Global Chess League 2023 Explained

Global Chess League 2023
Association:FIDE
League:Global Chess League
Sport:Chess
Hosts:Dubai
Duration:June 21 – July 2, 2024
No Of Teams:6
Mvp:R Praggnanandhaa
Finals:Finals
Finals Champ:Triveni Continental Kings
Finals Runner-Up:upGrad Mumba Masters
Finals Mvp:Jonas Buhl Bjerre
Nextseason Link:Global Chess League 2024
Nextseason Year:2024
Global Chess League
Last Season:2024
Upcoming Season:2025
Sport:Chess
Founded:2023
Inaugural:2023
Teams:6
Confed:FIDE
Champion:Triveni Continental Kings
Champ Season:2024
Most Successful Club:Triveni Continental Kings (2 titles)
Tv:JioCinema
Streaming:Stake
Sponsor:Tech Mahindra
Tournament Format:Round-robin, Knockout

The Global Chess League 2023, known for sponsorship reasons as the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023, was the inaugural season of the annual over-the-board rapid chess league organized by FIDE. It took place in Dubai from June 21 to July 2, 2023. It was a joint venture organized by Tech Mahindra and FIDE.[1]

It featured six teams of six players each, and 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.[2] [3]

The second season took place in London from October 3 to October 14, 2024.[4]

Franchises

SG Alpine Warriors!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth
1Magnus Carlsen30 November 1990
2Gukesh Dommaraju29 May 2006
3Arjun Erigaisi03 September 2003
4Irina Krush24 December 1983
5Elisabeth Paehtz08 January 1985
6Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu10 August 2005
Balan Alaskan Knights !#!Player name!Country!Date of birth
1Ian Nepomniachtchi14 July 1990
2Nodirbek Abdusattorov18 September 2004
3Teimour Radjabov12 March 1987
4Tan Zhongyi29 May 1991
5Nino Batsiashvili01 January 1987
6Raunak Sadhwani22 December 2005
Chingari Gulf Titans !#!Player name!Country!Date of birth
1Jan-Krzysztof Duda26 April 1998
2Shakhriyar Mamedyarov12 April 1985
3Daniil Dubov18 April 1996
4Alexandra Kosteniuk23 April 1984
5Polina Shuvalova12 March 2001
6Nihal Sarin13 July 2004
Ganges Grandmasters!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth
1Viswanathan Anand11 December 1969
2Richard Rapport25 March 1996
3Leinier Dominguez Perez23 September 1983
4Hou Yifan27 February 1994
5Bella Khotenashvili01 June 1988
6Andrey Esipenko22 March 2002
Triveni Continental Kings!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth
1Levon Aronian06 October 1982
2Yu Yangyi08 June 1994
3Wei Yi02 June 1999
4Kateryna Lagno27 December 1989
5Nana Dzagnidze01 January 1987
6Jonas Buhl Bjerre26 June 2004
7Sara Khadem10 March 1997
UpGrad Mumba Masters!#!Player name!Country!Date of birth
1Maxime Vachier-Lagrave21 October 1990
2Alexander Grischuk31 October 1983
3Vidit Gujrathi24 October 1994
4Humpy Koneru31 March 1987
5Harika Dronavalli12 January 1991
6Javokhir Sindarov08 December 2005

Points system

Teams earn gamepoints (GP) and matchpoints (MP) according to their performance.[5]

Gamepoints

Matchpoints

External link

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is Global Chess League - Teams, format, schedule and players . 21 June 2023 . 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 .
  2. 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 .
  3. Web site: 3 July 2023 . Global Chess League: Triveni Continental Kings survive dramatic sudden-death blitz tiebreak to emerge champions . live . 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/ . 2023-07-03 . 2023-07-03 . The Indian Express.
  4. News: Carlsen, Anand, Arjun, Giri and co. promise to make Global Chess League season 2 unmissable . 5 October 2024 . ESPN . 2 October 2024 . en.
  5. 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 .