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FIDE General Assembly September 26-27, 2026 Samarkand, Uzbekistan List of decisions GA-2026/01 To approve the Electoral Commission’s report. GA-2026/02 To elect three Scrutineers: Ms. Nina Rob (SLO), Mr. Francisco J Cruz Arce (PUR), Mr. Sidi Mohammed Tajedine (MTN), with Mr. Rajai N. Al-Susi (PLE) as a substitute. GA-2026/03 To elect Mr. Timur Turlov as FIDE President and Mr. Viswanathan Anand as FIDE Deputy President. GA-2026/04 To elect the following for FIDE Vice-Presidents: Ms. Yuhua Xu (CHN), Mr. Michael Khodarkovsky (USA), Mr. Pavel Kolobkov (RUS), Mr. Yassin Souleiman Hassan (DJI). GA-2026/05 To approve the FIDE Treasurer’s report. GA-2026/06 To approve the…
3rd FIDE Council Meeting September 21, 2026 List of decisions CM3-2026/01 To note Interim President’s report. CM3-2026/02 To approve Treasurer’s report. CM3-2026/03 To note the Global Strategy Commission’ Report. CM3-2026/04 To note the Arbiters’ Commission’s report CM3-2026/05 To approve the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission on Seminars, Classification upgrades, Amendments to the lecturer list, FA norms and titles. CM3-2026/06 To note the Qualification Commission’s report. CM3-2026/07 To confirm that the winners of the World Youth Championship U7-U17 2026 (Spain) will be awarded the titles in accordance with the current Direct Titles table. To ask the QC to prepare general recommendations on the…
2nd FIDE Council Meeting August 23, 2026 List of decisions CM2-2026/01 To note Interim President’s report. CM2-2026/02 To approve Treasurer’s report CM2-2026/03 To support in principle the suggested amendments to the FIDE Charter and to submit them to the General Assembly. To submit these amendments for review by the FIDE Constitutional Commission and to suggest corrections where necessary. CM2-2026/04 To support in principle the suggested amendments to the FIDE Electoral rules and to submit them to the General Assembly. To submit these amendments for review by the FIDE Constitutional Commission and to suggest corrections where necessary. CM2-2026-05 In connection with…
2026 1st FIDE Council Meeting 2 April 2026 CM1-2026/01 To note President’s report. CM1-2026/02 To approve Treasurer’s report. CM1-2026/03 To approve technical amendments to the FIDE Financial Rules regarding membership fees. CM1-2026/04 To note the FIDE Planning and Development funding programme guidelines 2026. CM1-2026/05 To note the update regarding the 2026 – Chess in Education Year. CM1-2026/06 To approve the FIDE Council Resolution regarding refugee team participation at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. CM1-2026/07 To approve the extension of the deadline for the bids for the FIDE Olympiad 2030 until June 15, 2026. CM1-2026/08 To approve a limit of…
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE Online General Assembly Meeting which was held on December 14, 2025. FIDE Online General Assembly Minutes 2025 (pdf)
FIDE publishes the decisions of FIDE Online General Assembly held on December 14, 2025. FIDE General Assembly, 14 December 2025 – List of Decisions (PDF)
4th FIDE Council meeting December 11, 2025 Online List of decisions 4th FIDE Council Meeting, 11 December 2025 – List of Decisions (PDF)
3rd FIDE Council meeting October 28, 2025 Online List of decisions CM3-2025/01 To note President’s report. CM3-2025/02 To approve Treasurer’s report. CM3-2025/03 To support in principle the amendments to the art. 17.6. of the FIDE Charter. To ask the Constitutional Commission to draft the final version of the amendments including the transition period for implementation of the amendments. CM3-2025/04 To support in principle the amendments to the FIDE Electoral Rules. To ask the Constitutional Commission to draft final version of the amendments. CM3-2025/05 To note the Global Strategy Commission’s report. CM3-2025/06 To note the Arbiters’ Commission’s report. CM3-2025/07 To approve the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission on Seminars, Classification upgrades, Amendments to…
2nd FIDE Council meeting 18 July 2025 Online List of decisions CM2-2025/01 To note President’s report. CM2-2025/02 To approve Treasurer’s report. CM2-2025/03 To allow a team of athletes of Russian nationality to participate in the 2025 Women’s World Team Championship under the FIDE flag subject to receiving a non-objection letter from IOC, and to continue consultations with IOC regarding possible participation of Russian and Belarus nationals in the future team competitions. CM2-2025/04 To note FIDE Calendar 2025/2026. CM2-2025/05 To note the Global Strategy Commission’s report. CM2-2025/06 To note the Arbiters’ Commission’s report. CM2-2025/07 To approve the recommendations of the Arbiters’…
1st FIDE Council meeting March 21-22, 2025 List of decisions CM1-2025/01 To note President’s report. CM1-2025/02 To approve Treasurer’s report. CM1-2025/03 To instruct FIDE President to continue the negotiations regarding FIDE’s online projects based on Council members’ suggestions. CM1-2025/04 To note FIDE Calendar 2024/2025. CM1-2025/05 To note the Global Strategy Commission’s report. CM1-2025/06 To approve the Global Strategy Commission’s proposal regarding the reversal of the qualification paths B and C due to the swap in the chronological order of the World Cup and Grand Swiss tournaments for the year 2025. CM1-2025/07 To note the Arbiters’ Commission’s report. CM1-2025/08 To approve…
FIDE publishes the decisions of the 4th FIDE Council meeting 2024, held online on November 10. 2024 4th FIDE Council meeting decisions (PDF)
FIDE publishes the minutes of FIDE Zonal Council Meeting, held on September 20, 2024. 2024 FIDE Zonal Council meeting minutes (PDF)
FIDE publishes the decisions of FIDE General Assembly held on September 21-22, 2024. FIDE General Assembly 2024 decisions (PDF)
FIDE publishes the decisions of 3rd FIDE Council Meeting, held on September 18, 2024. 2024 3rd FIDE Council meeting decisions (PDF)
FIDE publishes the decisions of FIDE Council meeting held on July 21 and 29, 2024. FIDE Council meeting July 21 and 29, 2024, decisions
FIDE publishes the decisions of FIDE Council meeting held on April 13, 2024. FIDE Council meeting April 13, 2024, decisions (PDF)
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE Online General Assembly Meeting which was held on December 17, 2023. FIDE General Assembly Minutes (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE Online Zonal Council Meeting which was held on December 14, 2023. FIDE Online Zonal Council Meeting Minutes (pdf)
FIDE publishes the list of decisions of the 3rd FIDE Online Council meeting which was held on December 14, 2023. 2023 3rd FIDE Council Meeting List of Decisions (pdf)
FIDE publishes the decisions of FIDE Online General Assembly Meeting which was held on December 17, 2023. FIDE General Assembly Decisions (pdf)
FIDE publishes the list of decisions of the 2nd FIDE Council meeting 2023, held on August 1 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 2nd FIDE Council Meeting 2023: List of decisions
FIDE publishes the list of decisions of the 1st FIDE Council meeting 2023, held on April 4 in Mexico City, Mexico. Download List of Decisions (PDF)
FIDE publishes the report of 2023 FIDE Constitutional Commission meeting, which was held on 4-5 February in Belgrade, Serbia. Download Report of the meeting (PDF)
FIDE publishes the Minutes of the 2023 1st FIDE Players with Disabilities Commission meeting, which was held on February 3 in Belgrade, Serbia. Download Minutes of the Meeting
FIDE publishes the list of decisions of the 2022 4th FIDE Council meeting, which was held on November 25 in Jerusalem, Israel. Download List of Decisions (PDF)
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE Zonal Council Meeting which was held on 3 August 2022 in Chennai, India. Download 2022 FIDE ZONAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE General Assembly meeting which was held on 7-8 August 2022 in Chennai, India. Download 2022 FIDE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MINUTES (pdf)
FIDE publishes the list of decisions of the 2022 3rd FIDE Council meeting, which was held on October 17. Download List of Decisions (PDF)
FIDE publishes the List of Decisions of the FIDE General Assembly which was held on 7-8 August 2022 in Chennai, India. Download List of Decisions (pdf)
FIDE publishes the list of decisions of the 2022 2nd FIDE Council meeting, which was held on August 4. Download List of Decisions (PDF)
2022 1st FIDE Council meeting 28 April 2022Abu Dhabi, UAE CM1-2022/01 To note President’s report. CM1-2022/02 To note Financial report presented by FIDE Treasurer. CM1-2022/03 To request FIDE President and FIDE Treasurer to reestablish contacts with national chess federations of Bhutan, Central African Republic and Comoros Islands, including with an aim to settle their multi-year arrears. CM1-2022/04 To note the FIDE Congress 2022 Schedule. CM1-2022/05 To note the FIDE Congress 2022 Elections Timeline. CM1-2022/06 To note progress reports on the preparations for the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad and FIDE Congress 2022 CM1-2022/07 To request the Members of the FIDE Council to propose…
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE Zonal Council Meeting which was held on December 26th, 2021. Location: Warsaw/hybrid. Download FIDE ZONAL COUNCIL MINUTES (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the 4th FIDE Council meeting which was held on December 27th, 2021. Location: Warsaw/hybrid. Download FIDE COUNCIL AGENDA (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE General Assembly meeting which was held on December 28th, 2021. Location: Warsaw/hybrid. Download FIDE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MINUTES (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Protocol of the Extraordinary FIDE Council Meeting which was held online on February 27, 2022. Download PROTOCOL (pdf)
FIDE is publishing the 2021 FIDE General Assembly Agenda. 2021 FIDE General Assembly Agenda (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the 3rd FIDE Council Meeting which was held on October 27, 2021. Download Agenda (pdf) Annex 3.2.1 FIDE Individual World Championship Cycles events Annex 3.2.2 Continental Championships and Zonal Tournaments Annex 3.2.3 Olympiad Pairing Rules Annex 3.2.4 FIDE Electoral Rules Annex 6.1 Global Strategy Commission’s report Annex 6.2.1 Arbiters’ Commission report Annex 6.2.3 Arbiters’ Commission’s proposal Annex 6.4.1 Events Commission’s report Annex 6.5.1 Second draft of the Ethics & Disciplinary Code Annex 6.6.1 Fair Play Commission’s report Annex 6.6.2 Fair Play Commission’s proposal Annex 6.7 Planning and Development Commission’s report Annex 6.8.1 Rules Commission’s report Annex 6.9.2 Qualification Commission’s proposal Annex 6.9.3a Granting of FIDE flag player status Annex 6.11 Data Protection…
List of FIDE Council Decisions 2021 3rd meeting 27 October 2021 CM3-2021/01 To note President’s report. CM3-2021/02 To note financial report presented by FIDE Treasurer. CM3-2021/03 To approve in principle the proposal of the FIDE Treasurer for a new format for budget presentations that includes data on income and expenses for the events organised by FIDE. To ask the FIDE Treasurer to provide the final version of the format. CM3-2021/04 To approve that the 2021 FIDE Congress shall be organized at the end of December 2021 in a hybrid format (concurrent with World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Nur-Sultan,…
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the 2nd FIDE Online Council Meeting which was held on August 2, 2021. Download Agenda (pdf) Annex 5.2a FIDE Online Chess Regulations Annex 5.2b Summary of Changes Annex 6.1 Global Strategy Commission’s report Annex 6.2.1 Arbiters’ Commission’s report Annex 6.3 Chess in Education Commission’s report Annex 6.4.1 Events Commission’s report Annex 6.5 Commission for the Disabled report Annex 6.6.1 First draft of the Ethics & Disciplinary Code Annex 6.7.1 Fair Play Commission’s report Annex 6.8 Medical Commission’s report Annex 6.9 Planning and Development Commission’s report Annex 6.10.1 Rules Commission’s report Annex 6.10.2 Rules Commission’s proposal Annex 6.11.2 Qualification Commission’s proposal Annex 6.12 Social Commission’s report Annex 6.13 Systems of Pairings and Programs…
List of FIDE Council Decisions 2021 2nd meeting 2 August 2021 CM2-2021/01 To note President’s report. CM2-2021/02 To note financial report. CM2-2021/03 To approve that the 2021 FIDE Congress be organized in the 2nd half of December 2021 (the format of the Congress -online or in person meeting — will be determined later) and to entrust the President with the right to agree on the venue with the potential organizers (if the Congress will be held in the form of an in-person meeting). CM2-2021/04 To note the report on the FIDE Handbook update. CM2-2021/05 To forward the letter from the Romanian Chess Federation regarding…
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the 1st FIDE Online Council Meeting which was held on April 19, 2021. Download Agenda (pdf) Annex 7.1.1a, Annex 7.1.1b Arbiters’ Commission’s proposals Annex 7.2.1 Events Commission’s report Annex 7.2.2 Events Commission’s proposal regarding FIDE EVE World Championships in 2021 Annex 7.2.3 Events Commission’s proposal to postpone the FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championships 2021 to 2022 Annex 7.2.4a, Annex 7.2.4b Events Commission’s proposal regarding the Bidding Procedure for FIDE Events Commission (EVE) Online Tournaments Annex 7.3 Planning and Development Commission’s report Annex 7.4.1 Qualification Commission’s report Annex 7.4.3 Proposal to reinstate the Qualification Commission’s control of the Regulations on Registration & Licensing of Player Annex…
List of FIDE Council Decisions 2021 1st meeting 19 April 2021 Online OCM-2021/01 To note President’s report. OCM-2021/02 To note Financial report. OCM-2021/03 To entrust President to agree on the potential time and place of 2021 FIDE Congress with the potential organizers. OCM-2021/04 To note the report on the FIDE Handbook update. OCM-2021/05 To authorize President to apply the necessary measures in order to obtain the copies of the statutes from the federations, including restricting FIDE financial support to federations that have not submitted their statutes. OCM-2021/06 To approve proposal regarding the right of the Affiliated Organisations for the FIDE Ratings and Participation in the FIDE…
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the 4th quarter FIDE Online Council Meeting which was held on December 4th, 2020. Download the AGENDA (pdf) Annex 7.1 Global Strategy Commission (GSC) report Annex 7.2.1 Arbiters’ Commission (ARB) report Annex 7.2.2 Arbiters’ Commission (ARB) proposal Annex 7.2.3 ARB title applications Annex 7.3 Chess in Education Commission (EDU) report Annex 7.5 Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM) report Annex 7.6 Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) report Annex 7.7.1 Events Commission (EVE) report Annex 7.8.1 Fair Play Commission (FPL) report Annex 7.8.2 Fair Play Commission (FPL) proposal Annex 7.9 Medical Commission (MED) report Annex 7.10 Planning and Development Commission (PDC) report Annex 7.11.1 Qualification Commission (QC) report Annex 7.11.2 Over-the-board title…
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE Online Zonal Council Meeting which was held on December 5th, 2020. Download the ZONAL COUNCIL MINUTES (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Minutes of FIDE Online General Assembly Meeting which was held on December 6th, 2020. Download the GENERAL ASSEMBLY MINUTES (pdf)
December 06, 2020 OGA-2020/1 To approve the President’s report OGA-2020/2 To approve the Treasurer’s report. OGA-2020/3 To note the Verification Commission’s report for the year 2019. OGA-2020/4 To discharge the Treasurer from her responsibilities for the financial year 2019. OGA-2020/5 To approve the 2021 Budget. OGA-2020/6 To appoint Ernst & Young as FIDE External Auditor for the financial year 2020. OGA-2020/7 To approve the new FIDE Financial regulations. OGA-2020/8 To admit the Isle of Man Chess Association as an Affiliated FIDE Organisation. OGA-2020/9 To adopt a motion regarding the Chess Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran proposed by…
December 04, 2020 Q4OC-2020/1. To note the President’s report. Q4OC-2020/2. To note the Treasurer’s report and to recommend to the 2020 Online General Assembly to approve the Treasurer’s report. Q4OC-2020/3. To note the Verification Commission’s report for the year 2019; for future reports, to request VER to separate other recommendations from the matters that are within the Commission’s purview and to put all such recommendations in a separate annex to the report; to recommend to the 2020 Online General Assembly to approve the Verification Commission’s report Q4OC-2020/4. To request the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission to consider and, to the extent…
FIDE Online General Assembly 6 December 2020 AGENDA 1. FIDE President’s address 2. Obituaries 3. Roll-call 4. Appointment of the 3 Scrutineers (if technically possible) Section 1 – Report of FIDE President Section 2 – Financial matters 2.1 Report of the FIDE Treasurer. Annex 2.1 2.2 Verification Commission report. Annex 2.2 2.3 Discharge of the Treasurer.The General Assembly is requested to discharge the Treasurer from the responsibilities for the financial year 2019. 2.4 Budget 2021. The GA is invited to approve the 2021 Budget. Annex 2.4 2.5 Appointment of External Auditor for annual audit of FIDE accounts for 2020 The GA is invited to re-appoint Ernst&Young…
Decisions of the 3rd quarter FIDE Online Council Meeting 30 September 2020 Q3OC-2020/1 To approve the Agenda for the meeting. Q3OC-2020/2 To approve the President’s proposal to monitor the progress in the All-India Chess Federation. Q3OC-2020/3 To approve the Treasurer’s report and note the External Auditors’ report for the year 2019. Q3OC-2020/4 To approve the President’s proposal to further discuss the fee reduction proposal and to finalize it by November 06, 2020. Q3OC-2020/5 To note the information provided by Mr. Iclicki regarding preparations for the 2020 online GA. Q3OC-2020/6 To recommend to the General Assembly to admit the Red Sea and Aden Gulf Chess Association as an affiliated…
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the 3rd quarter FIDE Online Council Meeting which was held on September 30, 2020. Download Agenda (pdf) Annex 7.1 Global Strategy Commission. Annex 7.2.1 Arbiters’ Commission (ARB) Annex 7.3 Chess in Education Commission (EDU) Annex 7.4 Commission for the Disabled (DIS) Annex 7.5 Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM) Annex 7.6 Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) Annex 7.7.1 Events Commission (EVE) Annex 7.8 Fair Play Commission (FPL) Annex 7.9 Medical Commission (MED) Annex 7.10 Planning and Development Commission (PDC) Annex 7.11.1 Qualification Commission (QC) Annex 7.12 Rules Commission (RC) Annex 7.13 Social Commission (SC) Annex 7.14 Systems of Pairings and Programs (SPP) Annex 7.15 Technical Commission (TEC) Annex 7.16.1 Trainers’ Commission (TRG) Annex…
FIDE publishes the Agenda for the 1st quarter FIDE Online Council meeting which was held on May 12th, 2020. Download AGENDA (pdf)
FIDE publishes the Agenda of 2nd quarter FIDE Online Council Meeting which was held on June 23, 2020. Download Agenda (pdf) Annex 7.2.1 Arbiters’ Commission report (ARB) Annex 7.3 Chess in Education Commission report (EDU) Annex 7.4 Commission for the Disabled report (DIS) Annex 7.5 Commission for Women’s Chess report (WOM) Annex 7.6.1 Ethics and Disciplinary Commission report (EDC) Annex 7.7.1 Events Commission report (EVE) Annex 7.9 Medical Commission report (MED) Annex 7.10 Planning and Development Commission report (PDC) Annex 7.11.1 Qualification Commission report (QC) Annex 7.12 Rules Commission report (RC) Annex 7.14 Systems of Pairings and Programs report (SPP) Annex 7.15 Technical Commission report (TEC) Annex 7.16.1 Trainers’ Commission Report on Status of…
Decisions of the 2nd quarter FIDE Online Council Meeting 23 June 2020 Q2OC-2020/1 To approve the Treasurer’s report. Q2OC-2020/2 To consider a possibility of raising funds for medical and other assistance for chess players. Q2OC-2020/3 To postpone an approval of 2019 accounts due to late submission. Q2OC-2020/4 To adopt a Declaration regarding the Swiss Financial Marketing Infrastructure Act (PDF) Q2OC-2020/5 To hold the FIDE General Assembly online at the end of November 2020. To prepare the GA Agenda by July 10. Q2OC-2020/6 To acknowledge the FIDE President’s intention to have a conference call with both parties in the AICF dispute in nearest future, and to come forward…
FIDE Council decisions 12th of May, 2020 (online-meeting) OCM-2020/01 The Council approved the revised FIDE budget for 2020 proposed by MB. It was also noted that FIDE should closely monitor the financial state of national federations as an implication of pandemics with a further consideration by the Council if necessary. OCM-2020/02 The Council thanked Swiss authorities for the financial support regarding salaries of FIDE staff and rental payments for the FIDE office in Lausanne. OCM-2020/03 The Council approved the organization of online FIDE Council and other official and non-official meetings e.g. FIDE Zonal Council meetings and commission meetings. The Council noted a possibility…
FIDE publishes the Minutes of 2020 FIDE Extraordinary General Assembly which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on February 28th. Download 2020 Extraordinary General Assembly Minutes (pdf) Annex 1.1 Admission of new federations Annex 1.2 Admission of new affiliated members Annex 2.1 Change of FIDE Statutes: new FIDE Charter Annex 3.1 New Financial Regulations
FIDE publishes the Minutes of 2020 Executive Board meeting which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on February 29th. Download 2020 FIDE Executive Board minutes (pdf) Annex 3.1 Report of the FIDE Treasurer Annex 3.2 FIDE Financial Statements for 2018 Annex 3.3 Verification Commission report Annex 3.5 Budget 2020 Annex 4.1 Report of Continental Association for Europe Annex 4.2 Report of Continental Association for Americas Annex 4.4 Report of Continental Association for Africa Annex 5.2 Arbiters’ Commission report (ARB) Annex 5.3 Chess in Education Commission report (EDU) Annex 5.4 Commission for the Disabled report (DIS) Annex 5.5 Commission for Women’s Chess report (WOM) Annex 5.7 Ethics Commission report (ETH) Annex 5.8 Events Commission report (EVE) Annex 5.8.3 Bids for World Senior Team Championship 50+ and 65+…
LIST OF Q3 2019 PRESIDENTIAL BOARD DECISIONS Q3PB-2019/01 To call an Extraordinary GA and Executive Board in the second half of December 2019. Q3PB-2019/02 To encourage the CCA and NCF to propose a longer term (up to three years) development plan within their jurisdictions. Q3PB-2019/03 To approve a motion of non-disclosure related to the 2014-2018 Forensic Audit. Q3PB-2019/04 To approve the bid of Yekaterinburg (RUS) to organize the 2020 Candidates’ Tournament. Q3PB-2019/05 To extend a bid deadline for the 2020 World Chess Championship Match until November 1, 2019. Q3PB-2019/06 To approve a split venue – Shanghai (China) and Vladivostok (Russia)…
LIST OF Q2 2019 PRESIDENTIAL BOARD DECISIONS Q2PB-2019/01 To approve Russia, Monaco, Switzerland and Italy as the countries to host four stages of the Women’s Grand Prix 2019-2020. Q2PB-2019/02 To approve amendments to the regulations on the FIDE Moscow office indicating that the activities of the office are regulated by decisions of both the Presidential Board and the President and to approve the previously signed sponsorship contract with Russian Railways. Q2PB-2019/03 To ask Legal Advisor Aleksandr Martynov to develop clear guidelines for Arbiters (subject to confirmation by PB) to deal with the non-attendance situation in chess. Q2PB-2019/04 To approve the amendments to the 2019…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly meeting that was held in Batumi, Georgia, 3-5 October 2018. Download the 2018 GENERAL ASSEMBLY MINUTES (pdf). List of Annexes 1. Audited accounts.2. Commented accounts for the year 2017.3. Fees paid to PB members in 2017.4. Verification Commission report.5. Proposal of Messrs. Makropoulos and Borg to establish a FIDE Advisory Board.6. Proposal by Mr. G Borg, Chairman of Central Board of Commissions.7. Proposal by FIDE Deputy President, Mr. Georgios Makropoulos, to establish a Commission on FIDE`s relations with IOC.8. Proposal by FIDE Deputy President, Mr. Georgios Makropoulos, and the President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation, Mr. Viktor Kapustin, to introduce…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey, 13-14 October 2017. Download the Minutes (PDF). LIST OF ANNEXES:1. Decision of the Extraordinary Presidential Board, Athens, April 2017.2. Financial Regulations for the Board to approve. Addition to Annex 2 Title fee for FIDE Lecturers.3. Audited accounts.4. Commented accounts.5. Fees paid to PB members in 2016.6. Verification Commission’s report.7. Application of Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation and its Constitution.8. Request of ASEAN Chess Confederation to end suspension of their affiliate membership.9. Qualification Commission’s meeting Minutes.10. Summaries of the over-the-board titles.11. Recommendations on title applications.12. Arbiters’ Commission’s Agenda for the meeting in Antalya.13. Minutes of the Councillors’ meeting in Reykjavik,…
FIDE is publishing the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly meeting that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, 11-13 September 2016. Download the Minutes (PDF). LIST OF ANNEXES: 1. Audited accounts.2. Commented accounts.2A. Treasurer’s report and Proposed Budget 2017.3. Fees paid to PB members in 2015.4. Report of the Permanent Fund Administrator Mr. L. Brunner.5. Verification Commission’s report.6. Application of South Sudan Chess Federation.7. Application of Eritrea Chess Federation.8. Application of Kosovo Chess Federation.9. Letter from Chess Federation of Serbia in respect of the application.10. Application of Liberia Chess Federation.11. Application of Nauru Chess Federation.12. Application of Cabo-Verde Chess Federation.13. Report and proposals of the International Chess Association of French-speakers.14. Clarification regarding ASEAN Chess Confederation issue.15. Petition to…
FIDE is publishing the Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 7-8 September 2015. Download the Minutes (PDF). LIST OF ANNEXES: 1. Audited accounts.2. Commented accounts.3. Report of the Permanent Fund Administrator Mr. L. Brunner.4. Verification Commission report.5. Eritrea Chess Federation application and the Constitution.6. Kosovo Chess Federation application and the Statutes.7. Liberia Chess Federation application and the Constitution.8. Nauru Chess Federation application and the Constitution.9. Agenda for the Qualification Commission’s meeting.10. Summaries of title applications.11. Agenda for the Arbiters’ Commission’s meeting.12. Summaries of title applications.13. Trainers’ Commission report.14. Summaries of title applications.15. Agenda for the Technical Commission’s meeting and report from Prague meeting.16. Agenda and Annexes for Systems of…
At the Tromso General Assembly, it was decided to refer all Commissions Reports to the next Presidential Board Meeting For your information, the Sochi Presidential Board decided as follows: Annex 35 – Online Chess Commission’s report and the addendum to the report – approvedAnnex 54 – Social Action Commission’s report – approvedAnnex 56 – Rules and Tournament Regulations Commission’s report and the addition to the report – referred to the next PBAnnex 57 – Technical Commission’s report – referred to the next PBAnnex 58 – Events Commission’s report – approvedAnnex 59 – Trainers’ Commission’s report – approved except for 3.3.1, budget not approved and fee has…
FIDE is publishing the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly meeting that was held in Tromso, Norway, 11-14 August 2014. Download the Minutes (PDF).Download all Annexes in one file. LIST OF ANNEXES: 1. Accounts for 2013.2. Commented accounts.3. Proposal of the Bahrain Chess Federation on online payment facility.4. Fees paid to PB members and Continental Presidents.5. Report of the Permanent Fund Administrator Mr. L. Brunner.6. Verification Commission’s report.31. Ethics Commission’s report.34. Proposed Anti-Cheating Regulations and comments to follow.36. Bid from the South African Chess Federation for the World Cup 2017.37. Bid from the Georgian Chess Federation for the World Cup 2017.41. Bid from Georgian Chess Federation for the World Chess Olympiad 2018.42. Bid from…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held in Tallinn, Estonia, 7-8 October 2013. Download the Minutes (PDF).Download all Annexes in one file. LIST OF ANNEXES: 1. Audited accounts.2. Commented accounts.3. Actual against budget for first six months of 2013.3A. Proposed Budget 2014.4. Fees paid to PB members.4A. Fees paid to Continental Presidents.5. Mr. N. Freeman’s proposed amendments to Financial Regulations.6. Mr. L. Brunner’s report of the Permanent Fund Administrator.7. Verification Commission’s report.8. Application of the Tanzania Chess Federation.9. Application of the Saudi Arabia Chess Federation.10. Application of Federacao Timor-Leste de Xadrex.11. Mr. D. Jarrett’s proposals on restructuring and amending Handbook.12. Proposed Regulations on Registration and Licensing of the players.13. Agenda for…
FIDE publishes the Minutes of Emergency General Assembly that was held in Tallinn, Estonia, on 9 October 2013. FIDE CongressTallinn, EstoniaEmergency General Assembly9 October 2013 MINUTES 1. A quorum was established. 2. Confirmation of the ELE for Tromso 2014 The Secretariat received four candidates for the position of the ELE Chairman within the deadline, two of whom resigned before the start of the General Assembly.The existing members of the ELE (Ms. A. Santens, Mr. G. Borg and Mr. P. Klerides) were approved as Scrutineers, with one objection.Ms. Margaret Murphy, President of the US Virgin Islands Chess Federation, was unanimously elected as…
FIDE is publishing the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly meeting that was held in Istanbul, Turkey, 7-9 September 2012. Please download the Minutes in PDF format. List of Annexes 1. Accounts for 2011 and certificate from Auditors 2. Notes to the accounts 2011 3. Income and Expenditure for 2012 3A.Proposed Budget 2013 4. Permanent Fund report 5. Verification Commission report from the meeting held in Athens in June 2012 6. Application from Togo Chess Federation 7. Application from Gambia Chess Federation 8. Application from Lesotho Chess Federation 9. Request from Kara Heritage Institute to become an affiliate 10A. Proposed FIDE Statutes 10B. Proposed FIDE Electoral Regulations 10C. Proposals regarding Commissions 10D. Proposal regarding financial regulations…
FIDE publishes Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held from 15 to 22 October 2011 in Krakow, Poland. Please download the Minutes in PDF format. THE LIST OF ANNEXES 1. Press-release on the Commission on Modernisation.2. Accounts for 2010 and certificate from Auditors.3. Notes to the accounts 2010.4. Income and expenditure for 2011.5. Proposal to remove ceiling on tournament fees.6. Permanent Fund report.7. Verification Commission meeting in Athens report.8. Application from Swaziland Chess Federation.9. Application from Comoros Islands Chess Federation.10. Application from Guam Chess Federation.11. Application of Oceania Chess Confederation to join FIDE as an affiliated international organisation.12. Letter from a lawyer and additional documents on FIDE World Chess Championship –…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly meeting that was held from 29 September to 2 October 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Download the Minutes in PDF format. THE LIST OF ANNEXES 1. Accounts for 2009.2. Notes to the accounts 2009.3. Permanent Fund report.4. Verification Commission report.5. Nomination and acceptance letters of the candidates.6. Application of the International Chess Association of French-speaking countries. Part 1. Part 2.7. Proposal of the Ukrainian Chess Federation for change in the FIDE Electoral Regulations.8. Proposal of D. Jarrett for changes in the Statutes.9. Proposal of the Ukrainian Chess Federation regarding the management process in FIDE.10. Agenda for the meeting of the Swiss Pairings Programmes Committee.11. Agenda…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held from 11 to 18 October 2009 in Halkidiki, Greece. Download the Minutes in PDF format. THE LIST OF ANNEXES 1. Auditors report.2. Annual accounts for 2008.3. Notes to annual accounts.4. Updated income and expenditure report for 2009.5. Permanent Fund report.6. Verification Commission report.7. Final draft of Calendar administration rules and planner.7A. Calendar Planer.8. Proposal on FIDE meetings.9. Proposal regarding changes in electoral regulations.10. Proposal regarding registrations, transfers and participation in FIDE Competitions.11. Proposal to create a Chess Commission for Social Projects.12. List of proposed list of titles.12A. Additional list of titles.13. Proposals to Qualification Commission from General Secretary I. Leong.14. Proposal to modify the international title…
FIDE publish the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly that was held from 16 to 26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany. Download the Minutes in PDF format. Download all the Annexes in ZIP. THE LIST OF ANNEXES 1. Report of the FIDE External Auditors.2. Accounts for year ending 31st December 2007.3. Explanations on accounts.4. Report on the FIDE Permanent Fund.5. Proposal of All India Chess Federation.6. Proposal regarding Agenda and Minutes of the meetings.7. Proposal on the FIDE membership criteria.8. Report on restructuring of Committees and Commissions. (Appendix to Annex 8)9. Amendments to the rules and regulations governing FIDE elections.10. List of the proposed titles for over-the-board play.11. Noting of ICCF titles.12. List of the proposed…
FIDE publishes the Minutes of the Executive Board meeting that was held in Antalya, Turkey, 14-16 November 2007. Please download Minutes of the Executive Board 2007 in MS Word format. Please download Minutes of the Executive Board 2007 in pdf format. List of Annexes: 1. Report of the FIDE External Auditors, Messrs Ernst & Young.2. Treasurer`s report.2A. Income and Expenditure 2007 up to September 30.2B. Budget 2008.3. Proposal of Treasurer to amend tournament registration fees.3A. Amended proposal regarding tournament registration fees.4. Report on the FIDE Permanent Fund.5. Application of the Chess Federation of Maldives for FIDE Membership.5A. Application of the Chess Federation of Gabon for FIDE Membership.5B. Application of the Chess Federation…
The 3rd quarter Presidential Board was held on September 22-23 in Elista, Russia, concurrent with the World Championship Match between V. Topalov and V. Kramnik. The Board evaluated the process initiated two years ago and judged it a success. The key result is the stabilization of the chess world, and the Topalov-Kramnik Championship Match is the best sign of this process. President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov presented his visionary view and strategic plan for the next four years of FIDE. He strongly emphasized the task to elevate FIDE to new heights, to make it a financially stable and the powerful international sports…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly that took place in Turin, Italy, from 27 May to 5 June 2006. Please download General Assembly Minutes in word format. Download General Assembly Minutes in pdf format. List of Annexes: 01. Ulster Membership application.1. Report of the FIDE External Auditors, Messrs Ernst & Young.2. Supplementary notes to the Accounts.2a. Treasurer`s Report.3. Report of the FIDE Permanent Fund.4. Report of the Verification Commission.5. Letter from Ibero-American Chess Federation.6. Proposal of the Singapore Chess Federation.7. Proposal of the Maltese Chess Federation.8. Proposal of the German Chess Federation.9. Decision of the Ethics Commission regarding the case of IM M. Shvartz.10. Decision of the Ethics Commission regarding Mr. J-P.…
The 1st Quarter FIDE Presidential Board was held in the city of Al Ain, United Arab Emirates from 13 to 14 April 2006. The Meeting was hosted by Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nahayan and the UAE Chess Federation President Mr Ibrahim Al Bannai. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov delivered his report and stated that several major FIDE competitions had been completed with success. For the future, the Board had to take a number of decisions concerning the new world championship cycle and the Olympiads. The Board is glad to announce that the World Chess Championship Match between Topalov and Kramnik shall…
The 4th Quarter FIDE Presidential Board took place in San Luis, Argentina, from 14 to 15 October 2005. Communique of the 4th Quarter 2005 FIDE Presidential Board Meeting The 4th Quarter FIDE Presidential Board took place in San Luis Argentina, hosted by the Argentine Chess Federation, from 14 to 15 October 2005. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov delivered his report to the Presidential Board, stating that the San Luis World Championship Tournament has been a tremendous success, proving that the decision to hold the Tournament in this format was correct. He also thanked the Board and the top players in…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held from 17-24 August 2005 in Dresden, Germany. Please download Minutes of the Executive Board 2005 in MS Word format Please download Minutes of the Executive Board 2005 in pdf format List of Annexes: 1. Report of the External Auditors, Messrs. Ernst and Young2. Treasurer`s report, supplementary notes and explanations3. Proposed amended Financial Regulations3a Proposed Amendments of FIDE Auditor4. Report of the FIDE Permanent Fund5. Verification Commission Report6. Minutes of Verification Commission meeting7. Proposed Budget 20068. Application of the Chess Federation of Palau9. Application of the Chess Federation of Sierra Leone10. Technical Commission Report (with an Appendix)10a List of testers of electronic clocks…
FIDE publishes the communique of the 2nd quarter of FIDE Presidential Board meeting that was held on 14-15 May 2005 in Doha, Qatar. Read below or download Communique of the 2nd quarter 2005 FIDE Presidential Board Meeting. Communique of the 2nd quarter 2005 FIDE Presidential Board Meeting The FIDE Presidential Board rose from its meeting 14-15 May 2005 in Doha, Qatar and took a number of far reaching decisions with respect to important current matters of chess worldwide. The Board meeting, which was chaired by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, approved the final list of participants who have all confirmed their participation…
FIDE publishes the press release in respect of the decision of the 1st quarter of FIDE Presidential Board that was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, 26-27 February 2005. The Press Release in respect of PB decision regarding the Organization of the Olympiad 2004 in Spain, Calvia. Please read the Press Release in pdf format.
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the General Assembly that was held from 21 to 31 October 2004 in Calvia, Spain. Please download Minutes of the General Assembly 2004 in word format Please download Minutes of the General Assembly 2004 in pdf format List of Annexes: 0. President`s report.01. Deputy President`s report.1. Report of the External Auditors, Messrs Ernst & Young.2. Treasurer`s report and Supplementary Notes to the Accounts 2003.2A. Treasurer`s report Addendum.2B. Actual Budget.2C Accounts for 2001.3. Report of the Mr. L. Brunner, Administrator of the Permanent Fund.4. Report of the Verification Commission.4A. Addendum to the Verification Commission report.5. Report of the Verification Commission to the PB in Tripoli.5A. Report of the Internal Auditor…
FIDE publishes the communique of the 1st Presidential Board meeting that was held on 28-29 February 2004 in Kotor, Montenegro. The FIDE Presidential Board rose from its meeting 28-29 February 2004 in Kotor, Montenegro, and took a number of far reaching decisions with respect to the implementation of the Prague Agreement and the World Chess Championships. Click here to see the list of Titles Approved The meeting, which was chaired by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, mandated the President and the World Chess Championship Committee as well as the Continental President for Africa to finalise the dates and arrangements in respect of…
FIDE publishes the list of titles confirmed by the 1st quarter Presidential Board meeting that was held on 28-29 February 2004 in Kotor, Montenegro. Attached is the list of Grandmaster, International Master, Woman International Master, International Arbiter and FIDE Arbiter titles confirmed by FIDE Presidential Board, 28-29 February 2004 in Kotor, Serbia and Montenegro. Titles awarded at the Presidential Board Meeting in Kotor, Serbia and Montenegro GM Country Name CHI Vasquez, Rodrigo MKD Stanojoski, Zvonko RUS Kim, Alexey RUS Potapov, Alexander RUS Shaposhnikov, Evgeny SCG Markus, Robert IM Country Name BEL Michels, Bart BLR Maiorov, Nikita BOL Zambrana, Oswaldo BUL Dragiev, Veselin…
FIDE publishes the Minutes and Annexes of the Executive Board meeting that was held from 27 October to 2 November 2003 in Halkidiki, Greece. Download Executive Board Minutes List of Annexes: 1.Application for affiliation from the Chess Federation of Kosovo.2.Participation in FIDE Competitions.3.Report of the FIDE External Auditors, Messrs. Ernst & Young.4.Supplementary notes to the accounts.5.Treasurer’s Report to the Executive Board, Halkidiki, Greece.6.Presidential Board Communique.7.Verification Commission Report.8.Report of the Permanent Fund.9.Preliminary Report of the Verification Commission.10.Addendum to the Verification Commission.11.Technical Commission Report.12.Rules and Tournament Regulations Committee Report.13.Swiss Pairings Committee Report.14.Qualification Commission Report.15.List of over-the-board titles awarded.16.Titles and Ratings Committee Report.17.Arbiter’s…
FIDE publishes the communique of the Executive Board meeting held on the 2nd November 2003 at the Pallini Beach Hotel, Kallithea, Halkidiki, Greece The 74th FIDE Congress concluded its sessions on 2nd November 2003 at the Pallini Beach Hotel, Kallithea, Halkidiki, Greece, and took a number of decisions which addressed the immediate problems facing the organization especially in the light of the decision of the Presidential Board to cancel the Ponomariov-Kasparov World Chess Championship Match. Download lists of titles approved in Congress by Titles and Ratings Committee and Arbiters Council. The Executive Board endorsed the decision of the President to cancel the Ponomariov-Kasparov…
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the 1st quarter 2004 FIDE Presidential Board meeting scheduled to be held 28-29 February in Kotor, Montenegro. FIDE General Secretary Noureddine Tabbane has prepared the Agenda for the first quarter 2004 FIDE Presidential Board meeting scheduled 28-29 February in Kotor, Montenegro. Among the items on the Agenda are the World Championship and list of qualifiers. The Nauru Chess Federation has applied for FIDE membership while the Kasparov Chess Foundation has applied for affiliation as associate member. Download the AGENDA
FIDE publishes the communique of the Presidential Board meeting that was held on 17 August 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. The FIDE Presidential Board rose from its meeting 17 August 2003 at the NICON Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria, and took a number of far reaching decisions with respect to the implementation of the Prague Agreement and the World Chess Championships. Click here to see the list of titles approved Titles Approved. The meeting which was chaired by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, mandated the President to take all necessary measures to ensure that the Ponomariov-Kasparov World Chess Championship match scheduled 18 September…
FIDE publishes the 2003 1st FIDE Presidential Board Communique and Approved titles. PB meeting was held on 22-23 February 2003 in Bucharest, Romania. The 1st quarter FIDE Presidential Board meeting was organized by the Romanian Chess Federation, 22-23 February in Bucharest. Among the Agenda items were the Unification of the World Championship. The Board also took ministerial action on title applications. Download zip file of GM, IM, IA and FA Title Applications being reviewed by FIDE Qualification Commission Chairman Mikko Markkula for confirmation by the Board. COMMUNIQUE OF THE FIDE PRESIDENTIAL BOARD MEETING IN BUCHAREST The highlight of the 1st quarter 2003…
FIDE publishes the minutes of the FIDE General Assembly that was held from 8 to 10 November 2002 in Bled, Slovenia. Download in pdf format. Annexes: 1.Report of the FIDE External Auditors.2.Supplementary notes to the accounts.3.Treasurer&rsquos Report.4.Agreement with Federations in arrears.5.Report of the FIDE Permanent Fund.6.Verification Commission report.7.Minutes of the Verification Commission Meeting.8.Agreement made between representatives of the two Presidential tickets.9.Proposal of the USCF to split the American Continent into two.9a.Original proposal of FIDE Zone President Ignatius Leong.10..Documents from the Prague Agreement..11.Proposals from the GM Steering Committee meetings.12.Proposal from GM Yasser Seirawan.13.Proposal from GM Yasser Seirawan.14.Regulations for the World Senior…
FIDE publishes the Agenda of the FIDE General Assembly meeting that was held from 8 to 10 November 2002 in Bled, Slovenia. General Assembly Agenda 0.1. Constitution of the Committee tasked to establish the legality of the meeting (A.01. – 4.16) 0.2. Obituary We mourn the transition in the preceding year of friends of FIDE among whom we remember: Anthony Miles, GM (ENG) Edmar Mednis, GM (USA) Eugene Martinovsky, FM (USA) Hank G. Mostert, ICCF Honorary President, (NED) Akylbek Muratbekov, IA (KGZ) Marcel Caruana (MNC) Eduard Gufeld, GM (USA) 0.3. Report of the committee for legality of the meeting and…
FIDE publishes the communique of the 3rd Quarter FIDE Presidential Board Meeting that was held in Moscow, Russia, 8-9 September 2002. Communique of the 3rd Quarter FIDE Presidential Board Meeting, Embassy of Kalmykia, Moscow, Russia 8-9 September 2002 Concurrent with the Russia vs. Rest of the World Chess Match, Presidential Board of FIDE met 8-9 September 2002 at the Embassy of Kalmykia in Moscow, Russia. The Board was given an update of progress made since the last meeting in respect of the Prague Agreement by the FIDE President. President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov took time to remind members of the high points…
The FIDE Presidential Board will be held on 8th and 9th September 2002 in Moscow, Russia. The FIDE Presidential Board shall hold its 3rd quarter meeting on 8th and 9th September 2002, at the Embassy of Kalmykia in Moscow. The meeting shall be held concurrent with the Russia vs. Rest of the World Chess Match, 8-11 September 2002. Among the items for discussion shall be the unification process for the World Championship. Members of the FIDE Presidential Board are: H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (RUS), President Mr. Florencio Campomanes (PHI), Honorary President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos (GRE), Deputy President Mr. P.T. Ummer Koya…
FIDE publishes the communique of the Presidential Board meeting that was held on 6-7 July 2002 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Doha, Qatar. RITZ-CARLTON, DOHA, QATAR, 6-7 JULY 2002 Presidential Board of FIDE met 6-7 July 2002 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Doha, Qatar. The Board reviewed the Prague Unity Plan and unanimously resolved to endorse the concept of the unity plan while anxiously awaiting the details of the proposed business plan. It congratulated the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for his personal efforts, which led to the agreement signed inter alia by both Grandmasters Gary Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik,…