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.

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

Replay: Nepo – Ding game 1 live / Nepo – Ding game 1 video coverage with Vishy Anand
Live: Ding – Nepo 2023, game 2

The opening ceremony took place in the conference center of Tata Steel Netherlands. Present at the opening were the players of the Masters and the Challengers. Tournament Director Jeroen van den Berg conducted the draw for the tournament with the President of the Dutch Chess Federation Bianca de Jong-Muhren.

Viswanathan Anand is attending the tournament as guest of honor. The former world champion, former world number one and five-time winner of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament received the very first copy of the anniversary book ‘Kings, Queens & Rookies’ about the 85-year history of the tournament. Anand is currently deputy president of FIDE, the world chess federation.

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will run from January 13 to 29, 2023. This year again including all amateur tournaments, with spectators and with associated events in Wijk aan Zee, such as the Tata Steel Chess Festival on January 21 and 22.

Tata Steel Masters 2023 – LIVE / Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – LIVE

Round 1 results (open section):

Bo. 37 Viking Chess Club Rtg FED – 1 CSU ASE Superbet Rtg FED ½ :5½
1/1 GM Hjartarson, Johann (w) 2468 ISL – GM Anand, Viswanathan (b) 2756 IND ½ – ½
1/2 GM Thorfinnsson, Bragi (b) 2421 ISL – GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (w) 2707 ROU 0 – 1
1/3 IM Thorfinnsson, Bjorn (w) 2365 ISL – GM Gukesh, D (b) 2732 IND 0 – 1
1/4 IM Kjartansson, David (b) 2316 ISL – GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (w) 2615 GER 0 – 1
1/5 FM Thorarinsson, Pall A. (w) 2168 ISL – GM Sargissian, Gabriel (b) 2711 ARM 0 – 1
1/6 Petursson, Gudni (b) 2037 ISL – IM Gavrilescu, David (w) 2523 ROU 0 – 1

Bo. 2 Novy Bor Chess club Rtg FED – 38 Amevo Apeldoorn Rtg FED 5½: ½
2/1 GM Harikrishna, Pentala (w) 2717 IND – IM Zwirs, Nico (b) 2481 NED 1 – 0
2/2 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (b) 2710 IND – IM Van Delft, Merijn (w) 2363 NED 1 – 0
2/3 GM Navara, David (w) 2676 CZE – FM Lammens, Tim (b) 2223 NED 1 – 0
2/4 GM Nguyen, Thai Dai Van (b) 2634 CZE – Meurs, Tom (w) 2250 NED ½ – ½
2/5 GM Grandelius, Nils (w) 2651 SWE – Boel, Marcel (b) 2214 NED 1 – 0
2/6 GM Ragger, Markus (b) 2632 AUT – Van der Elburg, Freddie (w) 2197 NED 1 – 0

Bo. 39 Bærum Schakselskap Rtg FED – 3 Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier Rtg FED 0 : 6
3/1 IM Elsness, Frode (w) 2468 NOR – GM Esipenko, Andrey (b) 2668 FID 0 – 1
3/2 IM Mihajlov, Sebastian (b) 2375 NOR – GM Moussard, Jules (w) 2686 FRA 0 – 1
3/3 IM Mikalsen, Erlend (w) 2354 NOR – GM Alekseenko, Kirill (b) 2691 FID 0 – 1
3/4 Elmi, Saad Abobaker (b) 2263 NOR – GM Movsesian, Sergei (w) 2619 ARM 0 – 1
3/5 FM Stigar, Petter (w) 2206 NOR – GM Cornette, Matthieu (b) 2572 FRA 0 – 1
3/6 Bjugn, Gisle (b) 1866 NOR – FM Terekhov, Andrey (w) 2308 FID 0 – 1

Bo. 4 TAJFUN – SK Ljubljana Rtg FED – 40 Schachfreunde Berlin Rtg FED 6 : 0
4/1 GM Erigaisi, Arjun (w) 2728 IND – IM Abel, Dennes (b) 2416 GER 1 – 0
4/2 GM Nihal, Sarin (b) 2673 IND – FM Kristoferitsch, Daniel (w) 2283 AUT 1 – 0
4/3 GM Volokitin, Andrei (w) 2645 UKR – GM Polzin, Rainer (b) 2385 GER 1 – 0
4/4 GM Predojevic, Borki (b) 2584 BIH – Weber, Daniel (w) 2145 GER 1 – 0
4/5 GM Markus, Robert (w) 2615 SRB – Noetzel, Felix (b) 2093 GER 1 – 0
4/6 GM Sebenik, Matej (b) 2518 SLO – Boeddeker, Henry (w) 2130 GER 1 – 0

Bo. 31 Wasa SK Rtg FED – 5 Clichy-Echecs-92 Rtg FED ½ :5½
5/1 IM Suarez Garcia, Carlos (w) 2430 ESP – GM Maghsoodloo, Parham (b) 2721 IRI 0 – 1
5/2 GM Wedberg, Tom (b) 2395 SWE – GM Van Foreest, Jorden (w) 2694 NED 0 – 1
5/3 IM Engqvist, Thomas (w) 2333 SWE – GM Amin, Bassem (b) 2667 EGY 0 – 1
5/4 GM Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (b) 2318 SWE – GM Vocaturo, Daniele (w) 2615 ITA 0 – 1
5/5 WGM Reizniece-Ozola, Dana (w) 2279 LAT – GM Tregubov, Pavel V. (b) 2548 FID ½ – ½
5/6 Wenzel, Birger (b) 1953 GER – GM Delorme, Axel (w) 2469 FRA 0 – 1

Bo. 6 Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V. Rtg FED – 41 SK Zell/Zillertal Rtg FED 6 : 0
6/1 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy (w) 2612 UKR – GM Maiwald, Jens-Uwe (b) 2441 GER 1 – 0
6/2 GM Fedorchuk, Sergey A. (b) 2619 UKR – IM Hausner, Ivan (w) 2266 CZE 1 – 0
6/3 GM Wagner, Dennis (w) 2570 GER – Lever, Erwan (b) 2242 FRA 1 – 0
6/4 GM Maze, Sebastien (b) 2530 FRA – FM Tabernig, Bernhard (w) 2310 AUT 1 – 0
6/5 GM Libiszewski, Fabien (w) 2512 FRA – Schiestl, Josef (b) 2123 AUT 1 – 0
6/6 GM Tarlev, Konstantin (b) 2577 UKR – Spindelberger, Paul (w) 1983 AUT 1 – 0

Bo. 42 Vammalan Shakkikerho Rtg FED – 7 Offerspill Chess Club Rtg FED ½ :5½
7/1 GM Meshkovs, Nikita (w) 2566 LAT – GM Carlsen, Magnus (b) 2856 NOR ½ – ½
7/2 FM Niemi, Mikko (b) 2306 FIN – GM Tari, Aryan (w) 2656 NOR 0 – 1
7/3 CM Heinola, Vesa (w) 2265 FIN – GM Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian (b) 2576 NOR 0 – 1
7/4 FM Kauko, Jussi (b) 2250 FIN – GM Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen (w) 2523 NOR 0 – 1
7/5 Torkkola, Henri (w) 2174 FIN – IM Haug, Johannes (b) 2478 NOR 0 – 1
7/6 Varpanen, Jan (b) 2106 FIN – FM Ranaldi, Lucas (w) 2369 NOR 0 – 1

Bo. 8 Silla – València Origin of Chess Rtg FED – 43 SK König Tegel 1949 Rtg FED 5½: ½
8/1 GM Korobov, Anton (w) 2672 UKR – IM Bruedigam, Martin (b) 2375 GER ½ – ½
8/2 GM Santos Latasa, Jaime (b) 2677 ESP – FM Mueller, Nick (w) 2368 GER 1 – 0
8/3 GM Idani, Pouya (w) 2623 IRI – FM Rietze, Clemens, Dr. (b) 2299 GER 1 – 0
8/4 GM Alonso Rosell, Alvar (b) 2563 ESP – FM Giemsa, Stephan (w) 2263 GER 1 – 0
8/5 GM Forcen Esteban, Daniel (w) 2566 ESP – CM Acikel, Mert (b) 2197 GER 1 – 0
8/6 GM Bernadskiy, Vitaliy (b) 2570 UKR – CM Dimitrijeski, Kristian (w) 2154 GER 1 – 0

Bo. 44 Sharks 4NCL Rtg FED – 9 Vugar Gashimov Rtg FED ½ :5½
9/1 IM Roberson, Peter T (w) 2421 ENG – GM Mamedov, Rauf (b) 2646 AZE 0 – 1
9/2 FM Makkar, Rajat (b) 2399 FRA – GM Asadli, Vugar (w) 2575 AZE 0 – 1
9/3 FM Moreby, James (w) 2346 ENG – IM Ahmadzada, Ahmad (b) 2488 AZE ½ – ½
9/4 CM Bremner, Adam (b) 2178 SCO – GM Sadikhov, Ulvi (w) 2473 AZE 0 – 1
9/5 Murphy, Hugh W (w) 2141 ENG – IM Babazada, Khazar (b) 2463 AZE 0 – 1
9/6 Varnam, Liam D (b) 2090 ENG – IM Allahverdiyev, Anar (w) 2412 AZE 0 – 1

Bo. 10 Beer Sheva Chess Club Rtg FED – 45 Drejtesia Rtg FED 4½:1½
10/1 GM Rodshtein, Maxim (w) 2602 ISR – IM Saraci, Nderim (b) 2480 KOS ½ – ½
10/2 GM Mikhalevski, Victor (b) 2523 ISR – FM Ondozi, Murtez (w) 2402 KOS 1 – 0
10/3 GM Roiz, Michael (w) 2579 ISR – FM Ermeni, Avni (b) 2148 KOS 1 – 0
10/4 GM Steinberg, Nitzan (b) 2545 ISR – FM Fejzullahu, Afrim (w) 2244 KOS ½ – ½
10/5 GM Huzman, Alexander (w) 2535 ISR – Zymberi, Astrit (b) 2052 KOS ½ – ½
10/6 GM Kobo, Ori (b) 2544 ISR – CM Budima, Armend (w) 2153 KOS 1 – 0

Bo. 46 CE Le Cavalier Differdange Rtg FED – 11 Sentimento Ajka BSK Rtg FED ½ :5½
11/1 GM Feller, Sebastien (w) 2542 FRA – GM Pechac, Jergus (b) 2633 SVK ½ – ½
11/2 FM Bruch, Jochen (b) 2176 GER – GM Michalik, Peter (w) 2558 CZE 0 – 1
11/3 Gengler, Pierre (w) 2151 LUX – GM Prohaszka, Peter (b) 2570 HUN 0 – 1
11/4 AIM Cahen, Alexis (b) 2095 FRA – GM Czebe, Attila (w) 2366 HUN 0 – 1
11/5 Barthel, Ansgar (w) 2076 GER – GM Korpa, Bence (b) 2496 HUN 0 – 1
11/6 Favier, Alain (b) 1985 FRA – IM Kaczur, Florian (w) 2483 HUN 0 – 1

Bo. 12 FC Bayern München Rtg FED – 47 Gambit Bonnevoie Rtg FED 4 : 2
12/1 GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin (w) 2657 IRI – GM Hoffmann, Michael (b) 2408 GER 1 – 0
12/2 GM Huschenbeth, Niclas (b) 2593 GER – IM Godart, Francois (w) 2386 BEL ½ – ½
12/3 GM Bogner, Sebastian (w) 2548 SUI – FM Dishman, Stephen (b) 2251 ENG ½ – ½
12/4 GM Bischoff, Klaus (b) 2486 GER – Bjarnason, Oskar (w) 2159 ISL ½ – ½
12/5 IM Johansson, Linus (w) 2461 SWE – Schwerteck, Michael (b) 2169 GER ½ – ½
12/6 Zajogin, Alexander (b) 2409 FID – Stanic, Zoran (w) 2102 CRO 1 – 0

Bo. 48 Blackthorne Rtg FED – 13 Gokturk Satranc Spor Kulubu Rtg FED 1½:4½
13/1 IM Ansell, Simon T (w) 2347 ENG – GM Can, Emre (b) 2592 TUR 0 – 1
13/2 IM Ledger, Andrew J (b) 2306 ENG – GM Sanal, Vahap (w) 2595 TUR ½ – ½
13/3 FM Duncan, Chris R (w) 2194 ENG – IM Gokerkan, Cem Kaan (b) 2465 TUR 0 – 1
13/4 FM Ledger, Dave J (b) 2148 ENG – GM Firat, Burak (w) 2455 TUR ½ – ½
13/5 FM Webb, Laurence E (w) 2173 ENG – IM Ozen, Deniz (b) 2397 TUR ½ – ½
13/6 CM Potts, Alan W (b) 2256 ENG – IM Kamer, Kayra (w) 2354 TUR 0 – 1

Bo. 14 Kfar Saba Chess Club Rtg FED – 49 SK Modra Rtg FED 6 : 0
14/1 GM Boruchovsky, Avital (w) 2548 ISR – GM Pacher, Milan (b) 2434 SVK 1 – 0
14/2 IM Erenberg, Ariel (b) 2516 ISR – FM Danada, Tomas (w) 2315 SVK 1 – 0
14/3 IM Gorshtein, Ido (w) 2471 ISR – Stevik, Patrik (b) 2148 SVK 1 – 0
14/4 IM Rozen, Eytan (b) 2462 ISR – FM Federic, Jozef (w) 2208 SVK 1 – 0
14/5 IM Mindlin, Alon (w) 2426 ISR – Banas, Kamil (b) 2251 SVK 1 – 0
14/6 IM Givon, Asaf (b) 2434 ISR – Skreno, Vladimir (w) 2066 SVK 1 – 0

Bo. 50 Team Pelaro Alingsas SS Rtg FED – 15 Schachgesellschaft Riehen Rtg FED 1½:4½
15/1 IM Sorensen, Hampus (w) 2420 SWE – GM Heimann, Andreas (b) 2573 GER ½ – ½
15/2 WIM Agrest, Inna (b) 2260 SWE – IM Brunner, Nicolas (w) 2448 FRA ½ – ½
15/3 Wengholm, Anders (w) 2222 SWE – IM Breder, Dennis (b) 2450 GER ½ – ½
15/4 Bergre, Joachim (b) 1970 SWE – IM Georgiadis, Ioannis (w) 2467 GRE 0 – 1
15/5 AFM Dahlgren, Jonas (w) 2023 SWE – GM Cvitan, Ognjen (b) 2446 CRO 0 – 1
15/6 Johansson, Eva (b) 1835 SWE – Haag, Gregor (w) 2316 GER 0 – 1

Bo. 16 Moravská Slavia Brno Rtg FED – 51 Denizsu Aquamatch Rtg FED 2½:3½
16/1 IM Neugebauer, Martin (w) 2517 SVK – IM Yurtseven, Melih (b) 2318 TUR 1 – 0
16/2 GM Polak, Tomas (b) 2502 CZE – WIM Alinasab, Mobina (w) 2314 IRI 0 – 1
16/3 FM Kusa, Jakub (w) 2360 CZE – FM Baglan, Esat (b) 2331 TUR 0 – 1
16/4 Roubalik, Jakub (b) 2372 CZE – FM Citak, Selim (w) 2216 TUR ½ – ½
16/5 FM Nemec, Jachym (w) 2345 CZE – CM Erten, Kerem (b) 2040 TUR 1 – 0
16/6 Vavra, Michal (b) 1951 CZE – Kazdagli, Benan (w) 2005 TUR 0 – 1

Bo. 52 Dardania Rtg FED – 17 Schachgesellschaft Zürich Rtg FED 1½:4½
17/1 FM Uruci, Endrit (w) 2341 KOS – GM Bauer, Christian (b) 2616 FRA ½ – ½
17/2 Saraci, Korab (b) 2273 KOS – GM Pelletier, Yannick (w) 2521 SUI 0 – 1
17/3 FM Makolli, Perparim (w) 2231 KOS – IM Petkidis, Anthony (b) 2447 GER ½ – ½
17/4 Salihu, Sami (b) 2198 KOS – FM Fischer, Daniel (w) 2407 SUI 0 – 1
17/5 FM Hamiti, Gani (w) 2142 KOS – GM Vogt, Lothar (b) 2331 GER 0 – 1
17/6 Krasniqi, Alban (b) 2157 KOS – FM Friedrich, Norbert (w) 2243 GER ½ – ½

Bo. 18 Perfect Rtg FED – 53 SMK Juoda Balta Rtg FED 3 : 3
18/1 GM Smirin, Ilia (w) 2602 ISR – GM Rozentalis, Eduardas (b) 2500 LTU ½ – ½
18/2 GM Hamitevici, Vladimir (b) 2501 MDA – IM Novkovic, Milan (w) 2345 AUT 0 – 1
18/3 IM Atlas, Valery (w) 2412 AUT – Ferster, Fabian (b) 2148 LIE ½ – ½
18/4 Kurochkin, Victor (b) 2386 FID – Bazilius, Augustinas (w) 2103 LTU 0 – 1
18/5 Slavin, Gennadie (w) 2259 USA – Kienboeck, Benjamin (b) 2129 AUT 1 – 0
18/6 Pleshkov, Mikhail (b) 2005 FID – Nisavic, Uros (w) 2099 AUT 1 – 0

Bo. 54 Haifa-Nesher Rtg FED – 19 SK Dunajska Streda Rtg FED 1½:4½
19/1 FM Shohat, Yotam (w) 2299 ISR – IM Nemeth, Miklos (b) 2459 HUN 0 – 1
19/2 FM Kupervaser, Erez (b) 2351 ISR – IM Bokros, Albert (w) 2453 HUN 0 – 1
19/3 Levitan, Tal (w) 2231 ISR – GM Varga, Zoltan (b) 2401 HUN 1 – 0
19/4 Liubarov, Mark (b) 2231 ISR – IM Bagi, Mate (w) 2460 HUN 0 – 1
19/5 Gov, Guy (w) 2121 ISR – IM Borhy, Marcell (b) 2400 HUN ½ – ½
19/6 Gruzman, Ilya (b) 2086 ISR – IM Csonka, Attila Istvan (w) 2314 HUN 0 – 1

Bo. 20 LSG Leiden 1 Rtg FED – 55 Ennis Chess Club Rtg FED 3½:2½
20/1 IM Pijpers, Arthur (w) 2455 NED – GM Williams, Simon K (b) 2464 ENG ½ – ½
20/2 IM Jens, Jelmer (b) 2410 NED – FM Jahncke, Giso, Dr. (w) 2275 GER 1 – 0
20/3 IM Van der Werf, Mark (w) 2399 NED – IM Gubanov, Oleg (b) 2258 UKR 1 – 0
20/4 IM Willemze, Thomas (b) 2367 NED – Connell, Blair N (w) 2211 ENG 0 – 1
20/5 IM Piceu, Tom (w) 2324 BEL – Quinn, Rory (b) 2068 IRL 0 – 1
20/6 IM Wiersma, Eelke (b) 2299 NED – Thee, Bernd (w) 1926 IRL 1 – 0

Bo. 56 LSG Leiden 2 Rtg FED – 21 Schach ohne Grenzen Rtg FED 2 : 4
21/1 IM Van Wessel, Rudy (w) 2386 NED – GM Baldauf, Marco (b) 2506 GER 0 – 1
21/2 FM Roobol, Martin (b) 2221 NED – IM Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian (w) 2509 GER ½ – ½
21/3 FM Van Wissen, Michiel (w) 2259 NED – GM Marcelin, Cyril (b) 2449 FRA ½ – ½
21/4 FM Van Ketel, Raoul (b) 2240 NED – FM Ciolek, Andreas (w) 2301 GER ½ – ½
21/5 Schelvis, Richard (w) 2170 NED – FM Hess, Max (b) 2361 GER 0 – 1
21/6 Van Der Werf, Joel (b) 1915 NED – FM Kruckenhauser, Arthur (w) 2327 AUT ½ – ½

Bo. 22 SK Rockaden Rtg FED – 57 Nordstrand Rtg FED 3 : 3
22/1 GM Blomqvist, Erik (w) 2526 SWE – GM Djurhuus, Rune (b) 2387 NOR 0 – 1
22/2 IM Seo, Jung Min (b) 2520 SWE – FM Sjoberg, Isak (w) 2305 NOR ½ – ½
22/3 FM Trost, Edvin (w) 2347 SWE – FM Torngren, Gustav (b) 2280 SWE ½ – ½
22/4 FM Kenneskog, Theodor (b) 2320 SWE – FM Nordquelle, Daniel (w) 2140 NOR ½ – ½
22/5 IM Hedman, Erik (w) 2322 SWE – Kreken, Eivind Grunt (b) 2107 NOR 1 – 0
22/6 IM Bator, Robert (b) 2353 SWE – Tenold, Andreas (w) 1963 NOR ½ – ½

Bo. 33 BSS Frydek-Mistek Rtg FED – 67 Worldtradinglab Club 64 Modena Rtg FED 4½:1½
23/1 FM Stalmach, Richard (w) 2434 CZE – FM Franchini, Gabriele (b) 2174 ITA 1 – 0
23/2 FM Frank, Adam (b) 2297 CZE – CM Ballotti, Luca (w) 2170 ITA 1 – 0
23/3 FM Gnojek, Petr (w) 2327 CZE – Massironi, Marco (b) 2119 ITA 1 – 0
23/4 FM Smolik, Jachym (b) 2213 CZE – Caruso, Augusto (w) 2120 ITA ½ – ½
23/5 Brozka, Karel (w) 2161 CZE – Barillaro, Luca (b) 2063 ITA ½ – ½
23/6 Bouska, Jiri (b) 2171 CZE – Tonel, Giulia (w) 1939 ITA ½ – ½

Bo. 58 Akureyri Chess Club Rtg FED – 23 Reykjavik Chess Club Rtg FED 1½:4½
24/1 FM Thorgeirsson, Jon Kristinn (w) 2237 ISL – GM Kjartansson, Gudmundur (b) 2456 ISL 0 – 1
24/2 FM Sigurpalsson, Runar (b) 2280 ISL – GM Sulypa, Oleksandr (w) 2463 UKR 0 – 1
24/3 Bergsson, Stefan (w) 2153 ISL – GM Petursson, Margeir (b) 2447 ISL 0 – 1
24/4 IM Karason, Askell O (b) 2146 ISL – GM Thorhallsson, Throstur (w) 2396 ISL ½ – ½
24/5 Bjorgvinsson, Andri Freyr (w) 2119 ISL – FM Johannesson, Ingvar Thor (b) 2319 ISL 1 – 0
24/6 Haraldsson, Haraldur (b) 1958 ISL – Mai, Alexander Oliver (w) 2183 ISL 0 – 1

Bo. 24 KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis Rtg FED – 59 Jyväs-Shakki Rtg FED 4½:1½
25/1 GM Mihok, Oliver (w) 2545 HUN – FM Luukkonen, Tommi (b) 2250 FIN 1 – 0
25/2 GM Nagy, Gabor (b) 2488 HUN – FM Nevanlinna, Risto (w) 2234 FIN 1 – 0
25/3 FM Klein, Felix (w) 2275 GER – Nivala, Tuomas (b) 2222 FIN ½ – ½
25/4 FM Ahn, Martin (b) 2168 BEL – Franssila, Tommi (w) 2167 FIN 0 – 1
25/5 FM Meessen, Rudolf (w) 2162 BEL – Hamalainen, Sami (b) 2126 FIN 1 – 0
25/6 WIM Mihok-Juhasz, Barbara (b) 2230 HUN – Herranen, Matti (w) 2100 FIN 1 – 0

Bo. 60 Etelä-Vantaan Shakki Rtg FED – 25 Paul Keres Rtg FED 1½:4½
26/1 FM Kokkila, Tero (w) 2230 FIN – GM Ten Hertog, Hugo (b) 2525 NED 0 – 1
26/2 FM Salo, Heikki (b) 2248 FIN – FM Lombaers, Peter (w) 2351 NED 0 – 1
26/3 FM Koskinen, Henri (w) 2220 FIN – IM Kerigan, Demre (b) 2355 TUR 0 – 1
26/4 FM Paasikangas, Johanna (b) 2125 FIN – IM Ondersteijn, Niels (w) 2382 NED 0 – 1
26/5 Laakso, Harri (w) 2145 FIN – FM Okkes, Menno (b) 2328 NED ½ – ½
26/6 Vihinen, Teemu (b) 2126 FIN – FM Rademakers, Evert (w) 2272 NED 1 – 0

Bo. 26 Schachgesellschaft Solingen Rtg FED – 61 Celtic Tigers Rtg FED 4½:1½
27/1 FM Roseneck, Jonas (w) 2414 GER – Gallana, Marco (b) 2265 ITA 1 – 0
27/2 FM Michalczak, Thomas (b) 2254 GER – FM Hoffmann, Hendrik (w) 2238 GER 1 – 0
27/3 FM Berg, Michael (w) 2313 GER – Zulfic, Fedja (b) 2157 AUS 1 – 0
27/4 FM Kniest, Oliver (b) 2282 GER – Hill, Alistair (w) 2173 ENG ½ – ½
27/5 Wickenfeld, Stefan (w) 2173 GER – Skulte, Christopher (b) 2060 AUS 1 – 0
27/6 Peschel, Andreas (b) 2130 GER – Maciol, Ryszard (w) 2119 POL 0 – 1

Bo. 62 Schaakclub En Passant Rtg FED – 27 Schachklub Absam Rtg FED 1½:4½
28/1 IM Van De Griendt, Jan Willem (w) 2363 NED – GM Shengelia, David (b) 2460 AUT ½ – ½
28/2 IM Vedder, Henk (b) 2337 NED – IM Doric, Darko (w) 2457 CRO 0 – 1
28/3 FM Vedder, Richard (w) 2259 NED – IM Tica, Sven (b) 2422 CRO 0 – 1
28/4 Reichardt, Robin (b) 2043 NED – IM Lehner, Oliver (w) 2398 AUT 0 – 1
28/5 De Graaf, Dick (w) 2047 NED – FM Deglmann, Ludwig (b) 2243 GER ½ – ½
28/6 Reichardt, Jasper (b) 2006 NED – FM De Francesco, Klaus (w) 2197 GER ½ – ½

Bo. 28 Stockholms SS Rtg FED – 63 SOSS @TheKnagg Rtg FED 4 : 2
29/1 GM Hauge, Lars Oskar (w) 2531 NOR – FM Byklum, Bjornar (b) 2318 NOR 1 – 0
29/2 IM Ertan, Can (b) 2372 TUR – Grebstad, Kjell Borre (w) 2088 NOR 0 – 1
29/3 FM Thorn, Eric (w) 2351 SWE – Engedal, Kim Nikolai (b) 2173 NOR 1 – 0
29/4 FM Cederstam, Carl (b) 2337 SWE – Andreassen, Pal Morten (w) 2034 NOR 0 – 1
29/5 IM Renman, Nils-Gustaf (w) 2329 SWE – Rost, Bjorn (b) 1921 NOR 1 – 0
29/6 FM Tuomainen, Felix (b) 2222 SWE – Larsen, Johan Mosvold (w) 0 NOR 1 – 0

Bo. 64 Zuid Limburg Rtg FED – 29 KBSK Brugge Rtg FED 2 : 4
30/1 FM Van Dael, Siem (w) 2359 NED – IM Vandenbussche, Thibaut (b) 2418 BEL ½ – ½
30/2 FM Suvorov, Luca (b) 2302 GER – IM De Schampheleire, Glen (w) 2386 BEL ½ – ½
30/3 Perkampus, Laurin (w) 2123 GER – FM Decoster, Frederic (b) 2314 BEL ½ – ½
30/4 Van der Zwet, Bart (b) 2076 NED – FM Meulders, Richard (w) 2220 BEL ½ – ½
30/5 Merx, Bob (w) 1996 NED – CM Boucquet, Emile (b) 2182 BEL 0 – 1
30/6 CM Winkels, Marcel (b) 1960 NED – IM Geirnaert, Steven (w) 2399 BEL 0 – 1

Bo. 30 Andreu Valencia Origin Chess Rtg FED – 65 Gonzaga Rtg FED 3½:2½
31/1 IM Pallardo Lozoya, Jose Vicente (w) 2355 ESP – FM Delaney, Killian (b) 2334 IRL 1 – 0
31/2 FM Macias Pino, Diego (b) 2385 ESP – Bourached, Anthony (w) 2044 IRL 1 – 0
31/3 IM Llobell Cortell, Enrique (w) 2380 ESP – Murray, David (b) 2121 IRL ½ – ½
31/4 IM Vassallo Barroche, Mauricio (b) 2373 ESP – Menzies, Colin (w) 2176 IRL 0 – 1
31/5 IM Sos Andreu, Eric (w) 2353 ESP – Jackson, Carl (b) 1963 IRL 1 – 0
31/6 FM Torres Sanchez, Jose (b) 2239 ESP – Freeman, Gordon (w) 2102 IRL 0 – 1

Bo. 66 SV Raika Rapid Feffernitz Rtg FED – 32 Schachfreunde Wirtzfeld Rtg FED 1 : 5
32/1 GM Diermair, Andreas (w) 2455 AUT – GM Dardha, Daniel (b) 2610 BEL 0 – 1
32/2 IM Schreiner, Peter (b) 2404 AUT – IM Roeder, Matthias (w) 2357 GER ½ – ½
32/3 Pacher, Simon (w) 2011 AUT – IM Hautot, Stephane (b) 2348 BEL ½ – ½
32/4 Knaller, Christoph (b) 2030 AUT – FM Dardha, Arben (w) 2223 BEL 0 – 1
32/5 CM Valtiner, Adamo (w) 1988 AUT – Jeitz, Christian (b) 2201 LUX 0 – 1
32/6 Loescher, Leon (b) 1843 AUT – Schulze, Marc (w) 2200 GER 0 – 1

Bo. 68 Cercle des Echécs Dudelange Rtg FED – 34 De Pluspion Wachtebeke Rtg FED 0 : 6
33/1 Schartz, Alain (w) 2074 LUX – GM Aroshidze, Levan (b) 2519 ESP 0 – 1
33/2 Hoegener, Claude (b) 2085 LUX – IM Milliet, Sophie (w) 2363 FRA 0 – 1
33/3 Klauner, Theid (w) 2005 LUX – IM Vucinic, Gojko (b) 2380 SRB 0 – 1
33/4 Schilpp, Roland (b) 1977 GER – IM Matnadze, Ana (w) 2392 ESP 0 – 1
33/5 Guidoreni, Jean (w) 1859 LUX – van Vliet, Dennis (b) 2056 BEL 0 – 1
33/6 Jadin, Yves (b) 1835 LUX – WFM Koridze, Lile (w) 2134 GEO 0 – 1

Bo. 35 Fjolnir Rtg FED – 69 CRELEL Liège Rtg FED 5½: ½
34/1 GM Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard (w) 2498 DEN – FM Lenaerts, Lennert (b) 2375 BEL ½ – ½
34/2 IM Ris, Robert (b) 2467 NED – IM Hopman, Pieter (w) 2344 NED 1 – 0
34/3 FM Ragnarsson, Dagur (w) 2348 ISL – Heldenbergh, Nils (b) 1942 BEL 1 – 0
34/4 FM Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn (b) 2308 ISL – Terwagne, Bertrand (w) 1841 BEL 1 – 0
34/5 FM Lagerman, Robert (w) 2305 ISL – Vandervorst, Pascal (b) 1766 BEL 1 – 0
34/6 Finnsson, Johann Arnar (b) 1891 ISL – Rogge, Marloes (w) 1557 NED 1 – 0

Bo. 70 St. Benildus Rtg FED – 36 De Sprènger Echternach Rtg FED 2 : 4
35/1 Venkatesan, Kavin (w) 1983 IRL – IM Noe, Christopher (b) 2503 GER 0 – 1
35/2 Putar, Lara (b) 1858 IRL – GM David, Alberto (w) 2521 ITA 0 – 1
35/3 McHugh, Kevin (w) 1948 IRL – Repplinger, Marc (b) 2190 GER ½ – ½
35/4 Lyons, Brendan (b) 1902 IRL – Carafizi, Vasile (w) 2132 LUX 0 – 1
35/5 Healy, John (w) 1886 IRL – Teloeken, Andreas (b) 2091 GER 1 – 0
35/6 Cooney, Brendan (b) 1783 IRL – Sparwel, Oliver (w) 1976 LUX ½ – ½