Global Chess League organizers announced the results of the Season 4 draft. The event will take place in Bengaluru, India, from September 3 to 13.

GCL Season 4 features 6 international teams of 6 players:

FYERS American Gambits

  • 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov
  • 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva
  • 🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin
  • 🇷🇺 Daniil Dubov
  • 🇪🇸 Sara Khadem
  • 🇫🇷 Marc Andria Maurizzi

Alpine APL Pipers

  • 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen
  • 🇳🇱 Anish Giri
  • 🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi
  • 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh
  • 🇮🇳 Koneru Humpy
  • 🇷🇺 Volodar Murzin

Ganges Grandmasters

  • 🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi
  • 🇺🇸 Levon Aronian
  • 🇺🇸 Leinier Dominguez
  • 🇷🇺 Polina Shuvalova
  • 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou
  • 🇮🇳 Leon Luke Mendonca

upGrad 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

The event features two stages. In the Preliminary Stage, teams play Double round-robin with the top 2 teams advancing to the Playoff Final. Teams finishing 3rd and 4th compete in a Playoff for 3rd place. In the Playoffs, matches are played in best-of-two format. Time control for the event is Rapid 20+0, with 2-second increment from move 41.

The Global Chess League is an annual franchise-based team competition held since 2023. The event is organized by FIDE in joint venture with Tech Mahindra. The fourth season follows the 2025 edition held in Mumbai, India, where the Alpine SG Pipers won the title.

Credit: Bibisara Assaubayeva Instagram