A) Please consider schedule of Chess960 WCL too. It is already available in forum and wcl.tode.cz.
B) I would not create regional divisions. It is not needed if it is not Live chess and it is more interesting to play teams from other part of world.
I will try think about reasonable format to go with WCL ECL CWC but have no idea now.
Hello!
I still consider the possibility of a Swiss tournament this year, but honestly, I don't see how it can fit with WCL, WCL960 and ECL, where teams get 4-5 matches every month till July.
I myself think that adding any more matches in that period before August would overburden most of the teams.
Matches that count for 2 or even 3 tournaments that existed in our 2 previous seasons were not a good thing because they potentially caused some disagreement and were a matter of my choice (I tried to be objective and I thank the team managers for not blaming me, but still it was a deviation from the "pairing by the software" principle).
Then we have August, September and October (and probably early November) with only 4 matches in WCL 960 planned - and I think that would be a good time to organize some event, although no "normal" Swiss tournament would fit in just 4 months with 3days/move control.
I fancy some kind of what is played in Pro Chess League (see https://www.chess.com/article/view/pro-chess-league-guide) - 4 big regional divisions with preset 6 or 7 rounds, (not all teams in the same division should necessarily play each other) and then some best-standing teams continue in match elimination format. This would be much easier to manage than a Swiss competition, but we'll need some objective criterion ranking teams. But this format is just an idea.
What I wish to absolutely avoid is promotions, demotions and multi-tier divisions - this is all stress and no fun.
If anyone can add anything, they are welcome.