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Trainee Arbiter Report Form                                                                                               Download form

Please complete the following:

Surname of candidate

Forename(s)

 

 

 

Name of Event/Congress

Tournament supervised

Type of event

e.g. rapidplay/swiss

       blitz/APA

Nos of players

 

 

 

 

 

Start Date:

Finish Date:

Supervising Arbiter

Nos of rounds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please tick the most appropriate box for each heading.

Knowledge of Laws:

Good knowledge of the Laws and confident manner

Good knowledge of the Laws but not totally confident

Knowledge of the Laws could do with improvement

Unsatisfactory knowledge of the Laws

 

 

 

 

 

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Knowledge of Pairing Rules:

Satisfactory pairings achieved within timescale

Satisfactory pairings achieved but time taken could affected round start

Would benefit from more practice on pairings.  Minor pairing problems

 

 

Pairing rules require more study.  Several inaccurate pairings.

 

 

 

 

 

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Objectivity:

Totally competent and unbiased

Hesitant but generally sound

Could be intimidated by certain players

Appeared to favour friends/clubmates

 

 

 

 

 

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Ability to deal with incidents (e.g. time scrambles/awkward players, 10.2 cases):

Remained calm and confident

Required some support or reassurance

Did not cope with situation

No situations arose

 

 

 

 

 

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Ability to ensure adequate environment (noise control, lighting etc):

Maintained excellent playing conditions throughout

Maintained adequate playing conditions

Improvement required in this area

Made no attempt to control environment

 

 

 

 

 

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Recommendation:

 

The candidate met the required standard

 

The candidate was satisfactory but would benefit from more experience

 

The candidate needs a little more experience but showed promise

 

The candidate was not of the required standard

 

 

 

Signature of supervising arbiter ………………………………………………………    Date …………….