Carol Jarecki

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Carol Jarecki is a chess organizer and arbiter. A licensed pilot, she first became involved with chess as a "ChessMom", flying her young son, John Jarecki, around 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 though 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 so on. She is also an International Arbiter recognized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. She regularly works the World Chess Olympiad, sometimes as the Head Arbiter. She is also usually the Delegate from the British Virgin Islands to the FIDE Congress of the World Chess Federation. She has been the Chief Arbiter at several of the World Chess Championship matches.

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 in Monte Carlo and San Remo using a system based on finding roulette wheels biased by mechanical imperfections ^[1] ^[2].

Carol Jarecki now lives in Las Vegas.