FIDE Rules and Tournament Regulations Commission

RTRC Councillors Meeting Minutes (June 2015)

The Armenian Chess Federation graciously hosted in Yerevan, Armenia the FIDE Rules & Tournament Regulations Commission Councillors meeting from 19.June.2015 to 21.June 2015.

Multiple topics were addressed such as proposed revisions to the Laws of Chess, questions from the global chess community and other matters.

RTRC Councillors 6.2015 Meeting Minutes

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RTRC Councillors (left to right)
Sevan A. Muradian, Secretary (USA) Franca Dapiran (ITA), Ashot Vardapetyan, Chairman (ARM)
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI), Stewart Reuben (ENG)

The host federation also treated their guests to a tour of multiple locations within Armenia:

ArmenianChessAcademy
The Armenian Chess Academy and home to the Armenian Chess Federation

ChessAcadmeyTournamentHall
The tournament hall at the Armenian Chess Academy

ChessAcademyLandscaping
Landscaping at the Armenian Chess Federation in the form of a chess board.

Monument dedicated to World Champion Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian

RTRC Councillors and guest with Lake Sevan in the background.

RTRC Councillors Meeting 2015

From 19.June.2015 to 22.June 2015, the FIDE Rules and Tournament Regulations Commission Councillors will meet in Yerevan, Armenia.

Questions from national federations, International Organizers, International Arbiters and FIDE Arbiters are welcome. Please send them to the RTRC Secretary Sevan A. Muradian at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Competition Rules

The attached document provides the Competition Rules approved by the FIDE Presidential Board in Chengdu, China.

Competition_Rules_Approved-2015-April.pdf

Requirements for events in which disabled players participate

The attached document contains a list of requirements for events in which disabled players compete. Thanks to GM Thomas Luther, Chairman of the FIDE Chess for Disabled Commission for developing this document.

requirements_for_disabled_players_events.pdf

RTRC Meeting Agenda - Tromso August 2014

Agenda for the RTRC Commission Meeting in Tromso

1. Chairman's remarks
2. Consideration of the draft Competition Rules to come into effect 1 July 2015. This draft will be able to be viewed on the RTRC website from about 15 June.
3. Matters arising from the Laws of Chess that came into effect 1 July 2014.
4. Recommended change in the name of the commission to 'Rules Commission'
5. Mission Statement
6 Ambiguity of the word 'move'.
7. Input concerning the 'Arbiters Manual'
8. Discussion of the AAC report. Its potential effect on the Laws and when any changes can be introduced without causing communication problems.
9. Any other business

Stewart Reuben

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