Over-the-board rapid chess league
Global Chess League![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Global_Chess_League_logo.svg/220px-Global_Chess_League_logo.svg.png) |
Sport | Chess |
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Founder | |
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First season | 2023 |
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No. of teams | 6 |
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Confederation | FIDE |
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Most recent champion(s) | Triveni Continental Kings[1] |
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Most titles | Triveni Continental Kings (1 title) |
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TV partner(s) | |
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Tournament format | Round-robin, Knockout |
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Official website | Official website |
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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.[3] 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.[4]
Points system
Teams earn gamepoints (GP) and matchpoints (MP) according to their performance.[3]
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.