A $6 million commitment to help media communications
I announce the creation of a FIDE Chess Media Fund, with $1.5 million per year, from 2027 to 2030. This is a minimum commitment of $6 million over four years.
The Fund will support projects by national federations to help them build and increase their media capacity to better promote their work and players. This includes support for building digital channels, developing sponsorship materials and receiving practical training and expert support.
The fund is open to all national federations. It is important to note that this would be additional funding. The proposed Development Fund programmes would run separately, with a separate budget allocated for that.
Our goal is practical. We need more chess in public, and to achieve that, we also need to help federations build capacities on how to spread their message, engage audiences and sponsors.
We want to help Member Federations build their own, independent, media voices. This is one of the pillars of capacity building within FIDE which we want to provide.
— 2027–2030
— $1.5m annually
— $6m minimum personal commitment