FIDE Releases List of Chess Officials for Tromso Chess Olympiad 2014

Hello chess friends, here is the main list of chess officials decided for the Tromso Chess Olympiad 2014 to be held in Norway:



Tromso Chess Olympiad: Officials and Match Arbiters

OFFICIALS
1. CHIEF ARBITER: IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE)
2. DEPUTY CHIEF ARBITERS: 

IA Karl Rist (NOR)
IA Faik Gasanov (AZE)

3. SECTOR ARBITERS: 

IA R. Anatharam (IND)
IA Jesus Mena (ESP)
IA Anastasia Sorokina (AUS)
IA Irina Kayumova (UZB)
IA Elias Khairallah (LIB)
IA Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI)
IA Hassan Khaled (EGY)
IA Carol Jarecki (IVB)

4. TAP: 

Chairman: IA Ashot Vardapetian (ARM)
Members: IA Werner Stubenvoll (AUT)
IA Almog Burstein (ISR)
Heinz Herzog (AUT)

5. APPEALS COMMITTEE: 

Chairman IA Jorge Vega (GUA)
Member IA Ali Nihat Yazici (TUR)
Member Vanik Zakharian (ARM)

MATCH ARBITERS
All the arbiters are kindly urgently requested to communicate with the 2014 Tromso Chess Olympiad Chief Arbiter IA Takis Nikolopoulos at takisnik@yahoo.com the following info:

1. Any previous experience in the Chess Olympiads as arbiter.
2. Any previous experience in tournaments with blind and handicapped players.
3. FIDE official languages spoken

For the complete and detailed list, check this FIDE news post.

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