Global Chess League Explained

Global Chess League
Sport:	Chess
Inaugural:	2023
Teams:	6
Confed:	FIDE
Champions:	Triveni Continental Kings^[1]
Most Champs:	Triveni Continental Kings (1 title)
Tournament Format:	Round-robin, Knockout

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. 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.^[3]

Franchises

SG Alpine Warriors!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth

1	Magnus Carlsen		30 November 1990
2	D Gukesh		29 May 2006
3	Arjun Erigaisi		03 September 2003
4	Irina Krush		24 December 1983
5	Elisabeth Paehtz		08 January 1985
6	R. Praggnanandhaa		10 August 2005

Balan Alaskan Knights !#!Player name!Country!Date of birth

1	Ian Nepomniachtchi		14 July 1990
2	Nodirbek Abdusattorov		18 September 2004
3	Teimour Radjabov		12 March 1987
4	Tan Zhongyi		29 May 1991
5	Nino Batsiashvili		01 January 1987
6	Raunak Sadhwani		22 December 2005

Chingari Gulf Titans !#!Player name!Country!Date of birth

1	Jan-Krzysztof Duda		26 April 1998
2	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov		12 April 1985
3	Daniil Dubov		18 April 1996
4	Alexandra Kosteniuk		23 April 1984
5	Polina Shuvalova		12 March 2001
6	Nihal Sarin		13 July 2004

Ganges Grandmasters!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth

1	Viswanathan Anand		11 December 1969
2	Richard Rapport		25 March 1996
3	Leinier Dominguez Perez		23 September 1983
4	Hou Yifan		27 February 1994
5	Bella Khotenashvili		01 June 1988
6	Andrey Esipenko		22 March 2002

Triveni Continental Kings!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth

1	Levon Aronian		06 October 1982
2	Yu Yangyi		08 June 1994
3	Wei Yi		02 June 1999
4	Kateryna Lagno		27 December 1989
5	Nana Dzagnidze		01 January 1987
6	Jonas Buhl Bjerre		26 June 2004
7	Sara Khadem		10 March 1997

UpGrad Mumba Masters!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth

1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave		21 October 1990
2	Alexander Grischuk		31 October 1983
3	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		24 October 1994
4	Humpy Koneru		31 March 1987
5	Dronavalli Harika		12 January 1991
6	Javokhir Sindarov		08 December 2005

Points system

Teams earn gamepoints (GP) and matchpoints (MP) according to their performance.^[4]

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.

External link

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2023-07-03 . 2023-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230703053409/https://indianexpress.com/article/chess/global-chess-league-triveni-continental-kings-survive-dramatic-sudden-death-blitz-tiebreak-to-emerge-champions-8698167/ . live .
2. Web site: What is Global Chess League - Teams, format, schedule and players . 2023-06-27 . 2023-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230627232351/https://www.sportingnews.com/in/other-sports/news/what-global-chess-league-teams-format-schedule-and-players/ouo9wrqexcxa5sysceczbavg . live .
3. Web site: Global Chess League 2023 The Week in Chess . 2023-07-15 . theweekinchess.com . 2023-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230715061152/https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/global-chess-league-2023 . live .
4. Web site: Global Chess League starts in style, but China’s world champion is absent . 2023-06-27 . 2023-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230627232029/https://www.ft.com/content/90f42c39-a6a9-44cb-9c02-daf9fc9ef38a . live .