NEW DELHI: The World Chess League (GCL) on Monday unveiled the six franchises that can take part in its inaugural version, going down in Dubai from June 21 to July 2.
This collaboration between Tech Mahindra and the worldwide chess federation (FIDE) will characteristic groups competing in a double round-robin, speedy format, with every staff taking part in a minimal of 10 matches.
The GCL goals to advertise staff competitors and can embrace males, ladies, and U-21 gamers in its lineup. The match will kick off with a gamers’ draft, the place franchise homeowners can have the chance to pick gamers for his or her respective groups.
The six franchises and their related groups are as follows: U SPORTS (upGrad Mumba Masters), Insurekot Sports activities (Ganges Grandmasters), Punit Balan Group (Balan Alaskan Knights), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd (Triveni Continental Kings), Chingari App (Chingari Gulf Titans), and APL Apollo-led SG Sports activities (SG Alpine Warriors).
The league boasts the participation of famend chess gamers from all over the world, together with Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, and plenty of others.
The GCL guarantees an thrilling and aggressive atmosphere as these prime gamers come collectively to showcase their expertise and characterize their respective groups.
FIDE president, Arkady Dvorkovich, stated he was wanting ahead to a profitable inaugural version.
“We’re heading in direction of its actualisation, we’ve discovered the best companions who consider within the imaginative and prescient. (We) stay up for making the league a giant success,” stated Dvorkovich in a press release on Monday.
Jagdish Mitra, chairperson, GCL Board stated, “the match will mix conventional chess with the brand new period” and can goal to “improve fan expertise by way of digitization, innovation, and know-how.”
The GCL will characteristic a mixed-team format. Every of the six franchises will take part in a double round-robin fashion, taking part in a complete of 10 matches.
In every match, the groups will compete concurrently on a number of boards, using a best-of-six board scoring system. Because of this the staff with nearly all of wins throughout the six boards will probably be declared the winner of the match.
Following the round-robin stage, the highest two groups with one of the best efficiency will advance to the ultimate. The ultimate match, scheduled for July 2, will decide the World Champion Franchise Crew.
The introduction of the mixed-team format provides an thrilling dynamic to the match, permitting gamers to collaborate and strategise as a staff whereas showcasing their particular person expertise on the chessboard.