FIDE (International Chess Federation)

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FIDE’s Ethics Commission Appeal Chamber has reduced the Russian Chess Federation’s punishment from a two-year suspension to a €45,000 fine for organizing events in occupied Ukrainian territories. 25/09/2024 At the FIDE General Assembly, Russian Arkady Dvorkovich tried to return Russian and Belarusian chess players to fight under the national flags, but this initiative failed. 41 countries advocated maintaining sanctions. A compromise solution was the relaxation of restrictions for children under 12 years of age and persons with disabilities, which was supported by 66 countries. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has not allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete with their symbols at the adult level. On Monday, December 15, information appeared on the FIDE website that athletes from Russia and Belarus were allowed to compete under their own symbols at junior and youth international competitions. The General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) postponed a decision on allowing Russians to compete with national symbols pending consultations with lawyers.

Decision trail

Decision date 11/06/2026 · Reference ↗

Suspend Russian & Belarussian teams from participation in tournaments. In January 2023 the Russian Chess Federation applied for membership of the Asian Chess Federation and announced its intention to withdraw from ECU. In 2023, 104 Russian chess players changed their sports citizenship, while only four new athletes began playing for Russia. This follows from the transfer statistics of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has deprived the Russian Chess Federation (FSHR) of its membership for two years. The decision was made by the Ethics Committee. It is connected with the fact that the FSR included in its composition chess clubs from the occupied Ukrainian territories: Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, and held competitions there, and also did not observe "political neutrality". FIDE’s Ethics Commission Appeal Chamber has reduced the Russian Chess Federation’s punishment from a two-year suspension to a €45,000 fine for organizing events in occupied Ukrainian territories. Russian and Belarusian teams will once again be allowed to compete in youth and disabled team events, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced today. The world's governing body for chess said in a statement that it will allow Russian and Belarusian children under the age of 18 to participate as neutral athletes in youth team events and competitions for players with disabilities. Previously, only individuals, not teams, could compete as neutrals. The organisation resolved to suspend the Russian Chess Federation's membership until June 2029 for failure to comply with the requirements of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Status history since 2022

1. 03/08/2026 — suspended · Imported from KSE LeaveRussia

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