Global Chess League 2023

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]

Global Chess League 2023
Association	FIDE
League	Global Chess League
Sport	Chess
Hosts	Dubai
Duration	June 21 – July 2, 2023
Number of teams	6
Season MVP	R Praggnanandhaa
Finals
Champions	Triveni Continental Kings
Runners-up	upGrad Mumba Masters
Finals MVP	Jonas Buhl Bjerre

Global Chess League

Most recent season or competition: 2024
Sport	Chess
Founded	2023
Founder	FIDE Tech Mahindra Michael Mkpadi
First season	2023
No. of teams	6
Confederation	FIDE
Most recent champion(s)	Triveni Continental Kings (2024)
Most titles	Triveni Continental Kings (2 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	JioCinema
Streaming partner(s)	Stake
Sponsor(s)	Tech Mahindra
Tournament format	Round-robin, Knockout
Official website	Official website

It featured six teams of six players each, and involved ten round-robin matches, followed by a final match between the top two teams.^[2] 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][4]

The second season took place in London from October 3 to October 14, 2024.^[5]

Franchises

SG Alpine Warriors

#	Player name[1]	Country	Date of birth
1	Magnus Carlsen		30 November 1990
2	Gukesh Dommaraju		29 May 2006
3	Arjun Erigaisi		03 September 2003
4	Irina Krush		24 December 1983
5	Elisabeth Paehtz		08 January 1985
6	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu		10 August 2005

Balan Alaskan Knights

#	Player name[1]	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[1]	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[1]	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[1]	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[1]	Country	Date of birth
1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave		21 October 1990
2	Alexander Grischuk		31 October 1983
3	Vidit Gujrathi		24 October 1994
4	Humpy Koneru		31 March 1987
5	Harika Dronavalli		12 January 1991
6	Javokhir Sindarov		08 December 2005

Points system

Teams earn gamepoints (GP) and matchpoints (MP) according to their performance.^[2]

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.