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Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024

Sergio — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:02:45 +0000

The strongest chess event ever held in the UK – The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is due to start next month in London. The ridiculously strong event features Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, and Ian Nepomniachtchi along with 30 other world-class players including the best female and junior players in the world. Tickets are already on sale – at chess.co.uk.

Billed as the IPL of chess, this will be the second season of the Global Chess League, a ridiculously strong six-team competition run on a franchise system. Each team comprises six players and will take part in a double-round all-play-all, before the top two sides play off for the title. All games are a brisk 20 minutes per player – without any increment – so expect plenty of dramatic time scrambles.

Last year’s inaugural Tech Mahindra Global Chess League in Dubai saw a quite gripping final: Triveni Continental Kings and upGrad Mumba Masters finished level at 6-6. Two rounds of extra time or rather blitz failed to alter the equilibrium, meaning a penalty shoot-out type scenario: a series of sudden death blitz games began, ending when the young Danish Grandmaster Jonas Bjerre defeated teenage Uzbek Olympiad star Javokhir Sindarov.

Following his dominant performance in the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship – crushing Hans Niemann 17½-12½ then Alireza Firouzja by a whopping 23½-7½ in the final in Paris – all eyes will be on the dominant world number one, Magnus Carlsen, who heads up the Alpine SG Pipers. Their two ‘superstar men’ are 19-year-old Indian sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Richard Rapport, with their two ‘superstar women’ also mightily impressive: Hou Yifan and Kateryna Lagno. Throw in 18-year-old Belgian number one Daniel Dardha as the ‘prodigy’ and it’s not hard to see why the Pipers are favourites.

The legendary Vishy Anand is a worthy icon if ever there was one and heads up the Ganges Grandmasters. The former world champion will have to do battle with not just Carlsen, but his fellow icons: Hikaru Nakamura (American Gambits), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Triveni Continental Kings), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Mumba Masters) and Anish Giri (PBG Alaskan Knights).

Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024 participants

Alpine SG Pipers Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R, Richard Rapport, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Daniel Dardha

Ganges Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vaishali R, Nurgyul Salimova, Volodar Murzin

Mumba Masters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexander Grischuk, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Raunak Sadhwani

PBG Alaskan Knights Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Tan Zhongyi, Alina Kashlinskaya, Nihal Sarin

Triveni Continental Kings Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Javokhir Sindarov

American Gambits Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz, Jonas Buhl Bjerre

The team line-ups were determined by an auction, which took place in August in Delhi. Each franchise was allocated 1000 points for five players in their team (the icon top boards were already decided), with any players they wished to retain from last year costing 200 points. Bidding for each new player began at 50 points and could go all the way up to 800!

To buy tickets for the Global Chess League (Friends House, London) please visit chess.co.uk. Tickets are available for each of the 10 days: Thursday October 3rd to Saturday October 12th. For the very keen, there’s also the option of a season pass, and packages are available for group and chess club bookings – contact info@chess.co.uk for more details.

Play begins at 1pm on each of the first nine days, with further rounds at 3pm and 4.45pm, as well as 2.15pm on some days (the final kicks off at 2.15pm on October 12th). There will be a lot of chess, high quality chess at that, as well as commentary at the venue and analysis for the audience supplied between rounds.

Global Chess League 2024 LIVE

Sergio — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 22:39:09 +0000

The strongest chess event ever held in the UK – The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is taking place 3-12 October in London and features Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, and Ian Nepomniachtchi along with 30 other world-class players including the best female and junior players in the world.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com , with video and games coverage

Alpine SG Pipers Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R, Richard Rapport, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Daniel Dardha

Ganges Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vaishali R, Nurgyul Salimova, Volodar Murzin

Mumba Masters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexander Grischuk, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Raunak Sadhwani

PBG Alaskan Knights Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Tan Zhongyi, Alina Kashlinskaya, Nihal Sarin

Triveni Continental Kings Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Javokhir Sindarov

American Gambits Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz, Jonas Buhl Bjerre

Global Chess League 2023 – Participants

Kamen — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 18:30:00 +0000

The Global Chess League 2023 is a 6-team double round-robin tournament taking place from June 22 to July 1, 2023 in Dubai, UAE. Players receive 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-second increment starting from move one. Wins with Black are worth 4 board points, wins with White 3, a draw 1.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

More : Aktobe Open Classic 2023 / Prague Masters 2023 / Prague Challengers 2023 / Prague Open 2023 / Llinars Open 2023 / French Blitz Championship 2023 / French Rapid Championship 2023 / Sparkassen A-Open 2023 / NC World Masters 2023

Team-Composition :

1. Triveni Continental Kings (RtgAvg:2613 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0) Captain: Loek Van Wely
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Aronian, Levon	2743	USA
2	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2734	CHN
3	GM	Wei, Yi	2716	CHN
4	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2494	RUS
5	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2453	GEO
6	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2535	DEN
2. Ganges Grandmasters (RtgAvg:2639 / TB1: 9 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Anand, Viswanathan	2731	IND
2	GM	Rapport, Richard	2761	ROU
3	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2706	USA
4	GM	Hou, Yifan	2540	CHN
5	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	2414	GEO
6	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2682	FID
3. SG Alpine Warriors (RtgAvg:2589 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0) Captain: Vishal Sareen
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	NOR
2	GM	Gukesh, D	2629	IND
3	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2714	IND
4	GM	Krush, Irina	2400	USA
5	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2373	GER
6	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2587	IND
4. Balan Alaskan knights (RtgAvg:2600 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0) Captain: Abhijit Kounte
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2760	RUS
2	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2703	UZB
3	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2694	AZE
4	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	2517	CHN
5	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2358	GEO
6	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	2567	IND
5. Chingari Gulf Titans (RtgAvg:2628 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2794	POL
2	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2694	AZE
3	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2727	RUS
4	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2524	SUI
5	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	2357	RUS
6	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2672	IND
6. Upgrad mumba masters (RtgAvg:2611 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 0) Captain: N Srinath
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2767	FRA
2	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2716	RUS
3	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2665	IND
4	GM	Koneru, Humpy	2469	IND
5	GM	Harika, Dronavalli	2450	IND
6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2596	UZB