- Carol Jarecki
Carol Jarecki (born 1935) is an American
chess organizer, anInternational Arbiter , and a chess writer.Biography
A licensed pilot, she first became involved with chess as a "ChessMom", flying her young son, John Jarecki, who became the youngest ever
chess master in U.S. history at the age of 12 in 1981 (the record was soon surpassed by a slightly youngerStuart Rachels ), to various chess events in the United States. Soon, she started working at those tournaments and eventually became a certified tournament director. She has continued directing, although her son is no longer an active player.She has directed many prestigious chess events including serving as Head Tournament Director at the
U.S. Chess Championship , the SuperNational Scholastic Championships, the National Elementary Championship, and the World Open inPhiladelphia .She is also an International Arbiter recognized by
FIDE , the World Chess Federation. She regularly works the WorldChess Olympiad , sometimes as the Head Arbiter. She is also usually the Delegate from theBritish Virgin Islands to the FIDE Congress.She has been the Chief Arbiter at the
World Chess Championship match in 1995 inNew York , betweenGary Kasparov andViswanathan Anand . Jarecki directed the two high-profile matches between Kasparov and the IBM computer program Deep Blue in 1996 and 1998. She was the head arbiter for the HB Global Chess Challenge,Minneapolis 2005; this tournament had the richest prize fund, $500,000, for an Open tournament in chess history. It attracted over 50 Grandmasters and nearly 1,500 players.Outside of chess, Carol is known for a very successful run of
roulette winnings with her husband Dr. Richard Jarecki in the 1970s, playing in casinos inMonte Carlo andSan Remo using a system based on finding roulette wheels biased by mechanical imperfections [ [http://www.roulette-winning-secrets.com/ Roulette Winning Secrets - "Richard Jarecki won more than $1,280,000 at Roulette"] ] [ [http://www.casinoplayer.com/archive/0105cp/legend.html Casino Player Magazine - Gambling's Greatest Wins - Richard Jarecki] ] .Carol Jarecki now lives in
Las Vegas, Nevada .Books
* "Official Rules of Chess" (Fourth Edition) ISBN 0-8129-2217-4
External links
* [http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTnmtDir.php?11457835 Chess Tournament Directing Record of Carol Jarecki]
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