2020 4th quarter FIDE Online Council Agenda and Commissions reports

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 applications Annex 7.14 Systems of Pairings and Programs (SPP) report Annex 7.15 Technical Commission (TEC) report Annex 7.16.1 TRG title applications Annex 7.16.2 TRG  Academies Annex 7.17 Data protection GDPR report Annex 7.18 Constitutional Commission (CON) report

FIDE Aid Package Application Conditions & Requirements

As previously stated FIDE allocated €100,000 to support the holding of open tournaments all over the world in 2021.  Each open tournament Organiser applying for the Aid Package shall accept the conditions and meet the requirements listed below. CONDITIONS & REQUIREMENTS An application for the Aid Package shall be sent to gsc@fide.com by February 20th The Aid Package cannot exceed 20% of the total budget and cannot exceed €15,000 At least 10% of the total prize fund shall be allocated for women’s prizes and at least 5% of the total prize fund shall be allocated for veteran’s prizes FIDE may require the tournament to establish lower fees (or absence of fees) for the agreed categories of participants (veterans, youth, women, representatives of developing countries) FIDE may require FIDE sponsors to be reasonably represented at the tournament The Organiser is requested to fill out the following form (all the information provided will remain confidential):   Event’s name, place, dates   Year of the first edition   Last three editions Years of the last three editions       Total number of players       GMs       IMs       WGMs       WIMs       Total budget (€)       Total Prize fund (€)       Budget allocated for titled players invitation       Number of invited players       Budget allocated for fair play measures (€)       Edition 2021 Total budget (€)   Total Prize fund (€)   Prize fund distribution (€) general women veterans Budget allocated for titled players invitation (€)   Number of invited players   Budget allocated for fair play measures (€)       The Organiser is required to specify how exactly the Aid Package is supposed to be used (added to the prize fund, used for titled players invitations, other…)     SELECTION CRITERIA Events with the classical time control shall be prioritized Event’s history Geographical location Amount of the prize fund and its distribution Fair Play measures The list of the selected Opens shall be announced by March 1st. Application form for Aid Package (PDF) Application form for Aid Package (MS Word)