On February 13, the first continental meeting of the FIDE Planning and Development Commission (PDC) in 2022 was held at Hotel del Prado, Ciudad de México. The event was attended by the President of FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich, Victor Bologan (FIDE Executive Director), Dana Reizniece-Ozola (FIDE Managing Director), Jorge Vega Fernández (CCA President),  Sonja Johnson (PDC Chair), Fidel Gonzalez Chirino (PDC Councillor-America) and representatives of 32 countries with three of them participating virtually.

During the meeting, the status of the development fund in America from 2019 to 2021 and various FIDE’s projects in 2022 were presented. Several delegates made valuable proposals for chess development across the continent, which became the most important takeaway from the event.

After the meeting, the participants had a dinner together at Cultural Complex Los Pinos, under the auspices of the Mexican Chess Federation, represented by Mr Mario Ramírez Barajas.

The Planning and Development Commission will use the rich feedback and suggestions shared during the meeting to create programmes and initiatives to support the development of local federations by FIDE.