Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025 commences with a gala opening ceremony in Mumbai
Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025 started with a gala opening ceremony at Mahindra Towers, Worli in Mumbai. This is their main office in India of the entire Mahindra group. Players, owners, captains of all six teams were present there. Seven of the top ten Indians - Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, Vishy Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Pentala Harikrishna among men and two in Women - Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli wil be seen in action. Today there will be three matches - Triveni Continental Kings vs Alpine SG Pipers from 5 p.m. IST, Ganges Grandmasters vs upGrad Mumba Masters from 6:30 p.m. IST and PBG Alaskan Knights vs Fyers American Gambits from 8 p.m. IST. Catch the action live on Hotstar. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy and Himank Ghosh
Tech Mahindra GCL first match starts today
There will be three matches every day from 14th to 18th and 22nd December. Four matches will take place on 19th, 20th and 21st December. Use code CBIGCL to get 20% Off when you buy tickets on District. Link is at the end of the article.
L to R: GM R Praggnanandhaa, GM Pranav Anand, GM Pranav Venkatesh and GM Pentala Harikrishna
For more Press Conference and Opening Ceremony photos, please click on the respective links.
Team Squads
Alpine SG Pipers
Icon - Fabiano Caruana
Superstar Men - R Praggnanandhaa and Anish Giri
Superstar Women - Yifan Hou and Nino Batsiashvili
Prodigy - Leon Luke Mendonca
Fyers American Gambits
Icon - Hikaru Nakamura
Superstar Men - Richard Rapport and Vladislav Artemiev
Superstar Women - Bibisara Assaubayeva and Teodora Injac
Prodigy - Volodar Murzin
Ganges Grandmasters
Icon - Vishy Anand
Superstar Men - Vincent Keymer and Javokhir Sindarov
Superstar Women - Stavroula Tsolakidou and Polina Shuvalova
Prodigy - Raunak Sadhwani
PBG Alaskan Knights
Icon - D Gukesh
Superstar Men - Arjun Erigaisi and Leinier Dominguez Perez
Superstar Women - Sara Khadem and Kateryna Lagno
Prodigy - Daniel Dardha
Triveni Continental Kings
Icon - Alireza Firouzja
Superstar Men - Wei Yi and Vidit Gujrathi
Superstar Women - Alexandra Kosteniuk and Jiner Zhu
Prodigy - Marc` Andria Maurizzi
upGrad Mumba Masters
Icon - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Superstar Men - Wesley So and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Superstar Women - Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli
Prodigy - Bardiya Daneshvar
Day 1 matches
Match #1: Triveni Continental Kings vs Alpine SG Pipers - 5 p.m. IST.
Match #2: Ganges Grandmasters vs upGrad Mumba Masters - 6:30 p.m. IST.
Match #3: PBG Alaskan Knights vs Fyers American Gambits - 8 p.m. IST.
Format and Tie-breaks
The preliminary tournament will be a Double Round Robin. The two teams with the most MP will qualify to the Final, while the team’s finishing 3rd and 4th will compete in a playoff for 3rd place. The tie-breaks are:
GP, calculated in accordance with the procedure in Article 5.3.1 (Sum of the individual points that each player of the team scores.)
Direct Encounter: The team with the higher number of GP aggregate over both black and white in the head-to-head matches between the tied teams (In case of tie-on match points, the Game Points on the head-to- head matches between the tied team will be used. Whoever having higher game points will be placed higher in standing)
Extended Sonneborn-Berger (EMMSB) {Total Match Point opponent × Match Point scored}
Extended Sonneborn-Berger (EGGSB), with GP calculated in accordance with the procedure in Article 5.3.1 {Total Game Point opponent × Game Point scored}
Drawing of lots (In case all the above tiebreaks not resolve the tie, then draw of lots will be used to break the tie)
The Final is played over the best-of-2 matches. There will be a drawing of lots to determine which team is white in match 1. This team will then be black in match 2. The team who wins more matches will be Champion
Time control
The time control will be 20 minutes for each player with increment of 2 seconds from move number 41.
Instead of commencing all six boards simultaneously, the games will be started in staggered manner with two games starting initially and other two games after an interval of 2 minutes and last two games will start after another interval of 2 minutes. League reserves the right to alter the interval upon giving 24 hour notice.
For more details, please check the tournament regulations
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Links
Tech Mahindra Global Chess League: Official site, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube and linkedin
Tech Mahindra: Official site, facebook, twitter, youtube and linkedin
