Gijssen Geurt (15.08.1934)
Dutch International Arbiter, organizer and chess collector. Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters Commission (1990-1994), Chairman of the FIDE Rules Commission (1994-2014). Studied mathematics and was a teacher at the High School of Nijmegen from 1961 to 1985. Chief arbiter in tournaments, among others: Interpolis Tournament in Tilburg (1983 to 1994), S.W.I.F.T. Tournament in Brussels (1986 to 1988), Melody Amber Tournament in Monaco (1992-), World Cup Tournaments (Brussels, Belfort, Barcelona, Rotterdam), Euwe Memorial, Amsterdam (1987-1996), 33rd Olympiad Elista 1998, 34
The Chief arbiter in tournaments, among others: Interpolis Tournament in Tilburg (1983 to 1994), S.W.I.F.T. Tournament in Brussels (1986 to 1988), Melody Amber Tournament in Monaco (1992-2011), World Cup Tournaments (Brussels, Belfort, Barcelona, Rotterdam), Euwe Memorial, Amsterdam (1987-1996), 33rd Olympiad Elista 1998, 34th Olympiad Istanbul 2000, 35th Olympiad Bled 2004, 36th Olympiad Turin 2006, OHRA Tournament (Amsterdam 1985-1990), World Championship tournaments Groningen 1997/Lausanne 1998, Las Vegas 1999, European Team Championship Batumi 1999, European Women Championship Batumi 2000, European Individual Championship Ohrid 2001, Match Russia-Rest of the World, Moscow 2002, Women World Chess Championship Elista 2004, Match Armenia-Rest of the World, Moscow 2004, World U20 Boys and Girls Istanbul 2005. (Chief) arbiter in matches: Candidates Match Arthur Yusupov- Jan Timman (Tilburg 1986), Candidates Matches Anatoly Karpov-Vishy Anand and Nigel Short- Boris Gelfand (Brussels 1991), World Championship Matches Garry Kasparov-Anatoly Karpov (Seville 1987 and New York/Lyon 1990), 10 AME trainings matches of Jeroen Piket (1993 – 1999), Candidates Match Zs. Polgar vs. Maya Chiburdanidze (St. Petersburg 1995), The World Championship Match Anatoly Karpov-Gata Kamsky (Elista 1996), World Championship Match Vladimir Kramnik-Veselin Topalov (Elista 2006).
Other chess activities: Organiser of the Candidates Match Zs. Polgar-Nana Ioseliani, Monaco 1993, World Championship Match Xie Jun- Nana Ioseliani, Monaco 1993, World Championship Match Anatoly Karpov- Jan Timman in the Netherlands, 1993.
