21-11-2012, 01:04 PM
Round 7 in the World youth. Liam Richmond comes out of the hall after his game finishes to tell us that he won a rook on move 19. On move 20 the chief arbiter appeared, said that his Albanian opponent was ill and was declaring the game + - for Scotland. This effectively meant we got the point but Liam would not be credited with any grading points. We sought advice from home and decided to appeal. David Deary and I spoke to the chief arbiter in his office and he produced a medical certificate for Liam's opponent timed at 14.40 which he had received at 14.55 (The game started at 15.00). The Albanian player had missed the previous two rounds through illness. We suspect that the chief arbiter may have assumed that the Albanian boy was not going to turn up but realised two and a half hours into the game that he had. We lodged our appeal and our 100 euros deposit. The three panel appeals commitee included the Fide secretary-general. After some time considering, our appeal was successful and we were given the full result plus our deposit back. Thoughts?