ARBITER SEMINAR AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO

Source: Confederación de Ajedrez para América

ARBITER SEMINAR AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO FEBRUARY 15-19TH, 2009.

The Puerto Rico Chess Federation organized an Arbiter Seminar in the western city of Aguadilla from February the 15th till the 19th under the direction of IA Jorge Vega. The event was sponsored by the National Federation and the Confederation of Chess for America. Puerto Rico who have an Associated Status with the USA has kept its Spanish culture, being the Spanish the man language spoken. Aguadilla is located in the Northeast of the island with a nice tropical weather, even during the “winter” time. You can find nice beaches, as the Atlantic meets the Caribbean just there a lot of surfers crowd them waiting for the waves. The Seminar was given in a classroom facilitated by the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla. During the Seminar the matters dealt with were the Laws of Chess and Appendixes, Tournament Systems, Tie Brakes, Reports and notion of Ratings, following the guideline established by FIDE. Sessions were of 4 hours daily, with a final test of three hours. All the attendants had experience as arbiter, which facilitated the conference.

The last day a test of 20 questions was settled, in Spanish of course, all of them about situations that may appear during a tournament, each one valuing 5 points for a total of 100 points.

The results were:

Omar Añeses Bocanegra 93 point

Pedro A Mendez Guzman 90 points

Luis Sosa Trani 89 points

Edwin G Delgado 81 points

Cristobal Vega Adarno 80 points

Sorymar Pardo Benitez 80 points

Jonathan Barreto Arzola 75 points

Abnel Ayala Sanchez 73 points

Ismael R Soto Gonzalez 73 points

Javier Valentin Sivico 72 points

Walter Nuñez Velez 71 points

Angel E Suarez Rosa 69 points

Roberto C Romero Nieves 64 points

Raul Pla alvarez 63 points

Miguel Soto Lopez 60 points.

Edwin Omar Rodríguez Class 56 points

I appreciate very much the work and effort done by all participants and also the attentions given by the Puerto Rico Federation.

IA Jorge Vega