Fide Fair Play Commission

FIDE Fair Play Seminar in Famalicão, Portugal 🔎🇵🇹

We are pleased to announce the upcoming FPL Seminar in Famalicão, Portugal.

This is where psychology meets statistics, law meets technology, and human intuition meets cutting-edge analysis. A unique chance to understand the many layers of fair play and how to uphold it in the modern game.

The lecturers at the seminar:
Bojana Bejatovic (SLO) – Senior Lecturer, FIDE Fair Play Officer (FPO)
Vincent Geeraets (NED) – Secretary of the FIDE Fair Play Commission

Language: English
Dates: July 24–26

Syllabus:
Fair Play Legal Framework
Anti-Cheating Regulations
Prof. Regan’s Statistics
Technical Devices and Their Usage
Fair Play Theory and Practice at OTB Events

Fees:
Seminar and exam: 150 EUR

Contact & Registration:
[email protected] | [email protected]

For more information see: https://fpl.fide.com/2026/05/11/fide-fair-play-seminar-in-famalicao-portugal/

Ana and Andy were grilled by Sagar!

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https://youtu.be/8AHeiS2kXOQ?is=7NUNT71MDv354jzf

Ana and Andy talk about Fair Play at the Candidates

Fair play measures at the FIDE Candidates 2026 Who has what it takes to challenge the reigning chess champions 🇮🇳 Gukesh D and 🇨🇳 Ju Wenjun? 🔥♟️ From March 28 to April 16, Cyprus 🇨🇾 becomes the cen...

Some new additions to the fair play equipment at the Candidates.

Call of interest 2026

Dear Fair Play Specialists,

We are pleased to announce a Call of Interest for Fair Play Specialists to express their interest in participating in upcoming tournaments. If you are interested, please complete the form at the link below:

https://forms.gle/GNsrFTLmYSsLrvRLA

Please note the following:

1. Submitting the Call of Interest form does not guarantee that you will be appointed for any specific tournament.

2. You will not receive a personalized confirmation email from us; instead, you will receive an automated response from the form once your submission is complete.

3. The current list of tournaments is not final and may change throughout the year. For exact dates and locations, please refer to the official FIDE calendar. For your convenience, we are sharing the information we have as of now.

If you have any questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to your responses.

FIDE Official Statement on Fair Play

FIDE is aware of recent online publications alleging that the Fair Play Commission is unwilling to cooperate with arbiters, as well as personal attacks directed at members of the Arbiters Commission and Fair Play Commission. These claims are unfounded and misrepresent the extensive collaborative work undertaken in recent months.

Read more: https://www.fide.com/fide-official-statement-on-fair-play/

Exam in progress. For the first time, we are doing it in 2 languages

Day 1 of the Fair Play Seminar in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

FIDE Fair Play Seminar in Fujairah, UAE

We are pleased to announce the upcoming FPL Seminar in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates!

The lecturers will be Salomeja Zaksaite (LTU), Gopakumar M S (IND).

Language: English

Dates: August 28–31

August 28: 10:00 – 13:00 (UAE time)
August 29: 10:00 – 13:00 (UAE time)
August 30: 10:00 – 13:00 (UAE time)
August 31: 10:00 – 13:00 (UAE time)

Location: Fujairah Chess & Culture Club (new building), United Arab Emirates

Syllabus:

Fair Play Legal Framework
Anti-Cheating Regulations
Prof. Regan’s Statistics
Technical Devices and Their Usage
Fair Play Theory and Practice at OTB Events

Fees:

Seminar: 200 EUR
Exam: 50 EUR

Contact & Registration:
[email protected]

Local organizer
Contact ‪+971564640999

Happy International Chess Day!

På Norway Chess trener de på Fair Play fra en tidlig alder

At Norway Chess, they train their fair play people from an early age!