FIDE announced the second World Corporate Chess Championship to be played from March to June this year, partially online and partially over the board.
The 2024 World Corporate Chess Championship will feature two qualifying stages played online and the over-the-board finals which will take place in June this year, in New York, USA. The event will kick off with the Online qualifiers (played on lichess), followed by Online Knockout phase of the event which will determine the finalists.
The Online Qualifiers will be played in two different formats – Rapid (six rounds, played with the time control of 10 minutes plus 2 seconds increment) and Blitz (eight rounds, played with the time control of 5 minutes plus 2 seconds increment). The Online Qualifiers will be played as Team Swiss System tournaments. The team’s score shall be calculated as a sum of gamepoints. Each team will score 1 gamepoint for each game won, and ½ gamepoint for each game drawn, and 0 gamepoints for each game lost.
Online Qualifiers time-table:
Date | Time | Time control |
| March 16 | 14:00 – 18:00 UTC | Blitz |
| March 17 | 14:00 – 18:00 UTC | Rapid |
| March 23 | 06:00 – 10:00 UTC | Blitz |
| March 24 | 22:00 – 02:00 UTC | Rapid |
| April 6 | 14:00 – 18:00 UTC | Blitz |
| April 7 | 06:00 – 10:00 UTC | Rapid |
| April 13 | 22:00 – 02:00 UTC | Blitz |
| April 14 | 14:00 – 18:00 UTC | Rapid |
The top 8 teams in each qualifier’s final rankings will advance to the Online Knockout Stage. The knockouts will be organized on Saturday, April 20, between 14:00 and 18:00 UTC.
The Finals will take place in New York on June 14-16. They will be played between eight winners of the Online Knockout Stage. The event will feature a group stage and a playoff stage.
The event is open to teams representing legally recognized companies from all around the world. Detailed information about the entitled teams and their composition is shown below.
Prizes
Teams reaching the finals have their travel and accommodation expenses in New York covered. Additionally, they secure four seats each for an online simultaneous chess game against a participant of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024. Additional prizes will come. Also, the winner will get FIDE’s recognition as the smartest company in the world. Every participating team/corporate gets a digital diploma for participating.
Official regulations can be found here.
