Global Chess League
SportChess
Founder
Inaugural season2023
No. of teams6
ConfederationFIDE
Most recent
champion(s)
Triveni Continental Kings [1]
Most titlesTriveni Continental Kings (1 title)
TV partner(s)
Tournament formatRound-robin, Knockout
Official websiteOfficial website

The Global Chess League (also known as Tech Mahindra Global Chess League) is an over-the-board rapid chess league comprising six franchises that compete over a period of two weeks. It is a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE.[2] Teams have six players each.

The inaugural season took place in Dubai from June 21 to July 2, 2023. It involved ten round-robin matches, followed by a final match between the top two teams.[3] The event came down to a round of individual tie-breaks drawn by playing card. Triveni Continental Kings won the event after Jonas Buhl Bjerre beat Javokhir Sindarov in the fourth tie-break game, the first three being drawn.[4]

Franchises

SG Alpine Warriors
# Player Name [2] Country Date of Birth
1 Magnus Carlsen Norway 30 November 1990
2 D Gukesh India 29 May 2006
3 Arjun Erigaisi India 03 September 2003
4 Irina Krush United States 24 December 1983
5 Elisabeth Paehtz Germany 08 January 1985
6 R. Praggnanandhaa India 10 August 2005
Balan Alaskan Knights
# Player Name [2] Country Date of Birth
1 Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE 14 July 1990
2 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbekistan 18 September 2004
3 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 12 March 1987
4 Tan Zhongyi China 29 May 1991
5 Nino Batsiashvili Georgia (country) 01 January 1987
6 Raunak Sadhwani India 22 December 2005
Chingari Gulf Titans
# Player Name [2] Country Date of Birth
1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Poland 26 April 1998
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 12 April 1985
3 Daniil Dubov FIDE 18 April 1996
4 Alexandra Kosteniuk Switzerland 23 April 1984
5 Polina Shuvalova FIDE 12 March 2001
6 Nihal Sarin India 13 July 2004
Ganges Grandmasters
# Player Name [2] Country Date of Birth
1 Viswanathan Anand India 11 December 1969
2 Richard Rapport Romania 25 March 1996
3 Leinier Dominguez Perez United States 23 September 1983
4 Hou Yifan China 27 February 1994
5 Bella Khotenashvili Georgia (country) 01 June 1988
6 Andrey Esipenko FIDE 22 March 2002
Triveni Continental Kings
# Player Name [2] Country Date of Birth
1 Levon Aronian United States 06 October 1982
2 Yu Yangyi China 08 June 1994
3 Wei Yi China 02 June 1999
4 Kateryna Lagno FIDE 27 December 1989
5 Nana Dzagnidze Georgia (country) 01 January 1987
6 Jonas Buhl Bjerre Denmark 26 June 2004
7 Sara Khadem Iran 10 March 1997
UpGrad Mumba Masters
# Player Name [2] Country Date of Birth
1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France 21 October 1990
2 Alexander Grischuk FIDE 31 October 1983
3 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi India 24 October 1994
4 Humpy Koneru India 31 March 1987
5 Dronavalli Harika India 12 January 1991
6 Javokhir Sindarov Uzbekistan 08 December 2005

Points System

Teams earn gamepoints (GP) and matchpoints (MP) according to their performance.[3]

Gamepoints

  • Four GPs for winning a game with Black.
  • Three GPs for winning a game with White.
  • One GP for a draw.
  • Zero GPs for a loss.

Matchpoints

  • Three MPs for teams that score more GPs than their opposing team.
  • One MP for teams who score the same GPs as their opposing teams.
  • Zero MPs for the teams that score fewer GP than their opposing teams.

References

  1. https://indianexpress.com/article/chess/global-chess-league-triveni-continental-kings-survive-dramatic-sudden-death-blitz-tiebreak-to-emerge-champions-8698167/
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "What is Global Chess League - Teams, format, schedule and players". Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  3. 1 2 "Global Chess League starts in style, but China's world champion is absent". Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  4. "Global Chess League 2023 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
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