The Global Chess League 2025 will take place from December 13 to December 22 in Mumbai, India. It is a 6-team double round robin tournament. The team structure is:
Board 1: Icon Superstar
Boards 2–3: two men
Boards 4–5: two women
Board 6: a junior (born in 2003 or later)
The teams are UpGrad Mumba Masters, Triveni Continental Kings, Alpine SG Pipers, PBG Alaskan Knights, Ganges Grandmasters, and FYERS American Gambits. You can scroll down for the full team participants list.
More FIDE events: World Chess Cup 2025 / Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals 2025
Global Chess League 2025 Participants
Title
Name
Classical Rating
Rapid Rating
Triveni Continental Kings
GM
ALIREZA FIROUZJA2785
2844
GM
Wei YI
2754
2757
GM
VIDIT GUJRATHI
2726
2693
GM
Alexandra Kosteniuk
2483
2450
GM
Jiner Zhu
2579
2465
GM
MARC’ANDRIA MAURIZZI
2611
2506
upGrad Mumba Masters
GM
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2734
2730
GM
Wesley So
2753
2702
GM
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2730
2707
GM
Humpy Koneru
2535
2448
GM
Harika Dronavalli
2466
2435
GM
Bardiya Daneshvar
2600
2498
Fyers American Gambits
GM
Hikaru Nakamura
2810
2732
GM
Bvladislav Artemiev
2641
2727
GM
Richard Rapport
2741
2702
GM
Bibisara Assaubayeva
2497
2461
IM
Teodora Injac
2421
2360
GM
Volodar Murzin
2648
2642
Alpine SG Pipers
GM
Fabiano Caruana
2795
2751
GM
Anish Giri
2760
2685
GM
R Praggnanandhaa
2761
2663
GM
Yifan Hou
2613
2536
GM
Nino Batsiashvili
2462
2346
GM
Leon Luke Mendonca
2615
2498
Ganges Grandmasters
GM
Viswanathan Anand
2743
2727
GM
Vincent Keymer
2776
2640
GM
Javokhir Sindarov
2726
2704
IM
Polina Shuvalova
2502
2360
IM
Stavroula Teolakidou
2479
2458
GM
Raunak Sadhwani
2638
2611
PBG Alaskan Knights
GM
D Gukesh
2754
2692
GM
Arjun Erigaisi
2775
2714
GM
Leinier Dominguez Perez
2738
2703
GM
Kateryna Lagno
2508
2452
IM
Sarasadat Khadermalshariesh
2414
2356
GM
Daniel Dardha
2603
2592