Why was Singapore chosen as the venue for the World Championship Match 2024? | ft. Emil Sutovsky

On 1st of July 2024, FIDE made a massive announcement - Singapore will host the World Championship Match 2024 between Ding Liren and D. Gukesh. We got in touch with CEO of FIDE Emil Sutovsky to know more about the reasons why Singapore was chosen above Chennai and Delhi.
Video: ChessBase India
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[@nimo5347]

Sagar Shah - CEO of Fide😅😅

[@KironKabir]

I went to Singapore for the first time in 2019. Such an amazing, beautiful, efficient modernised country. I hope to return again one day. Congrats to S'pore for winning the bid.

[@yune1000]

A good choice all around, can't complain. You all don't realize how crazy the Indian media and home ground would have been and how much pressure they would put on Gukesh regardless of he wins or loses. It might also be hard for Ding since he can't speak English very well and would need translators to help him around. At the end of the day, I just want good games and for both players to be able to play at their best.

[@jaypraxxz7375]

Well done choosing Singapore. Good neutral venue

[@HRishiReddy.]

Let’s gooo Gukesh. India won the World Cup, Gukesh probably winning World Championship! 🙌 Indian stars looking bright!🇮🇳

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

It will be close, but china man will defend

[@maxaarons7093]

Great for Gukesh,no added pressure of media or political influence.Just play his best chess and bring the title home.We have to remember Vishy lost his title in Chennai and Magnus refuses to play in Norway due to similar reasons.

[@yuan813j]

I hope that will help Singapore to be more popular in chess.

[@NarendrasinghRajput-xz2rr]

I salute decent reporting Sagar Shah CEO fide

[@DaudZaidi]

Being based in Sg I am very happy.. Will see it live first time for sure.

[@blohot]

I always knew Singapore would win out just because of the neutral venue, excellent infrastructure and global air connections. Best choice

[@zenmaster1958]

singapore is not a neutral venue, singapore is owned by chinese politicians

[@VARAPRADA.K]

Air conditions, oh, all players from across the world would beg to play in IPL for money.. with folded hands. India is not polluter your white masters are, I wish you used your brains. Infra so do let me know of few chess stadiums in RUSSIA forget puny Singapore. No chess culture, barely a GM they have and want to host a world championship.. only corrupt FIDE can do this. # FIDEISCORRUPT

[@VARAPRADA.K]

Air conditions, oh, all players from across the world would beg to play in IPL for money.. with folded hands. India is not polluter your white masters are, I wish you used your brains. Infra so do let me know of few chess stadiums in RUSSIA forget puny Singapore. No chess culture, barely a GM they have and want to host a world championship.. only corrupt FIDE can do this. # FIDEISCORRUPT

[@dennislouis6069]

Yayyy! It will mostly like happen very very close to my house, in the expo halls. Super excited!

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

Invite me!

[@vivekvenkatraman9416]

Very honest and lovely interview ! FIDE is great

[@Rio_arc]

Chessbase India... The broadcast channel for Fide 😂..... Jks apart Singapore is good... Has both Indian and Chinese diaspora

[@nirishkumar9085]

Hello I am from Malaysia.i will play Singapore open chess 2024 from 30 Nov to 5 dec

[@nileshkanawade5872]

Awesome news!! Deep inside I was rooting for Singapore mainly because I live here for a decade now.. 😂 I’m hoping to see Gukesh, you and chessbase India team.. I can bring my kid to experience chess and see lot of chess talent across the world at single place :)

[@NarendrasinghRajput-xz2rr]

Outstanding information video by decent anchor Sagar.

[@nirishkumar9085]

Hello I am from Malaysian I will visit the match in singapore I want to see ding and gukesh

[@rohitpichaya6689]

Good neutral venue

[@Entertainment45-bf3tv]

Sagar Shah - Indian conveyor of FIDE

[@raajjann]

Going to be baking hot and humid! At least outside.

[@MaharshiRay]

SG is a great choice! Match at the top of Marina Bay Sands incoming ?

[@elamathimurugan1532]

Lmao

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

Basically They Wanted New Delhi or Chennai To ''Overpay'' I'm sure New Delhi or Chennai must have had similar Bids to Singapore's Bids, but the FIDE board members must have wanted to enjoy Free Hotels in Singapore rather than NEW Delhi or Chennai possibly....

[@asimmishra2764]

It's good for our player Gukesh anyway so not gonna complain and we have hosted this mega event in 2014 so we will eventually do it again in future

[@ravivaradhan4956]

Could it be a factor that two bids from the same country worked against either Chennai or Delhi winning the bid? Why couldn't the AICF have coordinated this so that they put up a united bid?

[@kipr4444]

Because AICF only cares about Delhi

[@Five-Star-General]

Yay!!!

[@mohansharma651]

Sagar Shah - CEO FIDE 😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥

[@mayurgondhalekar6031]

Super

[@tejamgodse360]

Congratulations sagar . Ceo shah

[@bihariinpoland]

Singapore is not neutral at all, after recently we have seen so many cases where we found Chinese company dominance in Singapore economy. Why not Russia, why not Switzerland. It's not neutral.

[@bihariinpoland]

Notably none of Chinese cities did bid. Because they new that will not be accepted but rather they pushed Singapore to host this. Indians think by heart and they did two bids. If they have did same strategy to host it in Nepal or bhutam I guess they have been considered 😅😅

[@SUGGYAN1356]

I am a GUKESH fan and apart from strong preparation lines of strengths and weakesses, GUKESH shall improve 3 areas as much as possible- 1. SHORTER TIME CONTROLS must be prepared harder... because if tiebreaks happen, Gukesh must be able to win it.... Remember, Ding defeated Nepo in the tiebreaks of the last WCC... 2. Calculation SPEED must be increased...greater clock time always give an advantage but when time is less, it creats pressure... 3. EMOTIONS AND PRESSURE CONTROL....which is most important.....6-7 hours matches, India V/S China pressure and winning pressure...apart from these, he must trust his preparation... Although Ding Liren is out of form, he must never be underestimated....he may make a comeback anytime soon....!!! MY PREDICTION: GUKESH IS THE NEXT WORLD CHESS CHAMPION... (4 JULY 2024)

[@snehashrivastava3571]

Sagar congratulating ceo of fide for the venue Meanwhile emil be like sale mene hi toh decide kia hai😂😂 mereko kya congratulations bol rha hai

[@coconutsoak]

Sagar bhai - dont be sad , we will all go to Singapore together

[@AWSexpert1]

All are not as rich as you😢

[@anoukadel6397]

When?

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

I believe November 2024

[@mouthiknaradas962]

But Magnus Carlsen is not playing in this world chess championship though. It wouldn't be fun without watching his style of playing

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

Seriously? He gave it up to give himself a goal in life to win it back. TRUE GOAT

[@sear6851]

Singapore is a good choice it is a neutral venue but at the same time has huge populations of Chinese and Indians sensible choice.

[@fenec71__]

I'm very happy about this! This is the first time I will be able to see the entire match because usually it starts at 9-11pm my time, but this time it'll start at about 4-5pm my time!!

[@Riteshplayssomethin]

Where are u from?

[@physco4641]

​@@Riteshplayssomethin figure it out

[@Riteshplayssomethin]

@@physco4641 I haven't figured out lot of things in life. I can't add this too

[@physco4641]

@@Riteshplayssomethin lol. Same here

[@Zwellop]

@@Riteshplayssomethin Ima guess Japan

[@YashSharma-dp6or]

U saved india and the game itself along with players by not pressuring chess to play out geopolitical rivalry of india v china and big politicians in India are already swarming around Gukesh and can't wait to annoit him as their chess piece in the geopolitical game.

[@Incognito-uo8fc]

Sagar bhai in every thumbnail 🙆

[@TonyStark-zu2pw]

Magnus had no problem playing in India but this ding ping has problem playing in India. The Chinese have problem with everything!!

[@DMIndia_Official]

unfortunately Delhi lost still I am sure about GUKESH Win

[@gbshh9037]

Singapore is the obvious, neutral, natural, no-brainer choice - with its ethnic Chinese and ethnic Indian populations.

[@shubhamsinghyadav365]

Why 😢

[@Neo__01]

This is interesting... so Ding in an interview himself says that he doesn't mind India as the venue and that it'll put more pressure on Gukesh... but also sends a letter to FIDE insisting to select Singapore as the venue...🤔

[@bihariinpoland]

You are right I smell something fishy😢. Why will ding write to prefer Singapore where there is huge chineese population. Why chineese cities don't bid directly.

[@sugur12]

So that Gukesh could be bribed to lose to Ding is a Chinese majority country.. Only a Chibese must win in a Chinese majority country!!

[@betsychristina3509]

If they valued only neutrality like he kept repeating then they should have not asked the involved countries to bid...just waste of time and effort.

[@bihariinpoland]

Agree we were politically outplayed

[@pj-guwg43Y]

jay shah t20 wc la gaya ab sagar shah ko chess championship lana hai😂

[@rohitkumarjha2657]

The Chess Championship Crown will soon return to India from where it was taken.India will also soon become one of the great sports nations. Jai Hind. Jai Bharat.

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

LOL Magnus 3-0 poor vishy

[@kalpaklomate6315]

Good money you will get if you win chess world championship 🤑

[@betsychristina3509]

I don't even care as i am going to watch it in youtube anyway....but from what he said because Singapore offered more monetary compensation in their bid is the main reason as well as neutrality and ding from china might have refused to play in india as he already said he hoped it would be in Singapore in his interview. Like in the olympiad china might not allow its players to play in india.Its same as ipl in dubai and t20 in usa. They will mostly give some compensation event to play in india next year since they don't want to loose their incereased fan base here.

[@megatron16112010]

The question should not be why was Singapore chosen? The question should be why my own country not pick and what it take to hold such an event? Only when you figure out the reason then you will know why Singapore was chosen ?

[@SriPrahas]

why is he only talking about neutrality and not any other factors?

[@richardlobo88]

Both players should agree. Ding being the world champion will have a major say as well.

[@spiked415]

What other factors? Singapore is otherwise a great locale

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

Why not Mexico City? Amazing cuisine

[@richardlobo88]

@@conjured_up_skeletons6178 the city needs to make a bid.

[@Yaahoooooo]

FIDE plays chess behind closed doors.

[@MadhavChaturvedi]

Congratulation to Sagar Bhai for becoming CEO of FIDE 😂😂😂😂

[@AWSexpert1]

Delhi should have been chosen

[@pratham2333]

Singapore is a good neutral venue. There will be equal support for both the players.

[@shivanshgoswami-kd1ly]

Nov - dec pollution in Delhi...😢

[@VARMOT123]

That polluted city would've embarassed india

[@pratham2333]

Delhi is not even fit for being the capital of India. Nothing is world class except of Food and Metro.

[@richardlobo88]

Chennai would make more sense compared to Delhi. At least the zhansaya abdumalik fiasco will not get repeated.

[@shubhrabhattacharjee5865]

Why not in India?

[@rakshitshetty1899]

Kitna paisa mila Sutovsky bhai ?

[@Riteshplayssomethin]

Guy looks like Elon's dad

[@rahulalbussrk]

SAMAY BHAI paisa nehi dala ...crypto me uda diya

[@videojournal-1115]

Sorry FIDE. We will not spend our tourist dollars on Singapore. This is sad

[@spiked415]

Neutral venue stop being such a fanbpy

[@videojournal-1115]

@@spiked415 Singapore is super costly for us to visit. Why should we bear such expenses because FIDE decided a venue to be neutral. This is silly

[@spiked415]

@@videojournal-1115 do you understand the world championship is not just about Indian fans? This is meant for the entire world of chess therefore neutral is correct

[@videojournal-1115]

@@spiked415 You're right, but many Indian fans won't be able to afford to go to Singapore and watch the game. That's it

[@spiked415]

@@videojournal-1115 ok well many fans around the world also can't afford to go. That's it. So fair for everyone

[@Zwellop]

As the CEO of FIDE you must receive a 5 star hotel stay in Singapore 😤😤

[@Utkarsh0021]

I don't think they considered anything else other than money, they just want to make money for themselves while keeping the prize money basic.

[@richardlobo88]

60-40 of the 2.5 million prize fund.

[@Utkarsh0021]

@@richardlobo88 ?

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

That how it works usually. If they start giving away too much money it will, destabilize the growth of the prize fund So from $2 Million to $2.5 Million ( 500k growth ) is healthy Maybe next time it could be $3 Million

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

@@richardlobo88 That would be 1.5 Million for the Winner and 1 Million for the 2nd Place But i think it will be 1.6 Million for the Winner and 900k for the 2nd Place

[@TheChessParent]

Barbados > Ahmedabad

[@harshitgoel6043]

Disappointed with the venue choosen,i hope it could come to India but anyways world champion would be from India

[@Grotes_que]

As usual , Chinese say one thing and do the other thing.

[@videojournal-1115]

Stupid North India centric politics caused this disappointment. AICF can't stand that a south Indian city is a winner in one area

[@iamuser1001]

what, who interfered or not cooperated? how long would you divide the country in north-south..have some shame..

[@videojournal-1115]

​@@iamuser1001 You are dividing north-south by not giving any opportunities to the south. AICF should share the shame with you.

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

@@videojournal-1115 are you okay ? what makes you think that ? Clearly the FIDE Board would have Rather stayed in 5 Star Hotels in Singapore and travel around in Singapore during the Championship month, than stay in Delhi or Chennai for 1 Month and bow down to all the politicians in Chennai or Delhi.

[@shreyaskrishna6038]

can't believe that they did not choose Chennai...I'm disappointed

[@videojournal-1115]

AICF opting to push Delhi is a serious issue with growth of Chess in India. Their approach reeks of politics. We should have had only Chennai in race and it would have been great to spread Chess in India. Horrible Delhi-centric approach for everything! No other city can grow according to the powers to be

[@KingGowdy]

This is chinease influence surely.....😮

[@ninoacuna4939]

They did india dirty

[@PHILIPVINOD0610]

A loss for India

[@richardlobo88]

Not really.

[@Grotes_que]

Its Chinese Dirty Hand in operation again.

[@VARAPRADA.K]

FIDE is a clown show... and thatsbthe only fact.

[@ijexcmos8153]

There are so many reasons for why Singapore is better than India - more high quality venues, hotels and other amenities in close proximity and less street crime and more hygenic street food 😅

[@Grotes_que]

Chennai hosted the chess olympiad in 2022 within 3 months. instead of being grateful, they have betrayed . Chinese Dirty Hand in Play again.

[@VARMOT123]

Singapore was derived from sanskrit . It has had a huge cultural influence

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

Yes Singha-Pur

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

Even Kuala Lum-Pur Pur means place ( in Sanskrit ) , there are 1000s of cities ending with Pur or Pore in India