Lara Barnes – Chief Arbiter of the Women’s World Team Championship 2021!

Lara Barnes has been appointed as the Chief Arbiter of the Women’s World Team Championship 2021 currently in progress in Sitges, Spain [see https://worldwomensteams.fide.com/]. This event is the first to fall within the ambit of a major new sponsorship agreement for women’s chess announced by FIDE ahead of The Year of Women in Chess in 2022 [see https://fide.com/news/1351].

— David Sedgwick