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Global Chess League 3: World Champion Gukesh returns to GCL, but Magnus Carlsen to skip this season
September 24, 2025 3:05 pm
Joining Gukesh will be top stars like five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Global Chess League's 'GCL Contenders' will let you play alongside grandmasters; here’s how to join
August 31, 2025 7:19 pm
The Global Chess League has launched a new tournament, 'GCL Contenders,' offering a direct pathway for amateurs to compete with the world's elite. Three winners will earn a spot as GCL ambassadors.
Global Chess League to be hosted by India this year after two seasons abroad
August 07, 2025 7:41 pm
The first edition of the Global Chess League was hosted in Dubai while last year, the event was in London. GCL frequently sees some of the top stars in the sport like former world champions Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand and Hou Yifan.
Can chess force broadcasters to change the channel and put it on TV?
May 07, 2025 10:07 am
Sport needs to be made attractive to casual follower, but with India possessing a young brigade of champions, there's scope for it to be viable on television
Why Hikaru Nakamura found playing at Global Chess League more appealing than being in American all-star Olympiad teams
October 15, 2024 6:15 pm
The American chess star Hikaru Nakamura has not played in any team events since the Batumi Olympiad six years ago but joined GCL because 'it is a lot more fun'.
Global Chess League: Triveni Continental Kings crowned champions again, here’s how they built a winning side with no Indian star
October 14, 2024 11:40 am
For the second time in two seasons, the Triveni Continental Kings claimed the Global Chess League title.
Will 20-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov be the most combative rival for Gukesh, Arjun & Co at 2026 Olympiad in Tashkent?
October 13, 2024 12:40 pm
The PBG Alaskan Knights star opens up about the rise of India and Uzbekistan in chess, the support for Uzbek players back home, his impression about the Global Chess League and more
How chess players tackled tricky choice of jersey numbers at GCL: Inspiration from Messi, Sachin, Dhoni, and some help from family
October 11, 2024 4:06 am
At the GCL, a unique experience for chess players: to find a jersey number. “64 has become kind of my thing. Vishy64TheKing is my Twitter handle," Anand says about his jersey choice. "But people see it and ask me ‘Oh were you born in 1964'?"
How chess made its way into Indian jails and juvenile homes as Indian youth teams win gold and bronze at international FIDE event
October 11, 2024 6:52 pm
Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte details how chess is helping jailed inmates and juveniles to leave their past behind and get recognition from outside world.
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura play out terse draw in Global Chess League
October 11, 2024 4:06 am
As expected from a clash between the world’s best players, Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen, the evaluation bar had its quietest nights of the tournament, never needing to move more than a few milimeters in either direction.
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