You are the Arbiter 3

White with 2 minutes 30 seconds on her clock claims a draw by repetition. The claim is incorrect. What do you do with the clocks?
1. Add three minutes to Black and subtract 3 minutes from White
2. Add 3 minutes to Black and subtract 1 min 30 from White
3. Add 3 minutes to Black and subtract 1 min 15 from White
4. Add 1 minute 15 to Black and subtract that amount from White
A player has gone outside the building to the smoking area. His opponent complains that the player has left the venue. Do you uphold this complaint?
1. Yes, the player has left the building
2. Yes, but only if it is the smoker's move
3. No, the smoker must leave the playing hall to smoke
4. Say that the opponent is correct but that you are taking no action
It is possible for the arbiter to decide that the score of a game is 0 – ½. In which of these situations would you award that score?
1. White has run out of time but Black has only a king left
2. White’s phone rang when he was a queen and two rooks up
3. White has repeatedly refused to keep score protesting that his opponent should resign - the position for White is totally won.
Which of the following are penalties available to the arbiter?
1. Issue a warning
2. Declare the game to be lost
3. Reduce the points scored in a game by the offending player
4. Expel the offender from the event
5. Decrease the time of the offender
6. Increase the time of the opponent
Due to a late withdrawal and repairing a round due to start at 3pm actually started 7 minutes late. Player A arrives at 4.03 and makes a move. 4 minutes later he claims a win on time as his opponent is not at the board after 1 hour. The results box already contains a slip saying that the opponent (Player B) had won by default. What is your decision?
1. Give player A a win as he arrived within an hour
2. Give player B a win as his opponent did not arrive within the hour
3. Give both players a win
4. Default both players
Which of the following would be recognised as acceptable notation in a FIDE event?
1. PxP
2. ef
3. exf
4. e4xf5
White moves, Black immediately offers a draw. White asks Black to make a move. Black thinks for a while and finds a winning move. He withdraws his draw offer and makes the move. White claims the draw. Black claims he can no longer do so. What is your decision?
1. Give White the draw
2. Order the game to continue as the draw offer was not accepted before a move was made
3. Order the game to continue since Black’s illegal draw offer is not valid
4. Order the game to continue as the draw offer was withdrawn
Player A knocks over some pieces as he is pressing the clock. Player B resets one of his own pieces and player A insists that it is touch-move. Player B asks you to step in, what do you do?
1. Say 'I'm sorry, you touched the piece, you must move it'
2. Penalise player A for not re-setting the pieces in his own time
3. Allow player B to move another piece
What is the arbiter's best course of action in the following situation.
You are watching a game when you see that a player may promote a pawn in the near future. His queen is still on the board.
1. Get a queen from another set and place it in front of the player
2. Get several pieces, including the queen, from another set
3. Wait until the player promotes and asks you for another queen
4. Quickly walk to another board to avoid taking action until asked
Immediately following his opponent's promotion, a player correctly claims that 50 moves have been played without a capture. He asks you to award a draw. What is your decision?
1. Give the draw under the 50 move rule
2. Ask the player to write down his next move and then ask for the draw again
3. Reject the claim

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