{"id":45951,"date":"2026-04-30T22:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=45951"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:50:28","slug":"husan-turdialiev-turns-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/husan-turdialiev-turns-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Husan Turdialiev turns 70"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"45951\" class=\"elementor elementor-45951\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f083c7a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f083c7a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b33c03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b33c03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdalivev.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45953\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdalivev.jpg 931w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdalivev-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdalivev-768x606.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94d3bd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94d3bd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Renowned chess arbiter and organizer Husan Turdialiev has turned 70 today. Born in 1956 in Boysun (Southern Uzbekistan), Turdialiev graduated from Tashkent State University and after retiring from government structures, he devoted himself to chess, excelling in refereeing and organizing various competitions.\u00a0<\/p><p>In 2001, Turdialiev was awarded the title of International Arbiter and, for over 25 years, has compiled an impressive resume officiating major chess competitions, including the following:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chief arbiter at FIDE Zone 3.4 Championships (2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019); the 2012 and 2014 FIDE Grand Prix and the 2013 FIDE Women&#8217;s Grand Prix legs in Tashkent; the 2023 Women&#8217;s Candidates; and the 2016 and 2023 editions of the Asian Championships, as well as many international tournaments in Beirut, Sharjah, Astana, Tashkent, and Samarkand.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Line arbiter at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships (2018, 2019).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deputy chief arbiter at the 2014 World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand and the 2025 World Junior Championship.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FIDE Chess Olympiads \u2013 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 (match arbiter); 2016 and 2024 (sector arbiter); 2022 (a member of the Appeal Committee).<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ced0f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ced0f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1274\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdaliev-Offiiciating.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45952\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdaliev-Offiiciating.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdaliev-Offiiciating-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdaliev-Offiiciating-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turdaliev-Offiiciating-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1274px) 100vw, 1274px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4def5ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4def5ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2002, he was elected President of FIDE Zone 3.4 and has held this position to the present day.<\/p><p>FIDE sincerely congratulates Husan Turdialiev and wishes him many years of productive work and many happy returns of the day!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned chess arbiter and organizer Husan Turdialiev has turned 70 today. Born in 1956 in Boysun (Southern Uzbekistan), Turdialiev graduated from Tashkent State University and after retiring from government structures, he devoted himself to chess, excelling in refereeing and organizing various competitions.\u00a0 In 2001, Turdialiev was awarded the title of International Arbiter and, for over 25 years, has compiled an impressive resume officiating major chess competitions, including the following: Chief arbiter at FIDE Zone 3.4 Championships (2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019); the 2012 and 2014 FIDE Grand Prix and the 2013 FIDE Women&#8217;s Grand Prix legs in Tashkent; the 2023 Women&#8217;s Candidates; and the 2016 and 2023 editions of the Asian Championships, as well as many international tournaments in Beirut, Sharjah, Astana, Tashkent, and Samarkand. Line arbiter at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships (2018, 2019). Deputy chief arbiter at the 2014 World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand and the 2025 World Junior Championship. FIDE Chess Olympiads \u2013 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 (match arbiter); 2016 and 2024 (sector arbiter); 2022 (a member of the Appeal Committee). In 2002, he was elected President of FIDE Zone 3.4 and has held this position to the present day. FIDE sincerely congratulates Husan Turdialiev and wishes him many years of productive work and many happy returns of the day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[301],"regular":[361],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-45951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-anniversaries","regular-regular"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45951"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45971,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45951\/revisions\/45971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45951"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=45951"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=45951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}