Letโs find out the schedule, teams and players of the Global Chess League Season 2 2024 as the player draft has officially concluded on Sunday, August 1
For the unversed, on Sunday, reportedly 6 franchise has selected a total of 30 worldโs top chess players for the second season of the Global Chess League, which is all set to kick off soon.
Global Chess League London Season 2 2024 schedule, date, teams squad players list, format and venue
The Season 2 of the Global Chess League is scheduled to start on October 3, 2024 and will end on 12 October. After building on the success of its inaugural season, the Global Chess League aka GCL will take place at the Friends House in London, this year. The full schedule and tickets haven’t been released yet.
In addition, to the previously announced icon players, each team had a total of 1,000 points to use during the players draft that took place on Sunday to secure 2 superstar men, 2 superstar women, and one prodigy player.
In the tournament, each team will play a total of 10 matches in a double round-robin format, with the winner of each match being decided in a best-of-six board scoring system and playing in the popular rapid format, the league’s joint male-female teams will have the rare distinction of being a unique multiplayer team.
Global Chess League Season 2 Teams
The 6 competing team includes:
Alpine SG Pipers,
Ganges Grandmasters,
Mumba Masters,
PBG Alaskan Knights,
Defending champions Continental Kings,
Newcomers American Gambits.
Global Chess League S2 Players
Magnus Carlsen will serve as the icon player for Alpine SG Pipers, while Viswanathan Anand will be the icon for Ganges Grandmasters.
Mumbai Masterโs secured Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as icon, and Triveni Continental Kings, secured Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Other icons include Hikaru Nakamura for American Gambits, and Anish Giri for PBG Alaskan Knights. Notably, Superstar Women attracted significant attention during the bidding process, with franchises investing heavily in their acquisition.
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Say hello to the game changers! Meet the star-studded lineup of American Gambits for the Global Chess League Season 2. Get ready for an incredible showcase of brilliance and innovation as we prepare to conquer the game together!! #AmericanGambits #ConquerTheGame pic.twitter.com/YbkQQAH7bK— American Gambits (@AmericanGambits) August 12, 2024
PBG Alaskan Knights retained Tan Zhongyi and also picked up Alina Kashlinskaya. Ganges Grandmasters secured Vaishali R and Nurgyul Salimova, while Alexandra Kosteniuk and Valentina Gunina joined Triveni Continental Kings.
American Gambits selected Bibisara Assaubayeva and Elisabeth Paehtz, while Mumba Masters retained Grandmasters Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli.
Global Chess League S2 Teams
Alpine SG Pipers
Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R, Richard Rapport, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno and Daniel Dardha.
Ganges Grandmasters
Viswanathan Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vaishali R, Nurgyul Salimova and Volodar Murzin.
Mumba Masters
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexander Grischuk, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli and Raunak Sadhwani.
PBG Alaskan Knights
Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Tan Zhongyi, Alina Kashlinskaya and Nihal Sarin.
Triveni Continental Kings
Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina and Javokhir Sindarov.
American Gambits
Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz and Jonas Buhl Bjerre.
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