Global Chess League: Inaugurations in New York, Paris, London and Berlin

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6/9/2023 – From June 21 to July 2, the Global Chess League will be played in Dubai, with six excellent teams. Before that, inauguration events will take place in New York, London, Paris and Berlin. In Berlin, the event will take place next Sunday at the Schachfreunde Berlin, with Sebastian Siebrecht.
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With the Global Chess League, a new star competition joins the chess calendar. The league is a new team tournament launched by Tech Mahindra in cooperation with FIDE. The first edition will take place from June 21 to July 2 in Dubai, at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club. The organizing team counts with the cooperation of the Dubai Sports Council.

Six teams of six male and six female players compete in a double round-robin with a rapid time control. The teams are composed of four top male players and two top female players.

The teams include a number of household names and the line-ups are exquisite. With Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanthan Anand, Tan Zhongyi, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Hou Yifan, three world champions and three women world champions are competing. The German colours are represented by Elisabeth Pähtz, who plays together with Carlsen, Gukesh, Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa in the Alpine Warriors. The second woman in the team is Irina Krush.

The teams are backed by franchise partners who were able to put together their teams after a special selection process. The players were previously allocated to the sections "ICONS", "Superstars Men", "Superstars Women" and "Prodigies".

The teams

SG Alpine Warriors

Balan Alaskan Knights

Chingari Gulf Titans

Ganges Grandmasters

Triveni Continental Kings

upGrade Mumba Masters

The organisers are expecting a huge response from the many top stars and the crowd-pleasing format, with up to 600 million viewers in 160 countries watching the games live.

Before the actual tournament, inaugurations will take place in the metropolises of New York, London, Paris and Berlin.

Sebastian Siebrecht was commissioned to present the Global Chess League in Berlin. Germany's great chess promoter chose the halls of the Schachfreunde Berlin, one of the oldest and strongest clubs in the German capital, as the setting.

This is particularly fitting since Magnus Carlsen made his first appearance in the Bundesliga there as a 14-year-old in 2005. At that time, the club was still called SF Berlin-Neukölln and Carlsen played in the competition against Wattenscheid. His opponent there was Carlsen's later second and coach, Peter Heine Nielsen. Carlsen lost in his Bundesliga debut.

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1.Nf3       Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d4 Nb6 9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Re1 This move is more ambitious than the old 13.b3 , which allows Black to break loose by cxd5 14.exd5 e6 13...cxd5 14.exd5 Rc8 14...Nac4 15.b3 Nd6 16.Bf4 Rc8 -see below and CBM 105 15.Bf4 Nbc4?! This is hardly good. Tactical tricks don't work and the a5 knight remains out of play. Other possibilities: 15...Nac4 16.b3 Nd6 Black improves the position of his knight. 16...Nb2?! 17.Qd2 Bf5 18.Ncb5! Nd3 19.Nxf5 Nxe1 20.Nxg7 Nxg2 21.Be5 Rf8 22.Kxg2 a6 23.Nc3± Ftacnik 16...Bg4!? 17.Qxg4 Bxd4 18.Bd2 18.Rac1 Nd6 19.Bd2 Bf6 19...Nf5!? 20.Nb5 Rxc1 21.Bxc1 Bg7 22.Nxa7 Nxd5 23.Nb5 Qd7 24.a4 e6 Ftacnik 20.h4 Qd7 21.Qb4 Nf5 22.Ne4 Nxd5 23.Nxf6+ Nxf6 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bg5 1-0 Miton,K-Bobras,P/Lubniewice 2003/ EXT 2004 (45) 18...Bf6 19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.d6 Nxd2 21.d7 Rxc3 22.dxe8Q+ Qxe8 23.Rac1 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093 (39) 17.Qd2 17.Rc1 Bg4!? 17...Nf5 18.Nde2 Na8 19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Ne4 e5 21.dxe6 Bxe6 22.Bg5 1-0 Cvitan,O-Milu,R/Medulin 2002/CBM 090 ext (26) 18.Qd2 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Nb5 20.Nxb5 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Qd7 22.a4 1/2-1/2 Filippov, V-Johannesson,I/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 no vc (50) 17...Nf5 17...Na8 18.Rad1 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Qa5 20.Re3 Nc7 21.a4 21.Rae1 Ncb5 22.Ndxb5 Nxb5 23.Ne4 Qxd2 24.Nxd2 Kf8 25.Nc4 Ftacnik 21...Na6 22.Rae1 Qb4 23.R1e2 Bg4 24.Re1 Bd7 25.h4 Nc5 0-1 Tkachiev,V-Ye Jiangchuan/Shanghai 2001/CBM 085/[Ftacnik] (48) 18...Qa5 19.Ne4 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Nc7 21.Bxd6 exd6 22.Rf1 Bb5 23.Nxd6 Bxf1 24.Bxf1 Nxd5 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Nf5 gxf5 27.Rxd5 f4 28.Rd7± 1-0 Rogozenko,D-Ftacnik,L/Hamburg 2004/ CBM 100 ext (61) 17...Bf5 18.a4 a6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.h4 Bh3 21.Bh1 h5 22.Kh2 Bg4 23.Bg2 Nf5 24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.d6! exd6 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.a5 Nc8 28.Nd5± 1-0 Miton,K-Kempinski,R/Warsaw 2003/CBM 095/[Ftacnik] (35) 18.Nde2 18.Nce2 Nxd4 18...e5 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Rad1 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bg4 22.Bxb7 1/2-1/2 Kresz,L-Kopasov,E/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 97 19.Nxd4 Bg4 20.h3 e5 21.hxg4 exf4 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Qxf4 Rd8 Ftacnik 18...h6!? 18...e5 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Qxd8 Rexd8 21.Rac1 Rd7 22.Ne4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 25.Bb8 a5 26.Ba7 1-0 Filippov,V-Nedev,T/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (53) 19.h4 h5 20.Rac1 Rc5 21.Red1 Nc8 22.Ne4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Ncd6 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Nd3 Qb6 26.Ne5 26.Be5 Bh6 27.Bf4 Bg7 28.Be5 Bh6 29.Bf4 Bg7 1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Nataf,I/Montreal CAN 2005/The Week in Chess 533 26...Rd8 27.Qc3 Bd7 28.Qc7 Qxc7 29.Rxc7 Bb5 30.Nc3 Ba6 31.Ne4 Bxe5 32.Bxe5 Ne8 33.Rc1 b6= 0-1 Kuljasevic,D-Kozul,Z/Zagreb 2004/CBM 105 (64) - see annotations in CBM105 15...h6!? is interesting to push the white bishop from its active position: 16.Be5 16.h3 g5 17.Bc1 e6 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 Qxd1+ 21.Nxd1 fxe6 22.Kf1 Nd5 23.Rb1 b6 1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Smirin,I/Togliatti 2003/CBM 094 ext 16.Rc1 g5 17.Be3 17.Be5? f6 is the point! 17...Nac4 18.b3 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Qc7 20.Qd3 Qd6 21.Nf5 Qa3 22.Rc2 Bxc3 23.Nxh6+ Kg7 24.Nxf7 Qa6 25.Qe4 Bf6 26.Ne5 Kf8 27.Qg6 Bxe5 28.Rf3+ Bf6 29.Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2 Ilic,Z-Yermolinsky,A/San Francisco 2003/EXT 2004 16...Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Nbc4 18.Re1 Nxb2 19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Ne6 g5 21.Re5 fxe6 22.Rxg5+ hxg5 23.Qxg5+ Kf7 24.Qh5+ Kg7 25.Qg5+ Kf7 26.Qf4+ Kg7 27.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Timofeev,A/Moscow 2004/CBM 104 16.b3 Nb2 This tactical idea meets a very nice riposte in the present game. The other option was 16...Qb6 (a logical consequence of the previous move but White is better anyway) 17.Nce2 Na3 17...Nd6 18.Qd2 Nf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Rac1 e5 21.Be3 Qa6 22.Bf1 b5 23.Nc3 Bd7 24.Ne4± 1-0 Merrifield, D-Clark,R/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess CBM 103 (29) 18.Qd2 e5 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Rac1 [+] Bg4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Be3 Rd8 23.Qc1 Qd6 24.h3 Bxe2 25.Nxe2 b6 26.Nf4± h6? 27.Nd5 g5 28.Bd2 Nc6 29.b4? 29.f4!+- 29...Nb5 1/2-1/2 Tania,S-Ganguly,S/Mumbai 2003/CBM 093 ext 17.Qd2 Nac4 18.bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qd3 Nb2 20.Qe3 Nc4 Repetition of moves? No!
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The presentation will take place next Sunday, 11 June, from 10.30 a.m. at the SF Berlin clubhouse, Bülowstraße - 94/corner Frobenstraße.

At the same time, a large rapid chess tournament with over 120 participants will be played at the venue. Among others, GMs Marco Baldauf and Rainer Polzin, IMs Nikolas Wachiner, Lars Thiede and Michael Klenburg (ISR), as well as Martin Jogstedt (SWE), Johannes Florstedt (Berlin Champion), Magnus Ermitsch, Jürgen Federau and the newly crowned German U14 Champion Harvard Haug will participate.

Photo: SF Berlin

Sebastian Siebrecht will also present his chess programme "Fascination Chess"  and will face amateur players in the event "Beat the Grandmaster".

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