Global Chess League, Day 9 Finals - Live!

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9/13/2026 – Today at 12:00 p.m., the 9th and final day of the Global Chess League begins with the matches for third place between the CheQ Mumba Masters (Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov, Dronavalli) and the FYERS American Gambits (Sindarov, Nihal Sarin, Assaubayeva). The final will follow at 3:00 p.m. between the Ganges Grandmasters Squad (featuring Nepomniachtchi, Aronian, and Shuvalova) and the Alpine APL Pipers (featuring Carlsen, Giri, and Deshmukh, among others). The finals consists of two matches, followed by two blitz matches if necessary, and then another Armageddon match. Live with commentary starting at 12:00 noon (6.00 AM ET, 15.30 IST) | Picture: Global Chess League
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Day 9 - Finals

The fourth season of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League (TechM GCL) is taking place from 5 to 13 September, continuing the franchise-based competition that brings together elite players in mixed-gender teams. The league features a joint team format, with men and women competing alongside each other.

Each team fields six players in a fixed order for the duration of the event. The highest-rated player, designated as the Icon, plays on board one. Boards two and three must be occupied by men, boards four and five by women, and board six by a junior player born in 2004 or later.

The league is divided into a Preliminary Stage and a Final. The preliminary stage is a double round-robin. The two teams with the most match points will qualify to the final, while the teams finishing third and fourth will compete in a match for third place.

All games are played with 20 minutes for the entire game, with a 2-second increment starting from move 41.

Live games and commentary

Teams

Global Chess League 2026

Triveni Continental Kings CheQ Mumbai Masters Ganges Grandmasters
Icon Alireza Firouzja Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Ian Nepomniachtchi
Superstar Men Wei Yi Pranesh M Levon Aronian
Superstar Men Aravindh Chithambaram Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Leinier Dominguez
Superstar Women Alexandra Kosteniuk Carissa Yip Stavroula Tsolakidou
Superstar Women Zhu Jiner Harika Dronavalli Polina Shuvalova
Prodigy Pranav Venkatesh Bardiya Daneshvar Leon Luke Mendonca
Alpine APL Pipers Fyers American Gambits PBG Alaskan Knights
Icon Magnus Carlsen Javokhir Sindarov Viswanathan Anand
Superstar Men Vidit Gujrathi Nihal Sarin Arjun Erigaisi
Superstar Men Anish Giri Daniil Dubov Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus
Superstar Women Humpy Koneru Bibisara Assaubayeva Nino Batsiashvili
Superstar Women Divya Deshmukh Sara Khadem Kateryna Lagno
Prodigy Volodar Murzin Marc'Andria Maurizzi Abhimanyu Mishra

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