the organization of the Chess Olympiad 2026 to the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. GA-2022/22 To note the reports of the Continental Presidents. GA-2022/23 To task the FIDE Council to finalize the issue in respect of the missing FIDE President Mr. Augusto Muro (ARG) for a period 1939-1946. GA-2022/24 To revert the matter in respect of a GM title for Ms. E. Paehtz (GER) to the FIDE Council to seek a systemic solution allowing to resolve such cases. GA-2022/25 To approve the title of Honorary members to Messrs. S. Bouaziz (TUN), J. Vega (GUA), V. Hort (GER), A. Tolentino (PHI), K. Jungwirth (AUT). GA-2022/26 To mandate the FIDE Council to further explore and decide on the matter of non-admission of the Russian and Belarusian teams to FIDE events. GA-2022/27 To approve the usage of a title Vice-President / Secretary of the Council for the respective Member of the Council.
2022 2nd FIDE Council meeting: List of decisions
2022 2nd FIDE Council Meeting List of Decisions August 4, 2022 CM2-2022/01 To note President’s report CM2-2022/02 To note Treasurer’s report CM2-2022/03 To note the Verification Commission’s report CM2-2022/04 To suggest to the General Assembly to authorise newly elected FIDE Council to approve the budget for 2023. CM2-2022/05 To suggest to the General Assembly to approve the Ernst & Young as the FIDE External Auditors for annual audit of FIDE accounts for 2022. CM2-2022/06 To approve amendment to the Financial Rules regarding the tournaments’ fees. CM2-2022/07 To refer the proposal of the English Chess Federation in respect of a proposed change of Article 17.6 of the FIDE Charter to the General Assembly for a final decision. CM2-2022/08 To suggest to the General Assembly to approve the proposal of the English Chess Federation in respect of a proposed change of Article 9.4 of the FIDE Charter. CM2-2022/09 To suggest to the General Assembly to reject the proposal of the Papua New Guinea Chess Federation in respect of the Associate Member Federations. CM2-2022/10 To suggest to the General Assembly to reject the proposal of the Papua New Guinea Chess Federation in respect of the proposed change of Article 9.4. of the FIDE Charter. CM2-2022/11 To note that regarding the proposal of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines that the current text of Article 2.7. of Arbiters-Regulations already allows an unlimited number of norms for World and Continental Championships in Requirements for the title of FIDE Arbiter, however for better understanding a comment in this respect will be included in the Arbiters’ Manual not later than October 1st 2022. CM2-2022/12 To acknowledge the developmental status of the FIDE Arbiter title and modify article 3.11 of the B06.1 of Arbiters – Regulations as follows: “There is no restriction on the number of norms from events of National level presented in an FA application.” CM2-2022/13 To approve the EDC Procedural Rules. To include it in the FIDE Handbook as a new section A.9 (effective from 1 September 2022). CM2-2022/14 To approve the updated Regulations related to Non-Elected Commissions. CM2-2022/15 To approve FIDE Fair Play Rules for Online Competitions with Supervision. CM2-2022/16 To approve Rules related to FIDE Compliant Electronic Chess Equipment. CM2-2022/17 To approve Rules related to Standards of Chess Equipment. CM2-2022/18 To approve Tie Break Regulations coming into effect from July 1st 2023. CM2-2022/19 To approve the Regulations related to Captain and Head of Delegation. To further analyze and discuss the document based on the feedback received during the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad. CM2-2022/20 To approve the Appeals Committee Procedural Rules. CM2-2022/21 To note the bid of the Uzbekistan Chess Federation for the 2026 FIDE Chess Olympiad. CM2-2022/22 To note the Constitutional Commission’s report. CM2-2022/23 To note the Arbiters’ Commission’s report. CM2-2022/24 To approve the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission on Seminars, Classification upgrades, Amendments to the FIDE lecturer list, FA norms and titles. CM2-2022/25 To approve the recommendations of the Events Commission on titles. CM2-2022/26 To note the Qualification Commission’s report. CM2-2022/27 To approve the recommendations of the Qualification Commission on titles. CM2-2022/28 To instruct QC to additionally discuss and submit to the Council its potential proposals for changes to Title Regulations on general criteria for assigning direct titles. To assign direct titles in Zone 2.3. events. CM2-2022/29 To approve the Rating Regulations for Rapid and Blitz Tournaments coming into force from 1 October 2022. Qualification Commission to propose necessary clarifications not later than 15 September 2022 if needed. CM2-2022/30 To approve the recommendations of the Trainers’ Commission on titles and Academies. CM2-2022/31 To note the Data Protection Committee’s report. CM2-2022/32 To finalize the Athletes’ Commission composition after the General Assembly, not later than by 31 August 2022. CM2-2022/33 To note Continental reports. CM2-2022/34 To suggest to the General Assembly to award the title of FIDE Honorary members to Messrs. S. Bouaziz (TUN), J. Vega (GUA), V. Hort (GER), A. Tolentino (PHI), K. Jungwirth (AUT). CM2-2022/35 To approve the title of Friend of FIDE for H. Herzog (AUT) CM2-2022/36 To approve the Certificate of Merit for Messrs. H. Metzing (GER), Dat Tat Thang (VIE), P. Spiller (NZL). CM2-2022/37 To award Gligoric Award to Jergus Pechac (SLO) and Shaw Jaden (JAM). CM2-2022/38 To approve that the World Cadet U8, U10 and U10 Championships 2022 (Georgia) and World Youth U14, U16 and U18 Championships 2022 (Romania) organizers are entitled to accept individual registrations in exceptional cases, after the registration deadline. In such case the players also may be obliged to play in the mentioned competitions under FIDE flag pending their request. CM2-2022/39 To recommend to the General Assembly to instruct FIDE Management to carry out public consultations regarding the missing FIDE President and to give the right to the FIDE Council to recognize Mr. Augusto Muro (ARG) as FIDE President for a period 1939-1946 if after the three months public consultations the decision proves feasible. CM2-2022/40 To approve that the World Youth Chess Championship 2023 will be organized in Italy. CM2-2022/41 To approve the changes in the regulations of FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships.
Arjun Erigaisi clinches Abu Dhabi Masters 2022
GM Arjun Erigaisi (India) emerged as the winner of the 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival – Masters scoring an impressive 7.5/9. The event took place from 17-25 August 2022 in the United Arab Emirates and brought together 148 players from 31 countries. Coming into the final round a half point ahead of nine players, the 18-year-old Indian teenager did not take any chances and clinched the title after defeating GM David Anton Guijarro with white pieces. Arjun completed the event unbeaten and picked up 22 rating points, meaning he will join an elite 2700+ club next month. GM Javokhir Sindarov (pictured above) also scored a crucial victory over Amin Tabatabaei in the final round and finished clear second with 7/9. A large group of players, including Jorden Van Foreest (3rd), Ray Robson (4th), Nodirbek Yakubboev (5th) and Nihal Sarin (6th), to name a few, tied for third place. Final standings: 1 GM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2689 7½ 2 GM Sindarov Javokhir UZB 2629 7 3 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2680 6½ 4 GM Robson Ray USA 2682 6½ 5 GM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2620 6½ 6 GM Nihal Sarin IND 2651 6½ 7 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2625 6½ 8 FM Samant Aditya S IND 2430 6½ 9 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2613 6½ 10 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2627 6½ 11 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2625 6½ Photo: Rupali Mullick Official website: adchessfestival.ae/
Carlos Daniel Albornoz wins Mirandela Open 2022
GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera from Cuba emerged as the winner of the III Open Xadrez Terras Trás-os-Montes 2022, one of the strongest open tournaments held in Portugal in recent years. The competition, financially supported by FIDE Aid Package, took place in Mirandela from August 17-23 and brought together 131 participants from 26 federations. The top-rated player in the tournament, Carlos Daniel, confirmed his status as the main favourite and took the first prize scoring an impressive 8/9. In addition to a prize, the winner was awarded a chess set signed by Judit Polgar. GM Arkadiusz Leniart (Poland), IM Arthur Pijpers (Netherlands) and IM Jakub Kosakowski (Poland) finished a full point behind the champion and tied for second place. The Buchholz tiebreak favoured Leniart and Pijpers taking second and third positions on the podium. Several young players came to the final round seeking different norms, but only FM Guy Levin from Israel succeeded and completed an IM norm. Final standings: 1 GM Albornoz Cabrera Carlos CUB 2578 8 2 GM Leniart Arkadiusz POL 2476 7 3 IM Pijpers Arthur NED 2463 7 4 IM Kosakowski Jakub POL 2432 7 5 FM Levin Guy ISR 2352 6½ 6 IM Katz Alexander USA 2412 6½ 7 IM Sorensen Hampus Daniel SWE 2383 6½ 8 IM Seo Jung Min SWE 2514 6½ 9 FM Chasin Nico USA 2392 6½ 10 GM Prusikin Michael GER 2518 6½ Check out the complete results here.
Vincent Keymer wins 2022 German Masters
For the fourth year in a row, German Chess Summer in Magdeburg brought together hundreds of local players competing in various tournaments, this time, from August 12-24: German individual championships, German Women’s individual championships, German senior individual championships (+ 50 / + 65), German blitz individual championships, German Women’s Individual Blitz Championships, German Cup Individual Championships and many others. The top of the milk was the most prestigious German Masters, a ten-player round-robin tournament featuring the best German players. The top-rated Vincent Keymer entered the competition as the favourite and did not disappoint. The 17-year-old native of Maintz scored 7/9, conceding his opponents just four draws. Vincent’s result could have been even more impressive had he converted an overwhelming advantage in his final round game against Frederik Svane, who finished second. Keymer picked up 12 rating points and became the only unbeaten player. Frederik Svane’s performance was a pleasant surprise. The eighth-rated player stayed in the race for the top spot for the most part and earned 19 rating points. Arik Braun and Daniel Fridman netted 5 points each and tied for third place, with the former making the podium thanks to a greater number of victories. Frederik Svane facing his brother Rasmus Final standings: 1 GM Keymer, Vincent 2672 7 2 GM Svane, Frederik 2547 6 3 GM Braun, Arik 2594 5 4 GM Fridman, Daniel 2606 5 5 GM Kollars, Dmitrij 2643 4½ 6 FM Kölle, Tobias 2433 4 7 GM Svane, Rasmus 2640 4 8 GM Engel, Luis 2557 4 9 GM Huschenbeth, Niclas 2607 3½ 10 IM Rosner, Jonas 2464 2 The 24-seed Leonardo Costa (pictured above) made a splash in German Championship, claiming the title and punching his ticket to the German Masters 2023. Lara Schulze (pictured below) triumphed in the women’s category. Thilo Ehmann secured victory in the German Cup individual championship. Among the seniors, the new German champions are Arno Zude (50+) and Yuri Boidman (65+). Check out full results on the official website. Photo: Deutscher Schachbund Twitter and Deutscher Schachbund Facebook page
Drama in Round 2 of the Oslo Esports Cup
Teen sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa leads the Oslo Esports Cup after a stunning win over world number 10 Shakrhiyar Mamedyarov. The 16-year-old from Chennai blew away the oldest player in the field with two game wins to take the Round 2 match 2.5 to 0.5. It followed up Pragg’s impressive Round 1 match win over Jorden van Foreest and leaves him out in front as the only player with the maximum 6 tournament points. “He basically beat Shakhriyar with his own trademark attacking style… wonderful game by Pragg!” Grandmaster Peter Leko enthused after the pair’s first encounter. Having recorded his second clean victory in leg 3 of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, Pragg picked up another 3-point haul and prize of $7,500. The youngster is fast becoming a real force. Rameshbabu said afterwards that he “definitely didn’t expect a win like this” while Mamedyarov said the India “deserved it, he played better”. While Pragg was on fire, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was far from his best as he crashed to a 2.5-1.5 loss against Airthings Masters finalist Liem Quang Le. The Norwegian was late into the arena after playing in a benefit match for Ukraine and then appeared to fall to pieces against Vietnam’s speed chess specialist. At one point in the first game, Carlsen even appeared to nod off – or at least rest his eyes – before rousing himself to make a move. Carlsen’s weariness was apparent in his play too. A series of small mistakes in game 1 led to the champion walking into a knight-fork and with 39.Qe4 he suffered a horror mouse-slip which lost the game on the spot. It was all very uncharacteristic for the champ and he was 1-0 down. The second game started with Carlsen again late to the board. Liem was left waiting after playing 1.d4. A slower, solid game ended in a draw and Liem still in the lead. It ramped up the pressure on Carlsen who now had no margin for error in the four-game match. But Carlsen is never easily beaten and bounced back in style to take the third. Carlsen and Liem were level-pegging going into the final game of the match with tiebreaks looming if neither player could make the breakthrough. The crucial game did not disappoint. Grandmaster David Howell said it was “chaos from start to finish” before Liem broke through in the endgame to take the 3 points in dramatic fashion. Carlsen gave a thumbs up to say well played to his opponent. “It’s been a struggle,” he said leaving the arena. A clearly overjoyed Liem said: “It means a lot to me. I believe this is the first time I’ve really beaten him in a game and also in a match and I think not too many people can manage to beat Magnus in a match.” He added: “It gives me a lot of joy, and fun and motivation to do better in the rest of the tournament.” The Dutchman Jorden van Foreest also showed off his creativity with an impressive win over Eric Hansen that included a magical move that caught the eye in game 2. Van Foreest played a move that looked like a mouse-slip: 12.Kd2, intending to castle his king by hand with 3.Kc2 and 14.Kb1. But this was no mistake. The 22-year-old had realised he had time to pull off the manoeuvre and it eventually led to a winning position. GM Leko suggested it could be “the novelty of the year!” But in game 3 Van Foreest took his eye off the ball and a 360 turnaround saw Hansen pull of an unlikely win to give him hope going into the final game. Still ahead, Van Foreest only need a draw though and secured it with a composed defence to take the 3 points. The last match to finish was the encounter between the Polish No.1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dutch No.1 Anish Giri which became the first of the tournament to go to tiebreaks after it finished 2-2 following four close draws. Duda eventually forced the match win with victory in the both the blitz games to take a split 2-point win with Giri salvaging 1 point. Round 3 starts at 18:00 CEST on Sunday. Full coverage with commentary from the Oslo arena is available on chess24’s Twitch and YouTube channels. For further comments contact: Leon Watson leon@championschesstour.com About the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour The Champions Chess Tour is the leading online chess Tour worldwide determining the world’s best chess player over a full competitive season of online chess. The 2022 season begins in February 2022 and features monthly tournaments culminating in a Final in November 2022. The best chess players in the world are competing in rapid chess. All games take place online on www.chess24.com with players competing for a total prize pool of over USD 1.5 million. For more information visit www.championschesstour.com. About Play Magnus Group Play Magnus Group is a global leader in the chess industry focused on providing premier digital experiences for millions of chess players and students. The company offers e-learning and entertainment services via its market leading brands: chess24, Chessable, iChess, New In Chess, Everyman Chess, Silver Knights, Aimchess, the Play Magnus App Suite, and the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The Group’s mission is to grow chess to make the world a smarter place by encouraging more people to play, watch, study, and earn a living from chess. Play Magnus Group is listed on Euronext Growth Oslo under the ticker PMG. www.pmg.me
World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad: Registration deadline extended
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The registration deadline is extended to September 10, 2022. The Azerbaijan Chess Federation provides air transfer Baku-Nakhchivan-Baku free of charge. FIDE, Azerbaijan Chess Federation and Chess Federation of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic invite all the national chess federations to participate in the FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2022, which will take place in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, from October 1-11, 2022. Registration is open until Thursday, September 10, 2022. Each FIDE member federation has the right to send one team, comprising 4 players and a maximum of 2 reserves. At least one female player must be included in a team in each round. All the players not have reached the age of 16 by January 1, 2022 (born 2006 or later) are entitled to participate. The competition is a 9-round Swiss tournament with the time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. Each match will be played over four boards. The Registration fee is 100 Euro for each player, official and each accompanying person. The Registration fee includes transportation from and to Nakhchivan International airport, from and to Igdir (Türkiye), from and to the Culfa transition border, accreditation, identification, badges and organization costs. To take part in the U-16 Olympiad, FIDE member federations shall duly complete the official registration form before the registration deadline of September 10, 2022. Tournament Schedule: Visa information E-visas can be easily obtained via the following link: https://evisa.gov.az/en/ List on eligible e-visa countries is available at https://evisa.gov.az/en/countries Non-eligible countries should e-mail Organizing Committee. National federations whose players, officials and accompanying persons need a visa shall send the Organizing Committee e-mail copies of their passports (copies of pages with photographs and the necessary data) by September 9, 2022. Regulations for FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2022 Official website: http://youtholympiad.fide.com E-mail: youtholympiad@fide.com
Hou Yifan edges out Valentina Gunina to reach the final
GM Hou Yifan narrowly defeated GM Valentina Gunina in the semifinals of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship. The top-rated female player reached the final again and will defend her WSCC-2021 title against Kateryna Lagno. It all started as one-way traffic with Gunina stringing six victories and taking the first segment, 6.5-1.5, but Hou staged an impressive comeback in the 3+1 stage (6.5-2.5) and nearly levelled the score. It all came down to a tense 1+1 showdown in which Hou Yifan finally grabbed the lead. Trailing by one point with just about three minutes left on the match clock, Valentina pushed hard with white pieces but made a terrible blunder, and it was all over. “To be honest, I really had no idea what was going on in the match because I had a very poor start. I missed a couple of very good positions, so I thought: it’s not a match. It’s Valentina’s day. I tried to fight back in the segment of 3+1 while I just decided to play something random, and somehow it worked… I felt like I was very lucky to win a match that way. It shouldn’t be like this,” said Hou Yifan in a short interview after the match. The FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship is an online event where titled women players will play a series of blitz and bullet matches for a share of the $70,000 prize fund. To follow the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship, watch a live broadcast of the event with expert commentary on Chess.com/TV and Chess.com Twitch Channel. More info and a full schedule of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship can be found here.
Belgian Championship 2022: Daniel Dardha wins third title
GM Daniel Dardha tuned in a dominating performance in the 2022 Belgian Chess Championship organized by the Koninklijke Belgische Schaakbond/Fédération Royale Belge des Echecs (Royal Belgium Chess Federation), claiming his third national title. The teenager from Antwerp previously won this event in 2019 and 2021. The champion finished three points ahead of his closest competitor Georgian-born GM Alexandre Dgebuadze. “Won the Belgian Championship for the 3rd time with 8.5/9, exceeding the 2600 mark and becoming #1 Belgium. On the next goal!” the champion wrote on his Facebook page. Photo: Daniel Dardha’s Facebook page Official website: frbe-kbsb-ksb.be/
Harry Grieve wins Chessable British Chess Championship
The Chessable British Chess Championships held in various categories took place at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay from 8th to 21st August 2022. It was the 108th British Chess Championship in a series which has run almost unbroken since 1904, with Torquay having previously hosted the Championships on six occasions, most recently in 2019. The Championship event, a 9-round Swiss tournament, saw a major sensation as the 16th-rated FM Harry Grieve scored a fantastic 7.5/9 and came out on top. Harry completed his final IM, first GM norm and picked up 59 rating points. Photo: Brendan O’Gorman The defending champion Nick Pert finished a half-point behind the champion and took silver; James Jackson tied for third place with David Eggleston but claimed bronze thanks to better tiebreaks. Final standings: 1 FM Grieve Harry 2390 7½ 2 GM Pert Nicholas 2537 7 3 IM Jackson James 2406 6½ 4 IM Eggleston David 2331 6½ 5 GM Gormally Daniel 2466 6 6 IM Wadsworth Matthew 2418 6 7 GM Arkell Keith 2409 6 8 FM Claridge-Hansen William 2345 6 9 CM Balaji Aaravamudhan 2194 6 10 GM Emms John 2474 5½ The women’s title goes to Lan Yao (pictured below) who netted 5/9; Kata Toma is second (4.5/9); Sheila Jackson came third (3.5/9). Photo: Brendan O’Gorman Midhun P U emerged as the winner in Major Open; Paul Motwani lived up to his rating-favourite status in the Over 50 section and took the title; John Nunn was head and shoulders above the competition in the Over 65 section winning all seven games. Complete results on chess-results.com Official website: britishchesschampionships.co.uk/