FIDE flag player

Players with the FIDE flag are required to pay an annual fee of 100 euros.

[8] These players retained the right to choose, whether to play under their national chess federation with a black flag, or play under the FIDE flag, which would constitute them as "foreign player with a status of the original federation for the purpose of titles calculations and all related matters".

[10] The expiration date has been continually extended by FIDE council, as of December 2024, set to 1 January 2026.

[11][12] After the expiration date, "in the absence of other requests, the player will automatically be returned to the previous federation".

[9] Since March 2022, most top-level Russian chess players started playing in international events under the FIDE flag, including Nepomniachtchi at the 2022 Candidates tournament, 2023 World Championship and 2024 Candidates tournament.