The ΕCU Board welcomed the expression of interest by a large number of applicants and appointed the members for the ECU Commissions and the European representatives for the FIDE Commissions.
The criteria that were used for the selections were: (a) The applications received through the open call of interest and the qualifications of the applicants (b) The proposals by the ECU Commissions’ Chairmen (c) The wide representation (d) The implementation of the ECU Board policies in key areas.
ECU notes that a number of remarkable applicants had already applied and to FIDE and have been selected by FIDE for certain tasks, so they couldn’t be selected and by ECU as the rule agreed with FIDE is that each individual could participate only to one FIDE Commission.
The commissions’ compositions are as follows:
| ECU Educational Commission | ||
| Jesper Hall | SWE | Chairman |
| John Foley | ENG | Secretary |
| Phillippe Vukojevic | BEL | Member |
| Maria Tamkovic | BLR | Member |
| Johanna Basti | FRA | Member |
| Walter Radler | GER | Member |
| Christos Pilalis | GRE | Member |
| Ferenc Mauer | HUN | Member |
| Alessandro Domicini | ITA | Member |
| Vibele Ekeland Gronn | NOR | Member |
| Alexander Kostyev | RUS | Member |
| Christine Zoppas | SUI | Member |
| Veli Ozan Cekir | TUR | Member |
| ECU Arbiters Council | ||
| Tomasz Delega | POL | Chairman |
| Geert Bailleul | BEL | Secretary |
| Prokopova Irina | CZE | Member |
| Marco Biagioli | ITA | Member |
| Burhanudin Misini | KOS | Member |
| ECU Events Commission | ||
| Blagoja Bogoevski | MKD | Chairman |
| Paris Klerides | CYP | Secretary |
| Gunter Delhaes | BEL | Member |
| John Higgs | ENG | Member |
| Vladimir Danilov | ROU | Member |
| Georg Mohr | SLO | Member |
| ECU Women’s Commission | ||
| Jean Michel Rapaire | MNC | Chairman |
| Almira Scripchenko | FRA | Secretary |
| Malinda Pilinci | ALB | Member |
| Angelina Kontini | GRE | Member |
| Alice O’Gorman | IRL | Member |
| Nilufer Cinar | TUR | Member |
| Nominations to FIDE Commissions* | Commissions confirmed open for nominations by FIDE | |
| George Mastrokoukos | GRE | FIDE EVENTS |
| Jouni Lehtivaara | FIN | FIDE RULES |
| Dominique Dervieux | FRA | FIDE FOR DISABLED (DIS) |
| Arthur Schuering | NED | FIDE MEDICAL |
| Alexios Sorras | LUX | FIDE SOCIAL |
| Yuriy Gnyp | UKR | FIDE QUALIFICATION |
| Kristjan Orn Eliasson | ISL | FIDE FAIR PLAY |
| Alex Macfarlane | SCO | FIDE ARBITERS |
| Almog Burstein | ISR | FIDE TECHNICAL |
| Grivas Efstratios | GRE | FIDE TRAINERS |
| Mario Held | ITA | FIDE SWISS PAIRINGS |
| Christelle Jager-Hafstad | ENG | FIDE WOMEN’S |
| Ion Dobronauteanu | ROU | FIDE EDUCATION |
| Korab Krasniqi | KOS | FIDE ONLINE |
| Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou | GRE | FIDE DEVELOPMENT & PLAN |
*ECU notes that the nominations to FIDE Commissions, as every term, are nominations for the FIDE Commissions operations and the nominees are not necessarily expressing the ECU policies and decisions, except if this is confirmed and discussed by the ECU in advance.
We wish a good luck to all members and hoping on the best achievements.
Sincerely,
Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou
ECU Secretary General