# FIDE candidate Buettner proposes 20% revenue share for members 2026-08-16T12:38:35+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Jan Henric Buettner, a candidate for FIDE president, has proposed a revenue-sharing model based on FIFA's approach, allocating 20% of the federation's income to member associations. The plan aims to directly benefit national chess federations and boost the sport's development worldwide. Currently, FIDE distributes help through its Development Fund, which gave 400,000 Euros to national federations in 2026 out of a total 1.6 million Euro fund. Buettner said FIDE's finances are opaque and his first step would be to audit them. He wants to double FIDE's revenue by attracting Western sponsors. Buettner also drew parallels with FIFA's Forward programme, which provides up to $8 million per member association over four years. To implement his vision, the German entrepreneur must first win the FIDE presidential election. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: FIDE, FIFA, Jan Henric Buettner Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/fide-candidate-buettner-proposes-20-revenue-share-for-members/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/fide-candidate-buettner-proposes-20-revenue-share-for-members/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/