GSC Report on the current activities 2021 – 1

by Pavel Tregubov, GSC Secretary, 15 March 2021

In the first quarter 2021 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.
  • Preparation and holding meetings with (potential) partners and sponsors – Coca-Cola, MTS, Mahindra, Motiva and others
  • Preparation of the draft contract with Motiva
  • Negotiations with potential organisers of the Candidates Tournament (second leg)
  • Preparation the update for the FIDE Online Chess Rules within the Task Force group
  • Preparation of the FIDE bidding procedures within the Task Force group
  • Preparation of the update for the Regulations for Grand Swiss and WGS 2021
  • Preparation of the Regulations for the Chess Olympiad 2022
  • Preparation the Regulations for BRICS events
  • Preparation of the World Teams 2021 Format
  • Preparation of the Regulations for the FIDE Online World Universities Championships
  • Preparation and holding the FIDE Online World Universities Championships in collaboration with the Texas University Rio Grande Valley
  • Discussion with the four Continents on the World Cup 2021 qualifiers structure
  • Preparation of the specific requirements for the FIDE World Cup qualifiers held in Hybrid format 

Preparation and holding the FIDE Open tournaments Aid Package project