FIDE advises potential candidates that the Presidential tickets and Continental Presidential tickets must reach the FIDE Secretariat at least three months before the opening of the General Assembly. The deadlines being 3 July 17.00 hrs (Athens time) for Presidential tickets and midnight 3 July (Athens time) for Continental Presidential ticket.

The Secretariat will acknowledge receipt of the documents. The Secretariat will announce the tickets on the FIDE website on July 4th 2018.

NOMINATION FORM FOR PRESIDENTIAL TICKET FOR ELECTIONS

LETTER OF NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL TICKET FOR ELECTIONS (from Federation)

ACCEPTANCE FORM OF THE NOMINATION FOR ELECTIONS

LETTER OF NOMINATION FOR CONTINENTAL PRESIDENT FOR ELECTIONS (from Federation)

Here are the 2 formidable FIDE election tickets:

Ticket 1:

President: IM Georgios Makropoulos (Greece) President of Greek Chess Federation

Deputy President: IM Malcolm Pein (England) Organizer of prestigious London Classic

General Secretary: Sundar Damal Villivalam (India) Organizer of 2013 WC in Chennai

Treasurer: Adrian M Siegel (Switzerland)

Vice-President: Jaime Aguinaldo (Angola)

Vice-President: IM Martha Fierro (Ecuador) Co-Chair of Women's Commission

Ticket 2:

President: Arkady Dvorkovich (Russia)

Deputy President: GM Bachar Kouatly (France) 1st GM of France, organizer of many prestigious events

General Secretary: Sewa Enyonam Fumey (Togo)

Treasurer: GM Zhu Chen (Qatar) Women's World Champion

Vice-President: Mahir Mammedov (Azerbaijan) Baku Olympiad Organizer

Vice-President: GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru) Senior World Champion