Chess Titles Approved: Congrats if you Made the List!

Hello chess blog friends, the world chess body FIDE has published the list of titles approved by the 4th quarter Presidential Board meeting held in Sochi, RUS on 7-10 November 2014. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. There are quite a few new arbiters from Iraq and lots of titled players from... yes, you guessed it right... from Russia! Congratulations everyone.




GM
Lorenzini, Martin ARG
Obregon, Andres Carlos ARG
Ju, Wenjun CHN
Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal CRC
Hawkins, Jonathan ENG
Pavlidis, Antonios GRE
Idani, Pouya IRI
Pakleza, Zbigniuew POL
Sivuk, Vitaly UKR
Nguyen, Duc Hoa USA

WGM
Mammadzada, Gunay AZE
Kulon, Klaudia POL

IM
Petrosyan, Manuel ARM
Petrosyan, Tigran S. ARM
Preotu, Razvan CAN
Guo, Qi CHN
Ma, Zhonghan CHN
Kelires, Andreas CYP
Abel, Dennes GER
Raykhman, Alexander GER
Vertetics, Attila GER
Sagar, Shah IND
Nanjo, Ryosuke JPN
Meskovs, Nikita LAT
Gajek, Radoslaw POL
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROU
Chashchev, Sergey RUS
Khatoev, Eduard RUS
Kozionov, Kirill RUS
Moroz, Roman RUS
Musalov, Ruslan RUS
Petrov, Nikita RUS
Pezelj, Novak SRB
Radovanovic, Dusan SRB
Studer, Noel SUI
Johansson, Linus SWE
Shmeliov, Denis UKR
Liou, Yian USA
Viswanadha, Kesav USA

WIM
Narva, Mai EST
Tsolakidou, Stavroula GRE
Milovic, Aleksandra MNE
Stojanovic, Marija MNE

IA
Huergo, Juan Jose ARG
Kalantaryan, Norayr ARM
Vardanyan, Nune ARM
Diez Cabeza, Vicente ESP
Bayat, Shohreh IRI
Graham, Gerry IRL
Baldursson, Steinthor ISL
Bertagnolli, Gerhard ITA
Oyunchimeg, Genden MGL
Eliens, Arno NED
Ruben, Erik NED
Van Roon, Ton NED
Eriksen, Tom NOR
Milvang, Otto NOR
Hall, Craig NZL
Brozek, Lukasz POL
Du Randt, Jean RSA
Kuzin, Anton RUS
De San Vicente, Sabrina URU
Vibbert, Tracey USA
Banda, Aaron ZAM

FA
Afandiyev, Majid AZE
Jafarov, Mahir AZE
Mehtiyev, Sadig AZE
Murtuzov, Sohrab AZE
Castillo Garcia, Pau ESP
Martinez Escandell, Alfonso ESP
Pareja Lopez, Fransisco Jesus ESP
Kleifges, Matthias GER
Widmann, Volker GER
Barrientos, Alejandra HON
Debobrata, Das IND
Mali, Suraj suryakant IND
Pravin, Pantawane IND
Prem, Kumar G. IND
Shyam Sundar, T. IND
Susil, Kumar S. IND
Mohammadi, Sonia IRI
Pashanejati, Reza IRI
Shadin, Sepideh IRI
Birgisdottir, Ingibjorg ISL
Blass, Uri ISR
Ross, Oded ISR
Biancotti, Alessandro ITA
Held, Mario ITA
Cheong, Kok Love MAS
Kwan, Nam Seng Eddy MAS
Walenciak, Katarzyna POL
Iordache, Claudiu-Badea ROU
Volcinsche, Sebastian ROU
Goosen, Tinus RSA
Hugo, Madeleine RSA
Van Der Walt, Connie RSA
Van Wyngaard, Larissa RSA
Veldsman, Johannes RSA
Izraelyants, Karen RUS
Kaluga, Sergey RUS
Shukan, Vladimir RUS
Lee, Chien Earn SIN
Geffert, Anton SVK
Kucukkilinc, Harun TUR
Regan, Michael W. USA
Phelps, Matthew W. USA

IO
Llerins Bonet, Ricardo ESP
Cohen, Alon ISR
Noe, Claudio ITA
Perico, Gianvittorio ITA
AlTaher, Tarek Ali UAE

CONDITIONAL ON RATING
GM
Sevian, Samuel USA

IM
Videnova, Iva BUL
Aablig-Thomsen, Jakob DEN

WIM
Imnadze, Nato GEO
Blagojevic, Tijana MNE
Baymuratova, Sevara UZB
Gevorgyan, Irina UZB

CONDITIONAL ON INFO
IA
Hajiyev, Emin AZE
Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra BIH
Polendakova, Iliana BUL
Castillo, Nelson ESA
Jansen, Joost NED
Ihsan, Jawad PLE
Akin, Oguz Cem TUR

FA
Misini, Burhanudin ALB
Buitrago, Juan Carlos COL
Arghya, Arpan Parida IND
Biswajita, Mohanty IND
Afshar, Fatemah IRI
Armand, Saman IRI
Abdulkareem, Ismael Tawfeeq IRQ
Al-Hasnawi, Ali FarhanNasser IRQ
Ayad, Ismael Tawfeeq IRQ
Jamal Kadhum, Khalaf IRQ
Khalel, Ali Abdulkarem IRQ
Khudhair, Shuaib Adham IRQ
Maroof, Mohammad IRQ
Saad, Abdulhussein Hataf IRQ
Saad, Mohsin Hussein IRQ
Arnetta, Benedetto Pierro ITA
Mancin, Roberto ITA
Ungurs, Edgars LAT

Download the LIST of FA titles from Seminars approved by the 4th quarter PB 2014.

Download the LIST OF NEW TRAINERS' TITLES approved by the 4th quarter PB 2014.
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