FIDE announces the Call for Bids for the Junior, Senior, and Amateur World Championships, as well as the World Youth Olympiad. Bidders are given a deadline of January 10, 2023.
CALL FOR BIDS
FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023
Deadline 10th of January 2023
- World Junior Chess Championships 2023
- World Senior Team Chess Championships 2023
- World Amateur Chess Championships 2023
- World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2023 *** (please, check below)
- A bid for any FIDE Competition must include the name of a FIDE-licensed International Organizer.
- All bids should be submitted by the due date in a sealed envelope or scanned document to the FIDE Secretariat, postal address: Avenue de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland / Tel: + (41) 21 6010039 / Email: office@fide.com by 10th of January 2023, 16:00 CET.
- Bid fees and Deposit fees can be found in the FIDE Handbook.
- Bid Fees are not refundable. Bid fees should be paid the latest by 10th of January 2023 to the FIDE bank account (free of charges) or to be enclosed in the bid envelope.
FIDE Bank Details:
ACCOUNT NAME: FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ECHECS
BANK NAME: CAIXABANK S.A
BANK ADDRESS: AV. DIAGONAL, 621-629, 0828 BARCELONA
BIC/CODE SWIFT: CAIXESBBXXX
IBAN: ES32 2100 0555 3107 0028 5124
- All bidders must fill in full the bid form and the bid form annexe.
- The price of hotels, details about the accommodation and tournament hall must be specified in the bid.
- The FIDE Events Commission will make inspections. There will be a second inspection of the awarded organisation two to four months before the event. Accommodation and local transfer costs of the inspections must be paid by the organisers.
- FIDE Officials (Appeals Committee, Chief Arbiter and Deputy Arbiter/s) will be decided and appointed by FIDE, considering the organisers' opinion.
- The FIDE Technical Delegate will be appointed by the FIDE Events Commission with the approval of the FIDE President.
- All bidders must follow:
- FIDE Fair Play regulations,
- FIDE Medical Commission regulations,
- Guidelines for marketing and communications to be applied at FIDE events.
*** The regulations of the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2023 were amended by FIDE Council in November 2022 as follows:
- The World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2023 will be held in odd years starting from 2023.
- The competition shall last 7 days, 9 rounds with a time control of 45 minutes + 10 seconds for each participant.
- The Organizing Committee shall provide free board and lodging (in three rooms) for each invited team (4 players and team captains).
