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The FIDE Grand Prix, organized by World Chess, is a 3-event series that features 24 players, each of whom competes in two out of three tournaments.
Each 16-player event consists of a group stage followed by a knockout semifinal and final. At the group stage, the participants compete in four double round-robin tournaments, with only the winners of each pool advancing. Both semifinals and the final consist of two classical games, plus tiebreaks if needed.
World Chess has introduced an innovation that will likely add a new dimension to the way fans watch chess (and other mind sports, for that matter!). They have developed a tool that tracks the players’ heart rate over a video signal (without playing having to wear a pulse-tracking device). Read more...
Commentary by Evgeny Miroshnichenko and Jesse February
