From the start of the series of Asian qualification tournaments for the World Cup, strict Fair Play controls have been applied. And FIDE has announced a possible ban of 15 years for Fair Play violations.
All venues in the ongoing Asian Continental Hybrid Chess Championshipo are monitored by panoramic cameras and players should stay within view when they stand to stretch their legs in this 5-1/2 hour round. Above is panoramic view of the Philippine Dasmarinas venue, same as they had in the preceding Zone 3.3 Zonal. Leaders each round were told to move nearer to the panoramic camers.
The playing venue of the Indonesians above is the Utut Adianto Chess Academy where players are also billeted. Nice to have a Senator/GM as President of the Indonesian Chess Federation.
The Chinese (above left) are playing in Shanghai and were kind to allow the lone Chinese Taipei player to join them. At right is the Dhaka venue at the Bangladesh Chess Federation headquarters.
Mongolians were in two adjoining rooms above. Below left, a Mongolian staffer scans players at the entrance. At right are two views of the Singapore playing area at the Singapore Chess Federation headquarters.
Sri Lankans above played in the Sri Lanka Chess Federation headquarters.
Kazakhstan (above left) and Kyrgyzstan (right) venues.
Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh created front and back panoramic cameras at the Iran Chess Federation building above.
GM Temur Kuybokarov (left) playing under the watchful eye of Arbiter Andrew Hardegen. At right is Kuwait venue.
Uzbekistan front and rear panoramic cameras in Tashkent.
Philippine venues in Cabuyao City (left) and Davao City (right).
All players are required to share their screen in Zoom with Task Manager “Always in top.” Task Manager (see screenshot below) reveals what programs are running in the computer and the history of applications opened cannot be erased. Players are allowed to open only the Tornelo browser and Zoom.
Each venue has a Local Chief Arbiter and a Local Technical Assistant. Moreover, a foreign Arbiter, respectively, monitors each playing venue at the low ratio of an average of ten players for one foreign Arbiter to keep an eye on. Videos and microphones are always open for the foreign Arbiter to listen. Only players and Arbiters are allowed in the playing area.
The last line of defence is provided by a correlation analysis on every game. Critically, this did not attempt to “catch” or “disqualify” players, but provided arbiters with statistical evidence around the likelihood of a player having received assistance.
And finally, pgn files have been sent to Prof. Kenneth Regan who found no issues with any players.