Overview
- Delegates voted 61–51 to lift all restrictions on Russian players, with a separate majority backing participation under a neutral flag.
- FIDE ruled that Russian and Belarusian youth athletes should face no access limits and that standard flags and anthems may apply if their federations are in good standing.
- President Arkady Dvorkovich said both outcomes stand but a final decision on senior national symbols will follow consultations with the IOC, with no new vote planned.
- The assembly also backed allowing team participation and permitting official events in Belarus, while the question of senior flags and anthems remains pending.
- Russia welcomed the assembly’s outcome, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov praising the move after earlier suspensions imposed in 2022.