Global Chess League 2025

Global Chess League 2025
AssociationFIDE
LeagueGlobal Chess League
SportChess
Defending championsTriveni Continental Kings (2024)
HostsMumbai
DurationDecember 14–23, 2025
Teams6
Season MVPAlireza Firouzja (male)
Hou Yifan (female)
Finals
ChampionsAlpine SG Pipers
  Runners-upTriveni Continental Kings
Final MVPAnish Giri
Global Chess League
Most recent season or competition:
2025
SportChess
Founded2023
Founder
First season2023
No. of teams6
ConfederationFIDE
Most recent
champion		Alpine SG Pipers
(2025)
Most titlesTriveni Continental Kings (2 titles)
BroadcasterStar Sports
Streaming partnersJioHotstar, Chess.com
SponsorTech Mahindra
Tournament formatRound-robin, Knockout
Official websiteOfficial website

The Global Chess League 2025, known for sponsorship reasons as the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025, was the third season of the annual over-the-board rapid chess league organized by FIDE. It was held in Mumbai from December 14 to 23, 2025.[1] It was a joint venture organized by Tech Mahindra and FIDE.[2]

It featured six teams of six players each, and involved ten round-robin matches, followed by a final match between the top two teams. Alpine SG Pipers, led by Fabiano Caruana won the event after defeating the defending champions Triveni Continental Kings, led by Alireza Firouzja in the final.[3][4][5] Anish Giri was named Player of the Final for winning both his games in the final. Alireza Firouzja was named Male Player of the Season. Hou Yifan was named Female Player of the Season.

Group stage

Rank Team MP GP Qualification
1 Triveni Continental Kings 24 102 Advance to Final match
2 Alpine SG Pipers 15 84
3 Ganges Grandmasters 15 83 Advance to Third place match
4 PBG Alaskan Knights 15 73
5 upGrad Mumba Masters 12 92
6 Fyers American Gambits 9 76

Final

Third place

Name 1 2 TB1 TB2 Total
Ganges Grandmasters 1 0 0 0 1
PBG Alaskan Knights 0 1 1 1 3
Results
Match 1
Ganges Grandmasters 4–2 PBG Alaskan Knights
Viswanathan Anand 1–0 Gukesh Dommaraju
Vincent Keymer 0–1 Arjun Erigaisi
Javokhir Sindarov 1–0 Leinier Domínguez
IM Polina Shuvalova 1–0 Kateryna Lagno
IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 0–1 IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
Raunak Sadhwani 1–0 Daniel Dardha
Match 2
PBG Alaskan Knights 3½–2½ Ganges Grandmasters
Gukesh Dommaraju ½–½ Viswanathan Anand
Arjun Erigaisi 1–0 Vincent Keymer
Leinier Domínguez 1–0 Javokhir Sindarov
Kateryna Lagno 0–1 IM Polina Shuvalova
IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 0–1 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou
Daniel Dardha 1–0 Raunak Sadhwani
Tiebreaker 1
Ganges Grandmasters 2½–3½ PBG Alaskan Knights
Viswanathan Anand ½–½ Gukesh Dommaraju
Vincent Keymer 0–1 Arjun Erigaisi
Javokhir Sindarov 1–0 Leinier Domínguez
IM Polina Shuvalova 0–1 Kateryna Lagno
IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 0–1 IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
Raunak Sadhwani 1–0 Daniel Dardha
Tiebreaker 2
PBG Alaskan Knights 4–2 Ganges Grandmasters
Gukesh Dommaraju 1–0 Viswanathan Anand
Arjun Erigaisi 0–1 Vincent Keymer
Leinier Domínguez 1–0 Javokhir Sindarov
Kateryna Lagno 1–0 IM Polina Shuvalova
IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 0–1 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou
Daniel Dardha 1–0 Raunak Sadhwani

Final

Name 1 2 Total
Triveni Continental Kings 0 0 0
Alpine SG Pipers 1 1 2
Results
Match 1
Triveni Continental Kings 2–4 Alpine SG Pipers
Alireza Firouzja 1–0 Fabiano Caruana
Wei Yi 0–1 Anish Giri
Vidit Gujrathi ½–½ R Praggnanandhaa
Zhu Jiner ½–½ Hou Yifan
Alexandra Kosteniuk 0–1 Nino Batsiashvili
Marc'Andria Maurizzi 0–1 Leon Luke Mendonca
Match 2
Alpine SG Pipers 4½–1½ Triveni Continental Kings
Fabiano Caruana 1–0 Alireza Firouzja
Anish Giri 1–0 Wei Yi
R Praggnanandhaa 1–0 Vidit Gujrathi
Hou Yifan ½–½ Zhu Jiner
Nino Batsiashvili 0–1 Alexandra Kosteniuk
Leon Luke Mendonca 1–0 Marc'Andria Maurizzi

Franchises

Alpine SG Pipers
Board Player Rating Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 Fabiano Caruana 2751 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 4
2 Anish Giri 2685 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 3½
3 R Praggnanandhaa 2663 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 4
4 Hou Yifan 2536 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
5 Nino Batsiashvili 2346 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 7
6 Leon Luke Mendonca 2498 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 5
upGrad Mumba Masters
Board Player Rating Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2730 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 4½
2 Wesley So 2702 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 5
3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2707 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 6
4 Koneru Humpy 2448 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 3½
5 Harika Dronavalli 2435 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 4½
6 Bardiya Daneshvar 2498 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½
Fyers American Gambits
Board Player Rating Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 Hikaru Nakamura 2732 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6
2 Vladislav Artemiev 2727 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 4½
3 Richárd Rapport 2702 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5
4 Bibisara Assaubayeva 2461 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 5½
5 IM Teodora Injac 2360 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 4½
6 Volodar Murzin 2642 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 4
PBG Alaskan Knights
Results
Board Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 Gukesh Dommaraju 2692 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 4½
2 Arjun Erigaisi 2714 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 6
3 Leinier Domínguez 2703 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 5
4 Kateryna Lagno 2360 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 3½
5 IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2356 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 4½
6 Daniel Dardha 2592 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3
Ganges Grandmasters
Board Player Rating Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 Viswanathan Anand 2727 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3½
2 Vincent Keymer 2640 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 4½
3 Javokhir Sindarov 2704 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 7
4 IM Polina Shuvalova 2452 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 5
5 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 2358 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 4
6 Raunak Sadhwani 2611 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5
Triveni Continental Kings
Board Player Rating Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 Alireza Firouzja 2754 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 7½
2 Wei Yi 2751 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 6½
3 Vidit Gujrathi 2650 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 3
4 Zhu Jiner 2435 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 6½
5 Alexandra Kosteniuk 2450 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 5½
6 Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2506 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 5½

References

  1. ^ Alberto Colodro, Carlos (14 December 2025). "Global Chess League 2025: Indians in action, preview, teams, format, scoring system, timings". ChessBase. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  2. ^ "What is Global Chess League - Teams, format, schedule and players". 21 June 2023. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  3. ^ P.K. Ajith Kumar. "GCL 2025: Alpine SG Pipers clinch title to end Triveni Continental Kings' reign". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Alpine SG Pipers defeat Triveni Continental Kings to emerge as new Tech Mahindra GCL Champions". FIDE. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  5. ^ McGourty, Colin (23 December 2025). "Caruana's Alpine SG Pipers Win 2025 Global Chess League". Chess.com. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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