Decisions of 1st quarter 2014
FIDE Presidential Board
30th March 2014
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
1PB-2014/1. To accept the Chess Federations of Oman and Burkina Faso as new provisional members Federations of FIDE, for ratification of full membership by the General Assembly 2014.
1PB-2014/2. To decline the application of the South Sudan Chess Federation as the country is not a member of the IOC.
1PB-2014/3. To support the President’s request for the resignation of General Secretary Ignatius Leong.
1PB-2014/4. To approve change of Moscow office.
1PB-2014/5. To approve new International Arbiter, International Organizer, Trainer titles, and over the board titles.
1PB-2014/6. To approve the launch of the FIDE online play zone.
1PB-2014/7. To approve the recommendations of the WCOC in respect of the Grand Prix series.
1PB-2014/8. To extend the bidding for the 2018 Chess Olympiad by 15 day until April 15th.
1PB-2014/9. To approve SPICE Webster and Marshall Chess Club as FIDE Academies on the request by the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (http://trainers.fide.com/fide-academies.html)
1PB-2014/10. To send the bids for World Senior 2015 to General Assembly for approval.
1PB-2014/11. To send the bids for World Senior 2016 to General Assembly for approval after inspection.
1PB-2014/12. To send the bids for World School 2016 to Genera l Assembly for approval after inspection.
1PB-2014/13. To award the World Cadet Championship 2016 to Batumi, Georgia.
1PB-2014/14. To approve signing of the contract with DGT.
1PB-2014/15. To condemn by unanimous vote the former World Champion Garry Kasparov for insulting the International Olympic Committee and its President Thomas Bach.
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