GCL 2025 will witness 8 teams | Post mortem with CEO Sameer Pathak

[@varunbhaaskar3338]

I would love: 1) better presenatation and opening ceremonies 2) An auction system like IPL 3) Dedicated game highlights and commentaries posted on yt of all games 4) have 3/4 teams qualify for playoffs like IPL. It feels some teams are robbed by a whisker even after putting up a good show. All in all, this season felt a step in the right direction. kudos!

[@68chanakya18]

Nice ❤

[@msdadsfsx]

Website was third class of gcl

[@abhinavgupta7013]

At least 2 sec increment

[@shayanmandal5038]

Team up with more global chess influencers. Sagar is doing his best, having more influencers means reaching more people.

[@chessvlog]

And at the prodigy....there must be compalsary Indian prodigy to enhance Indian chess future

[@Chesssing]

My suggestions: 1. Opening &closing ceremony should be better 2. Streaming in YT of all games & ceremony 3. Interview of the players after games 4. Fun interviews of team members together, so we can see their interactions

[@strangeme8164]

Streaming on yt,inteerview of players...do you think it is feadible though? All players will not be in right mood after games so planned interview tho mushkil hai, and gcl would try to grow where they can sell the show like ipl dis to star network so yt PE stream kyun karenge??

[@Chesssing]

@@strangeme8164 these are just suggestions, not a demand. They will do whatever is possible and best for them! I suggested what I like! And in many tournaments, they interview players for 5-10mins, it's not that crazy. And i like YT stream better, it is more interactive and fans can send chats. But that doesn't mean, I am demanding it.

[@nileshsinha2295]

Please consider having a 1 second increment after 40 or 50 moves. And may be show the graphics for top 3 stockfish moves for the next move.. that could be a little better for a viewer.

[@adityaraghav8693]

very nice suggestion

[@TsarKoragg]

@@adityaraghav8693 yea maybe 15 min per side game with 1s after move 60

[@abhinavgupta7013]

Overall 2 sec increment

[@saicharanplanetspark9899]

for chess gods sake , 1 second increment please after move 40

[@physco4641]

Streaming on KZbin is a must.

[@Stargate-y2s]

Nope

[@physco4641]

@@Stargate-y2s so many people left out and knew nothing about GCL.

[@Stargate-y2s]

@@physco4641 They are targeting new and larger audience through OTT and television broadcasts, also the YT/online audience were taken care of, with their delayed streaming on Kick

[@saicharanplanetspark9899]

i think its bad for GCL financially. like so many of us created a kick account to just watch GCL so kick sponsers GCL

[@EliL-se3bh]

When the players finish their game, can they & captain/coach sit on the bench close to the board instead of going to a room, similar to the sudden death game in season 1. We can watch the emotions of all the players on the bench while their team mates are playing. I still remember the TCK team mates rush in joy to congratulate jonas victory and yangzi climbing the barrier in joy. It was memorable as it is a team events.

[@mustafa6543]

Instead of having 2 teams in the finals; 4 teams qualifies & then the ipl like playoffs would be amazing! Putting the tournament pairing in advance on chess youtube channels & websites with tieup from them along with daily schedule, results & points tables would increase the reach.

[@rahulgaikwad6669]

Such a great guy Sameer is ...He really cares for chess and players and fans and everyone associated with it. Couldnt have asked for a better CEO for a Chess League ❤✨

[@Randomthings1210]

Sameer looks tired. Congratulations on the great league!!! And it's great that you are looking for feedback closely, hope you make those little changes next year

[@strangeme8164]

Just one teeny tiny suggestion There are too many pair ups in a day which is difficult to follow too may be reduce some games and we can have a post match review of important moments in all the boards would make the info digestible for beginners like us. The ups are really the point system lived it. This season was such a upgrade and looking forward for season three. Edit: Didn't know you read comments Sameer sir, if you are reading this Hi!

[@strangeme8164]

Edit: Didn't know you read comments Sameer sir, if you are reading this Hi!

[@sameerpathak6539]

I am reading :)

[@BS-pu134]

Appreciation post for Sagars interviewing skills 👏

[@carbonentropy6223]

Please have a stream on youtube as well, let it be delayed in comparision to ott, but streaming on youtube is a must.

[@emotionalIntelligence2078]

An advice: For upheaval of GCL, maintain a criteria that only candidates qualifiers, circuit or championship winners etc are allowed to participate. This will reduce unnecessary Indian dominance which will hinder its popularity fir the next decade atleast due to Anti- India hate etc, and also on positive side actually give Standards to GCL. - Similarly GCL Juniors/ or Countey based for National lvl players might be made to conpete who don't get chance to elite Swiss challenge/ candidates/ curcuits- GCL must fill that gap instead of Doing nonsense with 8teams/ Broadcast (- which was horrible)

[@vignesh6654]

Rooting for future editions of the league 👏

[@haricharan5446]

Please have a broadcast on youtube

[@anng3786]

Can't wait for season 3!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@sunshine13100]

The mid match commentary was overdone. Should be only pre and post ALL matches not after every match. Reduces the intensity of the games/telecast. Change the names of the teams. Very difficult to remember or identify with them.

[@anng3786]

Wonder how it would be if there could be a special sound proof spectator area in the game venue where the fans could cheer and scream and react out loud during the game...ofcourse fuelled with Sagar's commentating energy! 😂 Would love to be a part of an audience vibe like that 🎉❤

[@anotherelvis]

Then you need to isolate the players to avoid cheating.

[@sharathr8102]

Sagar, Can we do movie for gcl like they do for dota2?

[@jean-baptistesay]

Indian Chess audience is on youtube man! I did not watch it at all this time.

[@rahulgaikwad6669]

Yeah its true but the goal is also to reach more audience the ones who dont watch chess also ...but yeah they should have made CBI or maybe there own yt channel to broadcast but I think there are many things that need to be takent care of like would the other broadcaster be fine if it is shown on yt for free

[@jayeshyadav8891]

Some feedback for the next season: - Have increment. We prefer seeing good endgames rather than flying pieces. - We would love to see live broadcast of the team Auction. - Show us more fun interviews and moments of the teams together

[@urohan131]

Six boards playing simultaneously with short time controls make it difficult to follow. I think one man should be playing at a time. Each man playing another man from another team building up the excitement with six games one after the other. Even though it is a team event the player were not able to follow their teammate's game and they were having trouble. I think the time control is exciting and I love it. And also there are too many pair-ups in a day. I think it should be one pair each day with six games of 20 mins each. O hope you pick up these recommendations.

[@Saransh43]

Each game lasts for 40 mins, If one player plays at a time it would take 4 hours to finish one match. With 3 matches in a day, it would take almost 13-14 hours. And next season there will be 8 teams i.e. 4 matches, which means by your idea the entire event would take 18 hours to finish.

[@rahulgaikwad6669]

I dont think it would be much fun that way they surely tried it in the best way possible by starting 2 boards 2 min later the first and I think this approach is much better

[@saicharanplanetspark9899]

one suggestion every teams social media handle should we very active and they should post much more content

[@coconutsoak]

It would be good to understand projected versus actual viewership by not choosing KZbin as their broadcasting partner vs having gone ahead with YT. My guess would be that the difference would be night and day.

[@vipinvarghese6576]

He's just twisting his statement on not going into KZbin... The simple answer is they might be getting more money via Kick ...

[@Stargate-y2s]

Ever wondered, team names appealing to people's shared sense of regional identity would not only create a loyal fanbase that would naturally root for them no matter the players (which would obviously change every year) but also attract more eyeballs on the "global" stage? American Gambits is a good start but no idea what the "Alakan Knights", the "Alpine Pipers" or the "Continental Kings" are targeting, other than causing confusion to some of the commentators every year? (Alaskan Knights become Kings and Continental Kings become Knights during the commentary or the presentation) 😅 * For instance Meow-Meow Munich Mercenaries would attract more (urban) cats than the Alaskan mules by the Alaskan Knights. * Also please have better commentators and presenters next time, memorising 6 team names properly wasnt too much to ask for. The RedFM presenter that was present at the venue was doing a far better job with the interviews for her channel than the offcial GCL presenter, Keti Every thing else was top notch.

[@Ansh8654]

There should be a little time increment to avoid mad time scrambles. They aren't as fun as it might seem

[@coconutsoak]

One of the most hyped tournaments but also one of the most difficult to follow. Sameer can learn and do better. much better. on one hand calling it a fans tournament and then not knowing where the fans are going to view it from is a blatant miss.

[@sootheseeker]

Sameer says fans first..but most of the og fans were left out due to the poor access of presentation.

[@superman2000]

I have sent at least couple of emails directly to Global chess league but there was no response. so I have to disagree with his comment. for any sport, scorecard is important but they lack the fundamental feature. I have given examples based on my observation. they could show some courtesy with an acknowledgement or a response. This is the only tournament I don't like to watch. fooling people. would root for someone else who starts it as a competition. i bet someone from the middleeast would... where the pockets are deep. bottomline. we are unable to follow this league. were not able to understand what is going on .

[@sameerpathak6539]

Please write to us again. We unfortunately missed it.

[@Stargate-y2s]

Was Gandhi really a Mahatama or a British stooge? Not only was he responsible for the suppression of the royal Indian naval mutiny of 1946, but also the slaughter, rape and forcible conversions of thousands of Hindus during the Moplah/ Mappilas genocide because of his direct support to the Khilafat movement ( which called for the re-establishment of the caliphate ) Quoting "Mahatma" Gandhi below : "Forcible conversions are horrible things but Moplah bravery must command admiration. These Malabaris are not fighting for the love of it. They are fighting for what they consider is their religion and in the manner, they consider it religious"

[@percyweasley9301]

This is interesting. He was crazy of this true...

[@sumitkothari17]

he wasn't a mahatama but not a stooge either. he was a flawed human who did a lot of wrong things but was not a stooge

[@ManuShivannaprakash]

Need heart beat watch next time 15:min good ❤

[@hvadlamu]

the coverage leaves a lot to be desired. i am from US and have subscriptions to many channels but could not watch it

[@percyweasley9301]

1 sec increment?

[@vibhor5015]

I follow every tournament that Indian players play in. This tourney had everyone and still I couldn't bring myself to follow this one. Last year, followed for the novelty. Finals was great. What's the point of it? What's at stake? What are they playing for? Nothing! 1. Its not like an upcoming player is going against the top guys. Prodigies are playing prodigies. Maybe shuffle the board order? 2. Why is the Indian league not in India? 3. Why are the names so random? 4. If you have auctions, why was it not shown to public? 1 year preparation for this event is baffling. Fans first event, did the fans even knew the teams composition before the event. Give Sagar 1 hr interview with each team and that could have produce something special.

[@XIAOBAIZHANG-ym8pn]

Why did he have to pay so much? Was he laundering money for criminals? If it was a normal commercial project and a commercial event, he should consider the commercial returns, right? Then he had such a large expenditure, where was his income?

[@gamersfanop8428]

Hi

[@jinzz2940]

Clickbait change kro

[@sagnikbarman6616]

Please include chess content creators in the teams as well, like levy eric rosen

[@anotherelvis]

Or include seniors aged 50+

[@gamersfanop8428]

I m the first person

[@LB.3339]

so what

[@yourkuyapatpat3176]

first thumbs down🙋🏻