The organizers of the \u201cFreestyle Chess Tour\u201d fully deleted from its Regulations the reference to the \u201cWorld Championship\u201d title. Following this change in the regulations, players wishing to participate in the 2025 \u201cFreestyle Chess Tour\u201d are no longer required to sign the waiver note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent days, FIDE has been engaged in extensive discussions with the \u201cFreestyle Chess Tour\u201d regarding the potential recognition of their event as a World Championship. Despite our willingness to collaborate\u2014including offering a waiver to the participants of the planned 2025 competition, waiving the fee for the 2025 edition, and requesting an end to unfounded accusations against FIDE and undermining classical chess\u2014no agreement was reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cFreestyle Chess Tour\u201d has chosen not to acknowledge FIDE\u2019s existing authority over the World Championship title and has opted to remain a privately organized tournament, primarily featuring hand-picked elite players, rather than an open and transparent qualification process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A true World Championship must be inclusive, with transparent qualification pathways that follow FIDE\u2019s rules and regulations\u2014established with the consensus of the global chess community\u2014as seen in the FIDE World Championship cycle. Without these principles, the integrity of the title is at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taking this into consideration, players wishing to participate in the 2025 Freestyle Chess Tour event are required to sign the waiver note by 18:00 CET, February 4, 2025, to remain eligible for the official FIDE World Championship cycle. We note that this document does not impose new requirements on the players but provides them with a one-off exception from their existing contractual obligations towards FIDE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, if the \u201cFreestyle Chess Tour\u201d removes the \u201cWorld Championship\u201d title from their event, these restrictions will not apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FIDE remains open to collaboration, but we are firm in our commitment to protecting the integrity and history of the World Championship and the entire chess community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The organizers of the \u201cFreestyle Chess Tour\u201d fully deleted from its Regulations the reference to the \u201cWorld Championship\u201d title. Following this change in the regulations, players wishing to participate in the 2025 \u201cFreestyle Chess Tour\u201d are no longer required to sign the waiver note. In recent days, FIDE has been engaged in extensive discussions with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"yoast_head":"\n