Global Chess League 2024 Venue, Location & Schedule

Venue: Friends House

Location: London

Schedule: 3rd to 12th October 2024

Official Website: https://globalchessleague.com/

GCL 2024 Format: Rapid

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.

Global Chess League 2024 Squads

American Gambits (AG) Squad

Icon: Hikaru Nakamura
Superstar Women: Bibisara Assaubayeva
Superstar Women: Elisabeth Paehtz
Superstar Men: Yu Yangyi
Superstar Men: Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Prodigy: Jonas Buhl Bjerre

Alpine SG Pipers (ASGP) Squad

Icon: Magnus Carlsen
Superstar Women: Hou Yifan
Superstar Women: Kateryna Lagno
Superstar Men: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Superstar Men: Richárd Rapport
Prodigy: Daniel Dardha

PBG Alaskan Knights (PBG) Squad

Icon: Anish Giri
Superstar Women: Tan Zhongyi
Superstar Women: Alina Kashlinskaya
Superstar Men: Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Superstar Men: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Prodigy:
Nihal Sarin

Ganges Grandmasters (GG) Squad

Icon: Viswanathan Anand
Superstar Women: Vaishali Rameshbabu
Superstar Women: Nurgyul Salimova
Superstar Men: Arjun Erigaisi
Superstar Men: Parham Maghsoodloo
Prodigy: Volodar Murzin

upGrad Mumba Masters (UMM) Squad 

Icon: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Superstar Women: Koneru Humpy
Superstar Women: Harika Dronavalli
Superstar Men: Peter Svidler
Superstar Men: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Prodigy:
Raunak Sadhwani

Triveni Continental Kings (TCK) Squad

Icon: Alireza Firouzja
Superstar Women: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Superstar Women: Valentina Gunina
Superstar Men:
Wei Yi
Superstar Men: Teimour Radjabov
Prodigy: Javokhir Sindarov

Update: The following replacements had to be made possibly due to visa issues:
TCK - Alireza replaced Ian Nepomniachtchi
UMM - Peter Svidler replaced Alexander Grischuk
AG - Yu Yangyi replaced Vladislav Artimiev

For GCL tournament standings, visit our rankings page:
Global Chess League 2024 Points Table, Standing, Results, News and Updates