2024 4th FIDE Council Meeting: List of Decisions
FIDE publishes the decisions of the 4th FIDE Council meeting 2024, held online on November 10. 2024 4th FIDE Council meeting decisions (PDF)
2024 4th FIDE Council meeting: List of decisions
4th FIDE Council meeting November 10, 2024 Online List of decisions CM4-2024/01 To note President’s report. CM4-2024/02 To approve Treasurer’s report. CM4-2024/03 To approve FIDE Budget 2025-2026 and to send it to National Federations with a Treasurer’s cover letter. CM4-2024/04 To note the received payment from the Iranian Chess Federation and their updated guaranteed letter. To confirm the proposed debt repayment schedule. To decide that if the overdue debt according to the approved schedule and new FIDE invoices is 20 thousand euros or more and the delay period is 30 days or more, it will entail the automatic suspension of membership of the Iranian Chess Federation. CM4-2024/05 To note the updated guaranteed letter from the Mexican Chess Federation. To confirm the proposed debt repayment schedule. To decide that if any of the payments according to the approved schedule are delayed by more than 30 days, it will entail the automatic suspension of membership of the Mexican Chess Federation. CM4-2024/06 To note FIDE Calendar 2024/2025. CM4-2024/07 To note the Global Strategy Commission’s report. CM4-2024/08 To approve the Global Strategy Commission’s proposal regarding the last qualification spot to the Women Candidates 2026. CM4-2024/09 To note the Arbiters’ Commission’s report. CM4-2024/10 To approve the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission on Seminars, Classification upgrades, Amendments to the lecturer list, FA norms and titles. CM4-2024/11 To approve the recommendations of the Qualification Commission on titles. CM4-2024/12 To approve the Qualification Commission’s proposal regarding the update of the FIDE Rapid and Blitz Rating Regulations. Table of changes CM4-2024/13 To approve the recommendations of the Trainers’ Commission on titles and Academies. CM4-2024/14 To approve the recommendations of the Events Commission on titles. CM4-2024/15 To approve the recommendations of the Chess in Education Commission on titles. CM4-2024/16 To note the Commission’s for Women’s Chess report. CM4-2024/17 To note the Chess in Multi Sports Games Committee’s report. CM4-2024/18 To note the Rules Commission’s report. CM4-2024/19 To approve the Fair Play Commission’s proposals regarding FIDE FPL Appointment Regulations, FIDE FPL Financial Regulations (Table of Changes), Fair Play Protection Measures (Table of Changes), Fair Play Regulations (Table of Changes) and Chief Arbiter-Chief Fair Play Officer division of tasks. CM4-2024/20 To note the Planning and Development Commission’s report. CM4-2024/21 To note Continental Presidents’ reports. CM4-2024/22 To extend the authority of Mr. N Short as a reverse delegate for the Burkina Faso Chess Federation until the next FIDE General Assembly.
World Senior Championship 2024 starts in Porto Santo, Portugal
World Senior Championship 2024 kicked off on Sunday, November 17, on the premises of the Hotel Vila Baleira, in Porto Santo, Portugal. Around two hundred players are competing for the titles in the Open +50, Open +65, Women +50, and Women +65 sections, sharing a prize fund of €42,500. In the women’s competition, the organizers, FIDE, and the Portuguese Chess Federation (FPX) decided to merge the two categories into a single event, featuring 33 female players. Leading the women’s event is the legendary Nona Gaprindashvili, Women’s World Champion from 1962 to 1978, and the first female player to receive the GM title. Kiril Georgiev (BUL, 2553) and Zurab Sturua (GEO, 2502) top the starting lists for the Open +50 and Open +65, respectively. All three tournaments are 11-round Swiss events with classical time control. FPX is streaming 40 games, which can be followed on Lichess, and is providing live footage from the tournament room via YouTube and Twitch. The opening round brought some surprising results. In the women’s tournament, Nona Gaprindashvili was held to a draw by German FIDE Master Olga Birkholz (1875), who was undaunted by the Georgian legend’s formidable record and secured half a point. In the 50+ category, featuring 15 GMs, there were also a few unexpected outcomes. Second seed GM Gregory Kaidanov (USA, 2534) drew with Portuguese FM Fernando Ribeiro (2125) from Casa do Povo de Mangualde, while Germany’s Klaus Bischoff (2445) was unable to overcome the resistance of Scotland’s Alan Minnican (2071). In the +65 section, second seed German GM Rainer Knaak (2458) split the point with Argentinian FM Marcelo Ibar (2044). However, the highlight of the day was Israeli Abir Har-Even’s victory over IM Vladislav Nasybullin (2374) of Kazakhstan on the sixth board. Photos: Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez Official website: worldsenior.fpx.pt/