Reports

GSC Report on current activities 2025 – 3

by Pavel Tregubov, GSC Secretary, 2 October 2025

In the third quarter 2025 GSC has been involved in the following activities and projects:

  • Coordinating of the FIDE Circuit 2025 project
  • Preparing and holding meetings with (potential) partners and sponsors – Freedom Finance, Scheinberg family, Google, WR Group, Goldman Sachs, Mahindra, NRK, Norway Chess, ChessBase India, Nebius, OpenAI and others
  • Organising the Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss 2025
  • Supervising preparations for the Women’s World Team Championship and communicating with the participating federations
  • Issuing the lists of qualified players for the World Cup 2025
  • Preparing the World Cup 2025
  • Negotiating with potential organisers of the World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2026
  • Negotiating with potential organisers of the Candidates and Match 2026 and Women’s Grand Prix Series 2026-27
  • Preparing the World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025

Working with QC on the concept and conducting a poll among top players on the Rating Reform