WCT 001 : World Chess Tour in a few words...

WORLD CHESS TOUR 2019

Standard daily, one move per day, groups of three players ; round robin.

13 tournaments : 12 opens and one master

Each winner of an open gets 5 points, each second 3 points and each third 1 point.

The 9 or 27 players with more points are qualified for the masters.

The 12 opens are : 

China Open : started on 11/03/2019  India Open : starts on 01/04/2019

USA Open : starts on 22/04/2019 Indonesia Open : starts on 13/05/2019

Pakistan Open : starts on 03/06/2019 Brasil Open : starts on 24/06/2019

Nigeria Open : starts on 15/07/2019 Bangladesh Open : starts on 05/08/2019 

Russia Open : starts on 26/08/2019 Japan Open : starts on 16/09/2019

Mexico Open : starts on 07/10/2019 Philipines Open : starts on 04/11/2019

and eventually the Masters which starts on 02/12/2019