Bidding Procedure for the World Championship Cycle 2009-2011
Thursday, 04 December 2008 10:49
Athens, 4 December 2008
For the World Championship Cycle 2009-2011, FIDE has today opened the bidding
procedure for the 2010 semi-final Candidates stage and the final 2011 World
Championship Match.
As a result of the global financial crisis and after various discussions held
with leading organisers around the world, two clear options are being proposed
for a semi-final Candidates stage in September 2010. FIDE has decided to allow
any interested parties to bid for the organization for one of the formats as
defined below, that they prefer.
Players will qualify for the Candidates stage according to the following
order of priority:
- Top 2 placed from Grand prix cycle 2008/09
- The 2 finalists from World Cup 2009.
- The losing player from the World Championship Match 2009.
- The losing player from the semi-final Challengers Match 2009.
- The highest rated player, provided that he is one of the top six based on
the FIDE rating list. If not, the qualifying spot goes to the Grand Prix 2008/09.
- Nomination by the organiser provided that the nominated player has a rating
of at least 2700 in the FIDE rating list of January 2010
The first format option is eight players, double-round tournament. i.e. 14
games.
The second format option will be knockout matches of four games for the first
and second round respectively and six games in the final match. i.e. 14 games
for the two finalists.
The winner of either format of the semi-final Candidates Stage will be the
challenger for the World Championship Match of twelve games to be played in
September 2011.
Bidding Procedure:
FIDE has decided to open a bidding procedure whereby interested organisers
may submit their bids for any part or both of the following two options:
Option A: Organisers may submit their proposals for organizing
an 8-player double round tournament in September 2010. Organisers should also
submit a bid for the World Championship Match in September 2011.
Option B: Organisers may submit their proposals for a series
of knockout matches, as described above, in September 2010. Organisers should
also submit a bid for the World Championship Match in September 2011.
Any bids are to clearly indicate:
- the conditions for the players and player's teams,
- a minimum prize fund of 400,000 euros for the Candidates stage 2010 and
a minimum prize fund of 1,000,000 euros for the World Championship Match 2011,
- the prizes mentioned above should be offered net of any applicable taxes,
- the contribution to FIDE (net of any taxes and not less than 20% of the
prize money) plus other organisational costs including stipends and travel/accommodation
of principals.
- the service charge to Global Chess (net of any taxes and not less than 5%
of the prize money).
- quality level of accommodation and tournament halls.
Full regulations for each format will be drawn up by the FIDE World Championship
Committee.
In all cases, FIDE is seeking for organisers who will submit a combined bid
for both the semi-final Candidates stage 2010 and the World Championship Match
2011. Organisers with such a combined bid will be preferred.
FIDE reserves the right to reject any offer, however favourable, and may accept
split offers only if sufficiently interesting and secure bids are submitted
separately for the Candidates and World Championship Match. The bidding process
will be opened on the 4th December 2008 and will close on the 4th February 2009.
FIDE requires a refundable deposit of 100,000 euros to be made by bidders and
a non-refundable deposit of 5,000 euros to cover bidding and initial inspection
costs. No bidder can propose a sponsor which shall be in conflict with the regulations
of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
All bids shall be delivered in a sealed envelope to the FIDE Secretariat in
Athens before the deadline of 4 February 2009, 13:00 GMT, post address: 9 Syggrou
Ave., 11743 Athens - Greece.
When the deadline has expired, the FIDE President or his representative shall
open the received envelopes in order to assess the bids. FIDE will inform any
bidding parties of the results of the process by the end of February 2009.
