Quote Originally Posted by Pierre Dénommée View Post
That is Ludicrous, Diana is highly qualified and her title predated Arkady election to the Presidency of FIDE.

I met personally, in Italy, the chairmen of the Arbiters' Commission at the time of Diana's application and he doesn't look like a person that you can bribe. He is a person of great integrity that would certainly oppose incompetent candidates. At the time of this applications, the IA title was granted by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Arbiters' Commission. Contrary to the Current FIDE Charter, the Non-Elected Commissions of this era did exercise real power. The old Presidential Board could only deliver IA title in clear cases with the consent of the Chairmen or the Arbiters' Commissions. So the FIDE leadership of that time cannot grant the IA title on his own to anybody.
Pierre,

I already have admitted my mistake, and publicly apologised.

Sincerely,

Victor Itkin.