Format

This tournament is a double round-robin between 6 teams of six players each, and the two best teams qualify to final phase. Each team is composed by one "icon" on board 1, two male players on boards 2 and 3, two female players on boards 4 and 5, and one junior on board 6.

Scoring

Each game is scored according to:

• Win with black: 4 Game Points (GPs)
• Win with white: 3 GPs
• Draw: 1 GP
• Loss: 0 GPs

The match is scored according to:

• Team that scores most GPs: 3 Match Points (MPs)
• Team that scores the same as rivals: 1 MPs
• Team that scores fewer: 0 MPs

After the double round-robin ends, the two teams with most MPs qualify to the final. The final is a best of two match, with a blitz game as tiebreaker.

Time Controls

Rapid 15+10. Players cannot agree to a draw before 30 moves each.

Teams

Triveni Continental Kings (Avg Elo: 2613)

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1. GM Levon Aronian (USA, 2743)
2. GM Yangyi Yu (China, 2734)
3. GM Yi Wei (China, 2716)
4. GM Kateryna Lagno (Russia, 2494)
5. GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia, 2543)
6. GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark, 2535)

Chingari Gulf Titans (Avg Elo: 2628)

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1. GM Jan-Krzystof Duda (Poland, 2794)
2. GM Shahriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2694)
3. GM Daniil Dubov (Russia, 2727)
4. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (FIDE, 2524)
5. IM Polina Shuvalova (Russia, 2357)
6. GM Sarin Nihal (India, 2672)

SG Alpine Warriors (Avg Elo: 2589)

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1. GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2829)
2. GM Gukesh D (India, 2629)
3. GM Arjun Erigasi (India, 2714)
4. GM Irina Krush (USA, 2400)
5. GM Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany, 2373)
6. GM Praggnanandhaa R (India, 2587)

Balan Alaskan Knights (Avg Elo: 2600)

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1. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, 2760)
2. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan, 2703)
3. GM Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2694)
4. GM Zhongyi Tan (China, 2517)
5. GM Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia, 2358)
6. Raunak Sadhwani (India, 2567)

Ganges Grandmasters (Avg Elo: 2639)

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1. GM Viswanathan Anand (India, 2713)
2. GM Richard Rapport (Romania, 2761)
3. GM Leinier Domínguez Pérez (USA, 2706)
4. GM Yifan Hou (China, 2540)
5. GM Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia, 2414)
6. Andrey Esipenko (FIDE, 2682)

UpGrad Mumba Masters (Avg Elo: 2611)

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1. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2767)
2. GM Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2716)
3. GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (India, 2665)
4. GM Humpy Koneru (India, 2469)
5. GM Dronavalli Harika (India, 2450)
6. GM Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, 2596)

Today's Schedule

Match 21

29th June 2023, 13:30 UTC

Alpine Warriors vs. Ganges Grandmasters

Match 22

29th June 2023, 14:50 UTC

Ganges Grandmasters vs. Balan Alaskan Knights

Standings

Media

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