Reopening Bidding Procedure announcement
Following the decision of the FIDE Council, the International Chess Federation is reopening a bidding procedure for the following events: 1. 2022 World Chess Olympiad and 2022 FIDE Congress (Expected for August 2022)Please note that the requirements for bidders are determined by the updated Olympiad regulations:https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/Olympiad2024.pdf 2. 2021 FIDE World Cup (Expected for September 2021)https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/WorldCup2021Regulations.pdf 3. 2020 FIDE Women’s World Cup 2020 (Expected in April 2021)https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/WWorldCup2020Regulations.pdf A bid for any FIDE Competitions onwards shall include the name of a FIDE licensed International Organizer. All bids should be submitted by October 10, 2020, at 16:00 (Lausanne time), in a sealed envelope addressed to the FIDE Secretariat postal address (Avenue de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel: + 41 21 6010039), or sending the scanned documents to the official email office@fide.com. Each bid should be accompanied by a bid fee. Bid Fees are not refundable. Bid fees should be paid the latest October 3 2020 to the FIDE bank account (free of charges) or to be enclosed in the bid envelope. FIDE reserves the right to extend the above-mentioned deadline or to give additional time to provide government guarantees for bidders who submitted their bid within the deadline. Downloads: 1) Bid form2) Bid form annex