FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich shared his views on the commercial potential of chess in an interview with ChessBase India. Dvorkovich says that chess has commercial value, and notes the need for investment risks.
Arkady Dvorkovich
FIDE President“I think chess has a commercial value. But any commercialization of chess would require taking some risks.
The question is if the whole community, if we are together, are ready to take those risks to invest — not just finding partners from time to time for new tournaments, even having long-standing partners — but to invest and take those investment risks.
Without those risks, we will not be able to get any commercial return.
We at FIDE are open to it, but we will be careful enough not to create reputational risks for chess.”
Kazakh holding company Freedom Holding and The Scheinberg Family are long-term partners of FIDE and are the main sponsors of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026. Norwegian footballer Erling Haaland will become an investor in the Total Chess World Championship Tour in March 2026.
Credit: Michal Walusza / FIDE
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