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)