List of Key Decisions by FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi
List of Key Decisions of the Executive Board at Abu Dhabi Congress – Financial matters EB/01 The Treasurer’s report for 2018 was unanimously approved. EB/02 The Verification Commission report was unanimously approved. EB/03 The Treasurer was discharged from her responsibilities for the financial year 2018. EB/04 The Budget for the financial year 2020 was unanimously approved. – Reports of the Continental Associations EB/05 The Reports of the Continental Associations were approved. – Assessment of Сommissions’ achievements for 2019 EB/06 The Arbiters’ Commission report was approved. EB/07 The title application recommendations presented in the Arbiters’ Commission report were approved with three (3) corrections given by the Chairman in his speech on the floor. EB/08 The Chess in Education Commission report was approved. EB/09 The Commission for the Disabled report was approved. EB/10 The Commission for the Women’s Chess report was approved. EB/11 The Constitutional Commission report was approved. EB/12 The Ethics Commission report was approved. EB/13 The Events Commission report was approved. EB/14 The title application recommendations presented in the Events Commission report were approved. EB/15 It is decided that the bids for the year 2022 will be opened in March. EB/16 The bid from Russia for the World Senior Championships 2021 was approved. EB/17 The bid from Malta for the World Amateur 2021 was approved. EB/18 The bid from Italy for the World Senior Team Championship 50+ and 65+ 2021 was approved. EB/19 The bid from Italy for the World Junior and Girls U-20 Championship 2021 was approved. EB/20 The bid from Egypt for the World Cadet Championship U-8, U-10, U-12 2021 was approved. EB/21 Two bids were received for the World Youth Championships U-14, U-16, U-18 2021, respectively from Italy and Russia. The EB was called to vote and the results of the voting were the following: 2 votes for Italy and 30 for Russia, 7 abstentions. Therefore, these Championships were awarded to Russia. EB/22 Two bids were received for the World Cadet & Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships U-8, U-10, U-12 2021, respectively from Georgia and Croatia. The EB was called to vote and the results of the voting were the following: for 15 Croatia and 24 for Georgia. Therefore, these Championships were awarded to Georgia. EB/23 A bid from Mexico for the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2021 was received when the prescribed bidding period was already over. It was approved to extend the bidding period for two weeks so that the Mexican Chess Federation could properly submit its bid. EB/24 The Fair Play Commission report was approved. EB/25 The following fair play procedures were approved: anti-cheating measures were proposed by the Fair Play Commission and FIDE is ready to support (by providing equipment and a commission of experts) the federations which intend to introduce such measures during the next most important tournaments. EB/26 The Global Strategy Commission report was approved. EB/27 The Medical Commission report was approved. EB/28 The Online Commission report was approved. EB/29 The Planning and Development Commission report was approved. EB/30 The Qualification Commission report was approved. EB/31 The title application recommendations presented by the Qualification Commission were approved. EB/32 The proposal of taking note of the Rules Commission report and the request to the Commission to improve the recommendations was approved. EB/33 It was acknowledged that the Social Commission report was not submitted and requested to the Commission to submit it soon. EB/34 The Systems of Pairings and Programs report was approved. EB/35 The Technical Commission report was approved. EB/36 The Trainers’ Commission report was approved. EB/37 The Trainers’ Commission’s recommendations on title applications and new FIDE academies were approved. EB/38 The Data Protection Commission report was approved. – FIDE Awards EB/39 The EB approved the recommendations of three new FIDE Honorary Members: Yuri Averbakh (Russia), Khalifa Mohammed Al-Hitmi (Qatar) and Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia). – Miscellaneous EB/40 The EB members are requested to send their comments about the creation of the Athletes Commission in the following days. EB/41 FIDE activities regarding the organization of Fischer Random Chess Tournaments were approved. List of Key Decisions of 90th Extraordinary General Assembly – FIDE President’s report EGA/01 The President’s report was approved. – Admission of new Federations EGA/02 The admission of the following new Federations as FIDE full members was unanimously approved: St. Lucia Chess Federation, Guinea Equatorial Chess Federation, Cayman Islands Chess Federation, St Kitts and Nevis Chess Federation, Grenada Chess Federation, Chad Chess Federation and Bulgaria Chess Federation*. – Admission of new affiliated members EGA/03 The admission of the following associations as new affiliated members was unanimously approved: Portuguese-speaking Federations Association and South Asian Chess Council (SACC). – New FIDE Charter EGA/04 The new Charter was approved and comes into force on March 01, 2020. The vote results were: 112 votes in favour, 1 abstention and 1 voted against. – Financial matters EGA/05 The amendments to the Financial Regulations (abolition of fees for participation in seniors’ events and those for Level 5 development countries, excluding membership fees) were unanimously approved and will be effective already for the second half of 2019. EGA/06 It was decided that the Council will prepare a final version of the Financial Regulations by the next General Assembly to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) and start working on a new version of the FIDE Handbook. EGA/07 The appointment of E&Y as the External Auditor for the annual audit of the FIDE accounts for 2019 was unanimously approved. – Elections for the vacant positions of the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission EGA/08 The following appointees for the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission were elected: Khaled Arfa (Tunisia), David Hater (USA) and Johan Sigeman (Sweden). *Please find the correct name of the Bulgarian Federation on the following link: https://fide.com/directory/member-federations List of Key Decisions of Q1 2020 Presidential Board – Financial matters Q1PB-2020/01 The Treasurer’s report for the year 2018 and the budget proposal for the year 2020 were approved. – Amendments to the Financial Regulations Q1PB-2020/02 The draft amendments to the financial Regulations were recommended to the EGA for final approval. – Report
WGP Round 08: Fighting day in Lausanne
The 8th round was extremely hard-fought in Lausanne. Only two games were drawn, and the longest battle concluded after six hours. Nana Dzagnidze joins Aleksandra Goryachkina in the lead. The symbolic first move was made by Jacky Delapierre, Executive Director of Athletissima. This charismatic and popular figure in Lausanne founded the famous athletics meeting in 1977, which now belongs to the Diamond League. He opened 1.e4 for Zhansaya Abdumalik, and the young Kazakhstani went on to castle long against Anna Muzychuk’s Sveshnikov Sicilian. The Ukrainian sacrificed two pawns to develop an attack on the king, but White found a way to force a draw by repetition, constantly attacking the opponent’s queen. Alina Kashlinskaya, one of the two leaders before this round, got clearly caught off balance by Ju Wenjun’s opening choice. The Russian found herself under pressure and blundered an exchange. The World Champion did not ask for more in order to score her first victory in this tournament. In her commentary afterward, the World Champion expressed her relief to finally win a game in this very strong field. Nana Dzagnidze won her game against Marie Sebag after the French strangely forgot that White could exchange her bishop on move 23. Thanks to this third victory, the Georgian moves to joint first place with 5 points out of 8. Aleksandra Goryachkina has the same score after she drew a 129-move-long marathon which lasted over 6 hours. She squeezed an edge out of nothing in a symmetrical position, but Pia Cramling defended well. The Swedish legend was so exhausted after the game that she even packed a white Bishop with other belongings in her handbag. The arbiter discovered the disappearance of the piece only later and managed to convince Cramling to give back the prisoner over dinner. The miseries of Alexandra Kosteniuk do not seem to end, as she lost her game to Mariya Muzychuk and remains on clear last place. The Ukrainian wins her first game in this event and moves to 4,5 points. Same luck for another former World Champion. Antoaneta Stefanova slowly outplayed Harika Dronavalli and won after 95 moves. Results of round 8: Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) – Ju Wenjun (CHN) 0-1Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) – Marie Sebag (FRA) 1-0Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) – Pia Cramling (SWE) ½-½Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) – Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) 0-1Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) – Anna Muzychuk (UKR) ½-½Antoaneta Stefanova (BLG) – Harika Dronavalli (IND) 1-0 Standings after round 8: 1-2. Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) and Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) – 5 points3-6. Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS), Anna Muzychuk (UKR), Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) and Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) – 4½7-8. Harika Dronavalli (IND), Pia Cramling (SWE) and Ju Wenjun (CHN) – 410. Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) – 3½11. Marie Sebag (FRA) – 2½12. Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) – 2 Program of round 9, 11 March at 3 pm: Harika Dronavalli (IND) – Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS)Anna Muzychuk (UKR) – Antoaneta Stefanova(BLG)Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) – Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ)Pia Cramling (SWE) – Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)Marie Sebag (FRA) – Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)Ju Wenjun (CHN) – Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) Follow all the action live with commentary by grandmasters Mikhail Gurevich and Keti Tsatsalashvili on the tournament website http://wgp2019.fide.com. Pictures in high resolution are available for the press at our official Flickr account. Text: Yannick PelletierPhotos: David LladaContact: press@fide.com