{"id":23782,"date":"2023-11-05T16:30:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=23782"},"modified":"2024-02-05T06:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:42:42","slug":"the-deadline-for-submitting-2028-chess-olympiad-bid-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/the-deadline-for-submitting-2028-chess-olympiad-bid-approaching\/","title":{"rendered":"The deadline for submitting 2028 Chess Olympiad bid approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23782\" class=\"elementor elementor-23782\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-543d00f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"543d00f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c477761\" data-id=\"2c477761\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca13db6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca13db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On August 15, 2023, FIDE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fide.com\/news\/2583\">opened a bidding procedure<\/a>\u00a0for the 2028 Chess Olympiad. As a part of the Olympiad bid, the bidder should also hold the Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities and FIDE Congress.<\/p><p>The first four weeks were allocated to the expression of interest process. Potential bidders could express their interest by 6 p.m. CET on September 12, 2023. During this period, four potential organisers have come forward. As a result, the bidding process will now last 12 weeks, as per the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fide.com\/news\/2580\">decision of the FIDE Council<\/a>.<\/p><p>Therefore, the\u00a0<strong>deadline to submit bids to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:office@fide.com\">office@fide.com<\/a>\u00a0is now set for\u00a06 p.m. CET on November 7, 2023<\/strong>, which is eight weeks from September 12.<\/p><p>Each bidding application shall be filed per the form provided in Appendix 3 to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/handbook.fide.com\/files\/handbook\/Olympiad2028MainCompetition.pdf\">Regulations<\/a>.<\/p><p>The Applicant shall attach the following:<\/p><ul><li>Letters of support from a national federation and relevant local authorities,<\/li><li>Supporting documents (government letters, contracts, bank guarantees, etc.) at the total amount of the bid&#8217;s budget.<\/li><li>Irrevocable guarantee issued by: a) any of the Top 100 World Banks rated on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebankerdatabase.com\/\">The Bankers database<\/a>\u00a0or another bank which may be agreed with FIDE or b) a verified government guarantee for the amount of three hundred thousand (300,000) Euros to support the bid.<\/li><\/ul><p>Additional documents may be requested by FIDE for further evaluation.<\/p><p>The complete requirements from the organiser, including financial obligations, are determined by section 6 of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/handbook.fide.com\/files\/handbook\/Olympiad2028MainCompetition.pdf\">Regulations<\/a>.<\/p><p>For any relevant clarifications regarding the regulations and application requirements, the applicants are kindly asked to send a written enquiry to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:office@fide.com\">office@fide.com<\/a><\/p><p>The nearest General Assembly shall award the right to host the events to the Applicant with the highest number of votes received.<\/p><p><strong>Regulations:<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/handbook.fide.com\/files\/handbook\/Olympiad2028MainCompetition.pdf\">Regulations for 2028 Chess Olympiad<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/handbook.fide.com\/chapter\/D0201\">Regulations for 2028 Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/handbook.fide.com\/chapter\/FIDECongressRegulations\">FIDE Congress<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 15, 2023, FIDE\u00a0opened a bidding procedure\u00a0for the 2028 Chess Olympiad. As a part of the Olympiad bid, the bidder should also hold the Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities and FIDE Congress. The first four weeks were allocated to the expression of interest process. Potential bidders could express their interest by 6 p.m. CET on September 12, 2023. During this period, four potential organisers have come forward. As a result, the bidding process will now last 12 weeks, as per the\u00a0decision of the FIDE Council. Therefore, the\u00a0deadline to submit bids to\u00a0office@fide.com\u00a0is now set for\u00a06 p.m. CET on November 7, 2023, which is eight weeks from September 12. Each bidding application shall be filed per the form provided in Appendix 3 to the\u00a0Regulations. The Applicant shall attach the following: Letters of support from a national federation and relevant local authorities, Supporting documents (government letters, contracts, bank guarantees, etc.) at the total amount of the bid&#8217;s budget. Irrevocable guarantee issued by: a) any of the Top 100 World Banks rated on\u00a0The Bankers database\u00a0or another bank which may be agreed with FIDE or b) a verified government guarantee for the amount of three hundred thousand (300,000) Euros to support the bid. Additional documents may be requested by FIDE for further evaluation. The complete requirements from the organiser, including financial obligations, are determined by section 6 of the\u00a0Regulations. For any relevant clarifications regarding the regulations and application requirements, the applicants are kindly asked to send a written enquiry to\u00a0office@fide.com The nearest General Assembly shall award the right to host the events to the Applicant with the highest number of votes received. Regulations: Regulations for 2028 Chess Olympiad Regulations for 2028 Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities FIDE Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[158,17],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-23782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fide-news","tag-chess-olympiad","tag-fide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23782"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23786,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23782\/revisions\/23786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23782"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=23782"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=23782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}