| no. | host city | year | members | remarks | ||
| 96. | Online | |
2025 | Online General Assembly: 14 Dec 2025 (Commissions: 24-28 Nov; Council: 11 Dec; Zonal Council: 13 Dec). | ||
| 95. | Budapest | |
2024 | FIDE Congress: 17-22 Sep 2024; General Assembly: 21-22 Sep 2024. | ||
| 94. | Online | |
2023 | Online General Assembly: 17 Dec 2023. | ||
| 93. | Chennai | |
2022 | General Assembly: 7-8 Aug 2022. Presidential election: Arkady Dvorkovich re-elected. | ||
| 92. | Warsaw/hybrid | |
2021 | Hybrid General Assembly: 28 Dec 2021 (online voting, in-person core in Warsaw). | ||
| 91. | Online | |
2020 | 195 | Online General Assembly: 6 Dec 2020. | |
| 90. | Abu Dhabi | |
2020 | 195 | Congress: 26 Feb-1 Mar 2020. | |
| 89. | Batumi | |
2018 | Congress: 27 Sep-5 Oct 2018 (GA: 3-5 Oct). Presidential election: Arkady Dvorkovich elected. | ||
| 88. | Antalya | |
2017 | Congress: 7-15 Oct 2017 (Executive Board: 13-14 Oct). | ||
| 87. | Baku | |
2016 | Congress: 5-13 Sep 2016 (GA: 11-13 Sep). | ||
| 86. | Abu Dhabi | |
2015 | Congress: 1-9 Sep 2015 (Executive Board: 7-8 Sep). | ||
| 85. | Tromsø | |
2014 | General Assembly: 11-14 Aug 2014. | ||
| 84. | Tallinn | |
2013 | Congress: 30 Sep-10 Oct 2013 (Emergency GA: 9 Oct). | ||
| 83. | Istanbul | |
2012 | Congress: 1-10 Sep 2012 (GA: 7-9 Sep). | ||
| 82. | Cracow | |
2011 | Congress: 15-22 Oct 2011. | ||
| 81. | Khanty-Mansiysk | |
2010 | General Assembly: 29 Sep-2 Oct 2010. | ||
| 80. | Halkidiki | |
2009 | Congress: 11-18 Oct 2009. | ||
| 79. | Dresden | |
2008 | General Assembly: 16-26 Nov 2008. | ||
| 78. | Antalya | |
2007 | Executive Board meeting: 14-16 Nov 2007. | ||
| 77. | Turin | |
2006 | Congress/GA: 27 May-5 Jun 2006. | ||
| 76. | Dresden | |
2005 | Executive Board: 17-24 Aug 2005. | ||
| 75. | Calvià | |
2004 | General Assembly: 21-31 Oct 2004. | ||
| 74. | Halkidiki | |
2003 | Executive Board meeting: 27 Oct-2 Nov 2003. | ||
| 73. | Bled | |
2002 | Congress: 2-11 Nov 2002; GA: 8-10 Nov. | ||
| 72. | Halkidiki | |
2001 | September 2001 (Halkidiki Executive Board/GA cycle); exact GA day range not confirmed. | ||
| 71. | Istanbul | |
2000 | Congress: 2-13 Nov 2000 (Executive Board: 11-12 Nov; EGA: 12-13 Nov). Within 34th Chess Olympiad window: 28 Oct-12 Nov 2000. Detailed public minutes PDF not located in open FIDE archive (online minutes publication starts at 2002). | ||
| 70. | Doha | |
1999 | Congress: 1-7 Oct 1999 (Executive Board: 5-6 Oct; EGA: 7 Oct). GA statutory date (7 Oct 1999, Doha) confirmed by official annex history PDF. | ||
| 69. | Elista | |
1998 | Within 33rd Chess Olympiad window: 26 Sep-13 Oct 1998. GA dates: 2-13 Oct 1998 (Elista) per official annex history PDF. Context: Olympiad review. | ||
| 68. | Chișinău | |
1997 | GA dates: 2-10 Sep 1997 in Kishinev/Chisinau per official annex history PDF. Congress dates also announced in Kurt Jungwirth newsletter (24 Jun 1997). | ||
| 67. | Yerevan | |
1996 | Within 32nd Chess Olympiad window: 15 Sep-2 Oct 1996. GA dates: 29 Sep-1 Oct 1996 (Yerevan) per official annex history PDF. Ilyumzhinov re-elected (reported in Olympiad review). | ||
| 66. | Paris | |
1995 | GA dates: 22-24 Nov 1995 (Paris) per official annex history PDF. Presidential election: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov elected. 1995 host dispute / EGA correspondence preserved in TWIC 49 and TWIC 53. | ||
| 65. | Moscow | |
1994 | Within 31st Chess Olympiad window: 30 Nov-15 Dec 1994. GA dates: 13-15 Dec 1994 (Moscow) per official annex history PDF. Campomanes re-elected (reported in Olympiad review). Minutes references for items 23.3 and 63 cited in TWIC 49. | ||
| 64. | Curitiba | |
1993 | GA dates: 22-24 Nov 1993 (Curitiba) per official annex history PDF. Protocol trail: reference to Curitiba Congress minutes (item 11.4, p.9) quoted in TWIC 49. | ||
| 63. | Manila | |
1992 | Within 30th Chess Olympiad window: 7-25 Jun 1992. Statutory GA dates: 21-23 Jun 1992 (Manila), per official annex history PDF. | ||
| 62. | Berlin | |
1991 | 62nd FIDE Congress (Berlin): host/year confirmed in congress sequence. Detailed public minutes PDF not located in open archive (online minutes publication starts at 2002). | ||
| 61. | Novi Sad | |
1990 | Within 29th Chess Olympiad window: 16 Nov-4 Dec 1990. FIDE Congress/GA in Novi Sad (Nov-Dec 1990); Campomanes retained presidency. | ||
| 60. | Mayagüez | |
1989 | FIDE Congress: 7-10 Aug 1989; General Assembly session: 9 Aug 1989 (Wed, 12:00). | ||
| 59. | Thessaloniki | |
1988 | Within 28th Chess Olympiad window: 12-30 Nov 1988. FIDE Laws changes approved at GA (effective 1 Mar 1989). Minutes & annexes confirmed. | ||
| 58. | Seville | |
1987 | Minutes & annexes confirmed (FIDE Congress, Seville 1987). | ||
| 57. | Dubai | |
1986 | Within 27th Chess Olympiad window: 14 Nov-2 Dec 1986. GA session in Nov 1986; Campomanes re-elected. Minutes & annexes confirmed. | ||
| 56. | Graz | |
1985 | 124 | FIDE General Assembly (minutes): 27-31 Aug 1985, Graz. Qualification Commission: 25-26 Aug 1985. Minutes & annexes confirmed. | |
| 55. | Thessaloniki | |
1984 | Within 26th Chess Olympiad window: 18 Nov-5 Dec 1984. Minutes & annexes I/II confirmed. | ||
| 54. | Manila | |
1983 | FIDE Congress in early Oct 1983. Minutes & annexes confirmed. | ||
| 53. | Lucerne | |
1982 | Within 25th Chess Olympiad window: 29 Oct-16 Nov 1982. Presidential election: Florencio Campomanes elected. Minutes & annexes confirmed. | ||
| 52. | Atlanta | |
1981 | FIDE Congress: 19 Jul-2 Aug 1981. General Assembly: 29-30 Jul 1981 (Atlanta). Over 100 member nations expected. | ||
| 51. | La Valletta | |
1980 | 114 | Within 24th Chess Olympiad window: 20 Nov-6 Dec 1980. Central Committee & commissions: 25 Nov-3 Dec. 54th FIDE Congress: 4-7 Dec 1980 (71 delegates). New affiliates approved: Antigua, Brunei, Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, Zimbabwe. | |
| 50. | San Juan | |
1979 | 53rd FIDE Congress (San Juan): city/year confirmed in congress lists; detailed open minutes and exact session dates still not fully traced. | ||
| 49. | Buenos Aires | |
1978 | Within 23rd Chess Olympiad window: 26 Oct-12 Nov 1978. Presidential election: Fridrik Olafsson elected. | ||
| 48. | Lucerne | |
1977 | 51st FIDE Congress (Lucerne): city/year confirmed; detailed open minutes and exact session dates not yet fully digitized in public archives. | ||
| 47. | Haifa | |
1976 | 90+ | Within 22nd Chess Olympiad window: 26 Oct-10 Nov 1976. Congress cycle held during Olympiad meetings in Haifa. | |
| 46. | Bergen-aan-Zee | |
1975 | Extraordinary FIDE Congress (Bergen-aan-Zee, Mar 1975): confirmed Nice-1974 World Championship framework; Fischer's additional rule demands were not adopted. | ||
| 45. | Nice | |
1974 | Within 21st Chess Olympiad window: 6-30 Jun 1974. Key GA roll-calls on World Championship format: 26 Jun 1974 and 29 Jun 1974. | ||
| 44. | Helsinki | |
1973 | FIDE Congress in Helsinki held in Sep 1973 (month confirmed in contemporary CL&R report). | ||
| 43. | Skopje | |
1972 | Within 20th Chess Olympiad window: 18 Sep-13 Oct 1972. FIDE Qualification Commission session documented on 4 Oct 1972 (Skopje). | ||
| 42. | Vancouver | |
1971 | 77 | 42nd FIDE Congress ended 4 Sep 1971 (Vancouver). Two-week committee/GA sessions; representation: 32 federations (of 77), all 10 zones. | |
| 41. | Siegen | |
1970 | 64 | Within 19th Chess Olympiad window: 5-27 Sep 1970.Presidential election: Max Euwe elected. | |
| 40. | San Juan | |
1969 | |||
| 39. | Lugano | |
1968 | Within 18th Chess Olympiad window: 17 Oct-7 Nov 1968. | ||
| 38. | Venice | |
1967 | |||
| 37. | Havana | |
1966 | Within 17th Chess Olympiad window: 23 Oct-20 Nov 1966. | ||
| 36. | Wiesbaden | |
1965 | |||
| 35. | Tel Aviv | |
1964 | Within 16th Chess Olympiad window: 2-25 Nov 1964. | ||
| 34. | Basel | |
1963 | |||
| 33. | Stockholm | |
1962 | |||
| 32. | Sofia | |
1961 | Month confirmed: September 1961. | ||
| 31. | Leipzig | |
1960 | Within 14th Chess Olympiad window: 26 Oct-9 Nov 1960. | ||
| 30. | Luxembourg | |
1959 | |||
| 29. | Dubrovnik | |
1958 | |||
| 28. | Vienna | |
1957 | |||
| 27. | Moscow | |
1956 | Within 12th Chess Olympiad window: 31 Aug-25 Sep 1956. | ||
| 26. | Gothenburg | |
1955 | |||
| 25. | Amsterdam | |
1954 | Within 11th Chess Olympiad window: 4-25 Sep 1954. | ||
| 24. | Schaffhouse | |
1953 | |||
| 23. | Stockholm | |
1952 | |||
| 22. | Venice | |
1951 | |||
| 21. | Copenhagen | |
1950 | |||
| 20. | Paris | |
1949 | 20th Congress: 20-22 Jul 1949. Presidential election: Folke Rogard elected. | ||
| 19. | Saltsjöbaden | |
1948 | 23 | Congress at Saltsjobaden (Stockholm area): 11-15 Aug 1948. | |
| 18. | The Hague | |
1947 | Congress: 30 Jul-2 Aug 1947. | ||
| 17. | Winterthur | |
1946 | 9 | Congress: 25-27 Jul 1946 (9 delegates attended). Alexander Rueb came back to serve as president again. | |
| 16. | Buenos Aires | |
1939 | Within 8th Chess Olympiad window: 24 Aug-19 Sep 1939. Presidential election: Augusto de Muro elected (did not fulfill his duties due to WWII). | ||
| 15. | Paris | |
1938 | 33 | ||
| 14. | Stockholm | |
1937 | Within 7th Chess Olympiad window: 31 Jul-14 Aug 1937. | ||
| 13. | Lucerne | |
1936 | 13th Congress: 24-26 Jul 1936. | ||
| 12. | Warsaw | |
1935 | 12th Congress: 28-31 Aug 1935. | ||
| 11. | Zürich | |
1934 | 11th Congress: 27-29 Jul 1934. | ||
| 10. | Folkestone | |
1933 | 10th Congress: 21-23 Jun 1933. | ||
| 9. | Paris | |
1932 | |||
| 8. | Prague | |
1931 | 8th Congress: 22-26 Jul 1931. | ||
| 7. | Hamburg | |
1930 | Within 3rd Chess Olympiad window: 13-27 Jul 1930. | ||
| 6. | Venice | |
1929 | |||
| 5. | The Hague | |
1928 | Within 2nd Chess Olympiad window: 21 Jul-6 Aug 1928. | ||
| 4. | London | |
1927 | 16 | 4th Congress: 28-30 Jul 1927 (in conjunction with 1st Olympiad). | |
| 3. | Budapest | |
1926 | Month confirmed: July 1926. | ||
| 2. | Zürich | |
1925 | 15 | 2nd Congress: 22-26 Jul 1925 (minutes note 15 signatories; 14 listed by name). | |
| 1. | Paris | |
1924 | FIDE founded (20 Jul 1924). Presidential election: Alexander Rueb elected as first FIDE President. | ||