GSC Meeting on Zoom 2023
GSC Meeting on Zoom
on 24 January 2023, 14:00 – 15:15 CET
Report by Pavel Tregubov
PRESENT:
| GSC Chairman | Emil Sutovsky |
| GSC Secretary | Pavel Tregubov |
| GSC Councillors | Hou Yifan |
| Jeroen van den Berg | |
| GSC Members | Bassem Amin |
| KK Chan | |
| Frankie Farley | |
| Morten L. Madsen | |
| Malcolm Pein | |
| Regina Theissl Pokorna |
SUMMARY
- Match promotion and exposure
Top GMs activities (Anand, Dubov)
- Simuls
- Exhibitions Matches
Merch? FIDE needs a partner.
Souvenirs with FIDE/Match Logo.
Celebrities. Yifan will try to reach out Chinese celebrities.
GM Rapid Tournament
Other ideas aired: inviting Taylor Joy, involving Louis Vuitton with their chess line.
Other ideas are welcome.
- Combined Candidates (open and women)
Planned for April 2024. Perhaps in Canada.
Bidding procedure will be launched shortly.
Time control.
Last year, participants of CT 2022 voted for 7-hour control (without increment). It’s good to have the same for both sections. But 7-hours is too exhausting for women.
If time controls are different, critical moments of games in two sections are separated in time and better spread over a broadcast.
- Match 2025 format
Ideas aired:
Having a winner every day – more attractive for the audience
2 games 45” + 10’ per day – more dynamic.
New ideas are welcome.
- Qualification criteria by Rating for GS/WGS
Average Rating (average of ratings in a number of FRL, usually 12) has largely been used before. Many players noted that it was advantageous for players having higher ratings in the beginning of a given period.
Ratings on a fixed date seem to be a fairest solution.
- Looking for local Sponsors and Partners for small projects
Emil explained that “small projects” are very important. They are often supported by local sponsors or/and municipalities. An important role of GSC is finding new partners.
Emil encouraged all the GSC members to look around for local partners in their cities/countries.
Ideas are welcome.
