GSC Report on the current activities 2020 – 4

by Pavel Tregubov, GSC Secretary

In the fourth quarter 2020 GSC is being involved in the following activities and projects:

  • World Championship Match 2020 – negotiations with EXPO and with a number of commercial, broadcasting and media partners
  • Preparation of the various FIDE presentations, including “FIDE World Championship” presentation, General, Youth, Women GP, Senior etc…
  • Negotiations with the organisers of the Women Grand Prix tournament in Gibraltar, January 2021.
  • Negotiations with the organisers of the World Women’s Cup 2020
  • Preparation and holding meetings with (potential) partners and sponsors – Coca-Cola, MTS, Mahindra, Motiva, Yugra and others…
  • Working with other commissions’ and major platforms’ representatives on online cheating problem, including several online meetings
  • Arrangements for Checkmate Coronavirus Project’s prize winners
  • Preparation of the Elections Regulations for the Athletes Commission
  • Preparation of the Regulations for the World Bullet project
  • Preparation and holding of the “call for interest” procedure for World Bullet project
  • Negotiations with Chess.com, Chess24 and Lichess on “World Bullet” project
  • Preparation and holding of the online survey on the FIDE Online Olympiad
  • Negotiations with potential organisers of the Candidates Tournament (second leg)
  • Preparation of the FIDE Online Chess Rules within the Task Force group.
  • Preparation of the FIDE Hybrid Chess Rules
  • Preparation of the Regulations for Grand Swiss and WGS 2021
  • Preparation and holding of the bidding procedure for Grand Swiss and WGS 2021
  • Negotiations with organisers of Grand Swiss and WGS 2021
  • Preparation of the agreement with Chess.com on broadcasting of the FIDE World Championship Match 2021

Preparation of the agreement with Chess.com on holding the FIDE World Corporate Championship 2021