ACP WCC Survey 2017

Last year on my main blog I posted about the ACP Survey 2016 (February 2016; ACP: 'the most detailed opinion poll related to the professional chess ever released') and the Survey 2016 - Results (April 2016). The ACP is the Association of Chess Professionals (chessprofessionals.org), and for the start of this year the group produced a World Championship Format Poll and a Summary of the General Assembly of the ACP and Polls.

The poll ties in nicely with last week's WCC post, How to Break a Match Tie? Here is a summary of the results. The last column shows the number of responses received by the ACP.

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Q6: Which format do you prefer determining the World Champion?
Match	92%	421
Tournament	8%	35
Q7: If you prefer to have a tournament, what would be the best format?
8 players double round robin	58%	76
KO Format	21%	28
Other (please specify)	21%	27
Q8: If you prefer matches, please answer the following questions: How many games do you think is optimal to award the WCh title in a match?
12	11%	47
16	53%	236
20	20%	89
Other (please specify)	16%	72
Q9: Which time control do you think is best for a WCh match?
100’x40 moves + 50’ x 20 moves + 15’ with 30” increment from move 1	37%	168
90’x40 moves + 30’ with 30” increment from move 1	20%	89
120’x40 moves + 60’x20 moves + 15’ with 30” increment from move 61	34%	155
Other (please specify)	9%	39
Q10: In case of a tie at the end of the match, you would prefer?
The title stays with the Champion.	34%	153
The title is awarded based on rapid/blitz playoffs	48%	218
Other (please specify)	18%	79
Q11: In case you think rapid/blitz playoffs should be used in the WCh title match - what would your preference be?
Tie breaks should be played after the regular games.	38%	119
Tie breaks should be played before the regular games.	62%	194
Q12: In case you think rapid/blitz playoffs should determine the WCh title, what would your preference be?
All tie break games should be played in one day	36%	113
Tie break games should be played in 2 days.	64%	199

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Except for Q9 (time control), where I have no preference, and Q12 (days to play rapid/blitz playoffs), which I've never thought about, my responses would be the same. I especially like the idea behind Q11 (playoffs after/before the regular games) of playing tiebreak before the match starts. This would give one of the players an advantage in case of a tied match, which would force the other player to win at least one game.