Final Score <40 Top class arbiter. Very conscienentious FIDE Category A Final Score 40-59 Room for improvement. FIDE Category D Final Score 60-79 Can I suggest you need a refresher course Final Score 80 and over. You are either a Chief Arbiter, grossly over weight, totally inept or acombination of those three.
Do you consider the Opening period of the game …?
Time to catch up on the paperwork
Time to watch the games to learn new theory
Time to read a book
Lunchtime
Do you consider the endgame …?
Your busiest time with lots of results to record
An interesting time watching mating techniques
Enjoyable watching players blow an advantage in time trouble
The worst part of the game delaying you getting to eat your next meal
Early in the round a player takes ill. Do you …?
Pause his clock and allow time to see if he will recover
Follow him from the hall to make sure it is genuine and not an attempt to consult a computer
Hope he grows worse so that you can practice your first aid skills
Curse the fact that if an ambulance has to be called you might miss your midround cup of tea
Late in the round a player takes ill. Do you …?
Pause his clock and allow time to see if he will recover
Follow him from the hall to make sure it is genuine and not an attempt to consult a computer
Leave his clock running and tell him he has 10 minutes to resume the game
Forfeit him immediately as it may delay the next round/meal
A player tells you he is about to promote a pawn and needs a spare piece. Do you ...?
Go to his board with a variety of pieces of the appropriate colour
Go to his board with a spare queen
Tell him to get a piece from a nearby board
Default him for discussing a game in progress (and expecting you to move from your desk)
Incremental finishes are better than sudden death because …?
It allows the players to decide the outcome of the game without the arbiter
It reduces the number of games being decided by flag fall
It reduces the number of games that require arbiter supervision
It allows the arbiter to remain at his desk rather than watch time scrambles
A player claims a draw by repetition. Do you …?
Ask the opponent if he agrees
Note the position and play through the game on another board
Note the position and play through the game on that board
Tell the player you will come to his board when you have finished your biscuit
A seven year old leaves his queen hanging in a complex position. On realising this he begins to cry. Do you ...?
Pause the game and allow him time to regain his composure
Allow the game to continue, taking no action
Suggest to the junior that they resign and get ready for the next game
Call over the parents and tell them to take their baby home
Two inexperienced players are playing on with K & R v K & R. Do you …?
Watch the game waiting for 75 moves to be played
Explain to the players that a draw can be claimed after 50 moves
Tell the players that they should agree a draw
Order a takeaway to be delivered as you are going to be late
A player threatens to punch an opponent during a game. Do you …?