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Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026

6 Teams - Double Round Robin tournament with Unique Scoring System in in Bengaluru , India between 5 - 13 September 2026 . 6 Players will be in every team with fixed board order as Highest rated player ( called "icon" + 2 Men + 2 women + A player "prodigy" who is 21 years old or younger. )
Six teams compete in a double round-robin
Time control 20 mn
The two teams with the most matchpoints (see below) qualify for the Final.

TEAMS

Alpine SG Pippers

Magnus Carlsen - Anish Giri - Vidit Gujrathi
Divya Deshmukh - Koneru Humpy - Volodar Murzin

Fyers American Gambits

Javokhir Sindarov - Nihal Sarin - Daniil Dubov
Bibisara Assaubayeva - Sara Khadem - Marc'Andria Maurizzi

Ganges Grandmasters

Ian Nepomniachtchi - Levon Aronian - Leinier Dominguez
Polina Shuvalova - Stavroula Tsolakidou - Leon Luke Mendonca -

CheQ Mumba Masters

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Vladimir Fedoseev
Carissa Yip - Harika Dronavalli - Bardiya Daneshvar

PBG Alaskan Knights

Viswanathan Anand - Arjun Erigaisi - Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus
Kateryna Lagno - Nino Batsiashvili - Abhimanyu Mishra

Triveni Continental Kings

Alireza Firouzja - Wei Yi - Aravindh Chithambaram
Zhu Jiner - Alexandra Kosteniuk - Pranav Venkatesh

Scoring System for Game Points GP

4 GP (3+1) : A player wins the Game with Black Pieces
3 GP: A player wins the Game with White Pieces
1 GP: Draw
0 GP : Defeat

Scoring System for Match Points (MP)

3 MP: The team that scores more Game Points
1 MP: If both teams are level on Game Points
0 MP : The team that scores lesser Game Points than the opponent

5 - 13 September 2026
Bengaluru , India
6 teams , 36 players

Watch the games -- Results

FINAL

Ganges Grandmasters - Alpine APL Pipers : 3 - 1 ( Match 2 : 4 - 2 ; Match 1 : 3 - 3 )

3rd Place

FYERS American Gambits - CheQ Mumba Masters : 4 - 0 ( Match 2 : 4 - 2 ; Match 1 : 3.5 - 2.5 )

Standings

Rank	Teams	Match	Game Point
1	Ganges Grandmasters	18	95
2	Alpine SG Pippers	18	88
3	Fyers American Gambits	15	86
4	CheQ Mumba Masters	15	85
5	Triveni Continental Kings	12	81
6	PBG Alaskan Knight	12	80

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RESULTS

Standings -- Watch the games

September 12

Alpine APL Pipers - Triveni Continental King : 6 - 11
PBG Alaskan Knights - Ganges Grandmasters: 9 - 7
CheQ Mumba Masters - FYERS American Gambits: 11 - 6

September 11

PBG Alaskan Knights - Triveni Continental King : 7 - 13
Alpine APL Pipers - FYERS American Gambits : 9 - 7
Ganges Grandmasters - CheQ Mumba Masters: 16 - 1

September 10

Alpine APL Pipers - Ganges Grandmasters : 4 - 12
Triveni Continental King - CheQ Mumba Masters: 5 - 14
Alpine APL Pipers - PBG Alaskan Knights: 11 - 6
Ganges Grandmasters - FYERS American Gambits: 5 - 13

September 9

Alpine APL Pipers - CheQ Mumba Masters: 11 - 6
Triveni Continental King - Ganges Grandmasters : 3 - 15
PBG Alaskan Knights - CheQ Mumba Masters : 11 - 6
Triveni Continental King - FYERS American Gambits : 5 - 8

September 8

Ganges Grandmasters - PBG Alaskan Knights : 12 - 8
FYERS American Gambits - CheQ Mumba Masters : 6 - 11
Triveni Continental King - Alpine APL Pipers : 10- 4
PBG Alaskan Knights - FYERS American Gambits: 9 - 12

September 7

PBG Alaskan Knights - Alpine APL Pipers : 9 - 7
CheQ Mumba Masters - Ganges Grandmasters : 12 - 3
Alpine APL Pipers - FYERS American Gambits : 15 - 3
PBG Alaskan Knights - Triveni Continental King : 6 - 11

September 6

Alpine APL Pipers - Ganges Grandmasters: 11 - 6
CheQ Mumba Masters - PBG Alaskan Knights: 6 - 11
Ganges Grandmasters - FYERS American Gambits : 9 - 7
Triveni Continental King - CheQ Mumba Masters: 9 - 10

September 5

FYERS American Gambits - Triveni Continental King: 14 - 5
FYERS American Gambits - PBG Alaskan Knights: 10 - 4
CheQ Mumba Masters - Alpine APL Pipers: 8 - 10
Triveni Continental Kings - Ganges Grandmasters : 9 - 10

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