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    The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships will not be held in Kazakhstan in December


    Dear member federations,


    The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships will not be held in Kazakhstan in December.

    The reason is the new COVID restrictions recently enforced by the government of Kazakhstan, which impose mandatory 7 days quarantine for many potential participants, making their participation impossible.

    The list of countries affected by this measure has been expanding over the past few days.

    The Government of Kazakhstan and the Kazakh Chess Federation regret the inconveniences caused by this cancellation, and they have expressed their willingness to hold the event next year.

    FIDE is urgently examining alternative options and will publish an update towards the end of the week.

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    World Rapid and Blitz 2021 will be held in Warsaw (Poland)


    Dear member federations,

    FIDE is happy to announce that Poland will host the World Rapid and Blitz Championships and Women World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021 in Warsaw on the originally planned dates (December 25 - December 31, 2021). The relevant guarantees, both financial and visa-related, are provided to FIDE by the Government of the Republic of Poland. All the related information will be published shortly on the official website https://worldrapidandblitz.fide.com/.

    "FIDE is sincerely grateful to Poland, a country with great chess traditions, for proposing to host the Championships despite the short notice. I am sure that it will be a wonderful event" (Arkady Dvorkovich, President of FIDE).

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      Here's an update about food and drinks in the building:

      You can bring in bottled water, coffee, lunches, etc. As long as you’re able to stay safely distanced from one another 2 m (6 ft) then you’re fine. There should be garbage cans / recycle bins in the hall.

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