From the 26th till 30th September, the Continental President Jorge Vega, made a working visit to Brazil for inspecting the site (headquarters) of the World School to be held in Juiz de Fora from 26th November to 4th December, accompanied by Mr. David Jarrett appointed by FIDE for this task. The inspection took place on 26th and 27th in order to prove that the facilities had the necessary conditions stipulated for this event as well as that the hotel facilities can guarantee the presence of up to 1,000 participants. Also to verify that the distance from the local airport to the playing venue is about 25 minutes. Mr. Jarrett was highly pleased with the capacity demonstrated by Brazil to organize large scale events.
Later, in the City of Rio de Janeiro took place a working meeting with GM Darcy Lima, President of CBX and Deputy President of CCA in which he invited Mr. Jarrrett in order to analyze the current situation in America, the work plans made for 2015 and the four years 2014-18.
Mr. Lima and Mr. Vega highlighted the unity of Latin America as a voting block in the last process and expressed the need to maintain the unit in the future, also both were pleased with the presence of WGM Martha Fierro, Ecuador, on the presidential ticket of Mr. Ilyumzhinov strengthening work in America due to her ability to work, charisma and personal charm.
In addittion it was outlined a training plan where Mr. Jarrett would provide seminars for organizers in the English-speaking countries while for the Spanish speaking ones it would be done online directly by the CCA, the arbitration area would also be covered online and regarding training covered by WGM Fierro.
The visit ended with a dinner offered by GM Lima in a renowned restaurant in the Copacabana beach in Rio.
After that, the 2-5 days of October the Continental President travelled to Moscow where he held a meeting with the President of FIDE, Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who was accompanied by Mr. Berik Balgabaev, his Assistant; on this occasion Mr. Vega updated the FIDE President on the state of America who was pleased with the unity of the American block. Mr. Ilyumzhinov restated his commitment to economic and direct support for the events Latin Cup, Umada Cup and the Central American Championship for teams for the period 2015-17 and reported to examine the possibilities of extending this support to add extra competition in the English-speaking Caribbean.
The possibility was also analyzed to add a qualifying place for the next cycle of the Women's World Championship which would allow America to make a qualifying Continental annually instead of the current two-year, remembering to present the proposal at the next Presidential Board meeting.
FIDE President reported on preparations for the Anand - Carlsen match to be held in Sochi and was optimistic about the future of FIDE. The meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and ended on October 4 at 11:30 PM.