FIDE Online Chess regulations approved

[Kevin Bonham]

FIDE official announcement on rating hybrid tournaments:

https://www.fide.com/news/906

As stated in point 0.2 of the newly approved regulations, “The tournaments to be rated shall be pre-registered by the federation that will be responsible for the submission of results and rating fees. The tournament and its playing schedule must be registered one week before the tournament starts. The QC Chairman may refuse to register a tournament. He may also allow a tournament to be rated even though it has been registered less than one week before the tournament starts. All tournaments played under Hybrid conditions as described in 2.1 must be approved individually by the QC Chairman.”

The requests will be examined on a one-on-one basis, and FIDE’s Qualification Commission reserves itself the right not to rate a specific tournament. This is a precautionary measure to protect the rating system from any unforeseen circumstance, as we enter uncharted territory. In that eventuality, the organizer of the tournament has the right to appeal to the QC.

The best way to prevent this from happening is that organizers send requests with as much notice as they can, and include as much detail as possible, to the Qualification Commission: qualification@fide.com. This will ensure that there is a margin to make whatever adjustments are considered necessary so the event can be rated.

[MichaelBaron]

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=....3508329318302
This picture has been created by A WGM .
I say it describes Hybrid chess rather accurately.

[Andrew Hardegen]

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=....3508329318302
This picture has been created by A WGM .
I say it describes Hybrid chess rather accurately.

Is it possible to post it here? The link is not working for me.

[MichaelBaron]

Hybrid chess.jpg

[Craig_Hall]

It applies in the standard Laws to "any electronic device not specifically approved by the arbiter in the playing venue."

I see that the Online rules have this:



This means the regulations of the event may allow devices not specifically approved by the arbiter to be stored very near to the playing area for backup internet purposes. It would be interesting to know why this exemption exists.

My experience of official online events is that it's to allow using a mobile phone as the spare internet if home internet fails.