The International Chess Federation has approved the following media accreditation policy, to be applied in our top official events - starting with the Candidates Tournament.

This policy was developed following the model of other sports associations. In particular, in the making of this document the following policies were taken as a reference:

- Media accreditation process for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

- Accreditation procedure for the United Nations conferences and events.

- Accreditation process for the 2nd European Games in Minsk 2019.

- Media accreditation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

- IOC Social and Digital Media Guidelines for the Winter Games, Pyeong Chang 2018.

- Accreditation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

- Accreditation Process for the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals.

- Media accreditation for the Wimbledon tennis championship.

DOWNLOAD: FIDE media accreditation policy (pdf)