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Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage

5 Sept to 12 Sept 2026 · Bengaluru, India · 6-team double round-robin · 20 min + 2 sec / move starting from move 41 Finished

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Team standings

Team standings, Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage
#	Team	1a	1b	2a	2b	3a	3b	4a	4b	5a	5b	6a	6b
1	upGrad Mumba Masters	*	*
	PBG Alaskan Knights			*	*
	Triveni Continental Kings					*	*
	Ganges Grandmasters							*	*
	FYERS American Gambits									*	*
	Alpine APL Pipers											*	*

TB1 Matchpoints (3 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses) · TB2 Special Gamepoints for white and black (Win White/Black: 3/4, Draw White/Black:1/1, Lost:0)

Ranking crosstable (Pts.). Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Team matches by round

Every team match with its boards, and team pages with full rosters.

Top 100 players in this event

GM Javokhir Sindarov ★: No. 1, 20 pts, performance 2851 (+16)
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk ★: No. 2, 20 pts, performance 2498 (+10)
IM Polina Shuvalova ★: No. 3, 20 pts, performance 2583 (+25)
IM Stavroula Tsolakidou ★: No. 4, 20 pts, performance 2468 (+12)
GM Nihal Sarin ★: No. 5, 19 pts, performance 2752 (+8)
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ★: No. 6, 19 pts, performance 2687 (+3)
GM Humpy Koneru ★: No. 7, 19 pts, performance 2458 (+3)
GM Magnus Carlsen ★: No. 8, 18 pts, performance 2837 (+5)
GM Volodar Murzin ★: No. 9, 18 pts, performance 2681 (+8)
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus ★: No. 11, 18 pts, performance 2718 (+29)
GM Nino Batsiashvili ★: No. 12, 18 pts, performance 2427 (+3)
GM Levon Aronian ★: No. 13, 17 pts, performance 2708 (-4)
GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit ★: No. 14, 17 pts, performance 2623
GM V Pranav ★: No. 15, 17 pts, performance 2576 (-2)
GM Harika Dronavalli ★: No. 16, 17 pts, performance 2540 (+17)
GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★: No. 17, 16 pts, performance 2627 (+3)
GM Erigaisi Arjun ★: No. 18, 15 pts, performance 2707 (-5)
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi ★: No. 19, 15 pts, performance 2814 (+12)
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ★: No. 20, 14 pts, performance 2746 (+6)
GM Leon Luke Mendonca ★: No. 21, 13 pts, performance 2549
GM Bibisara Assaubayeva ★: No. 22, 13 pts, performance 2423 (-4)
GM Kateryna Lagno ★: No. 23, 13 pts, performance 2429 (+1)
GM Abhimanyu Mishra ★: No. 24, 12 pts, performance 2503 (-13)
GM Pranesh M ★: No. 26, 12 pts, performance 2677 (+18)
GM Daniil Dubov ★: No. 27, 11 pts, performance 2539 (-20)
IM Carissa Yip ★: No. 28, 11 pts, performance 2291 (-9)
GM Alireza Firouzja ★: No. 29, 10/10, performance 2666 (-11)
GM Anish Giri ★: No. 30, 10/10, performance 2652 (-1)
GM Leinier Dominguez Perez ★: No. 31, 10/10, performance 2544 (-15)
GM Yi Wei ★: No. 32, 9/10, performance 2603 (-17)
GM Jiner Zhu ★: No. 33, 9/10, performance 2310 (-21)
GM Divya Deshmukh ★: No. 34, 6/10, performance 2281 (-19)
IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh ★: No. 35, 5/10, performance 2206 (-20)
GM Viswanathan Anand ★: No. 36, 4/10, performance 2503 (-27)

Standings

Standings, Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage
#	Player	Team	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Javokhir Sindarov ★	Fyers American Gambits	2732	20	10	2851	+16
2	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk ★	Triveni Continental Kings	2421	20	10	2498	+10
3	IM Polina Shuvalova ★	Ganges Grandmasters	2398	20	10	2583	+25
4	IM Stavroula Tsolakidou ★	Ganges Grandmasters	2381	20	10	2468	+12
5	GM Nihal Sarin ★	Fyers American Gambits	2698	19	10	2752	+8
6	GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ★	CheQ Mumba Masters	2664	19	10	2687	+3
7	GM Humpy Koneru ★	Alpine APL Pipers	2435	19	10	2458	+3
8	GM Magnus Carlsen ★	Alpine APL Pipers	2803	18	10	2837	+5
9	GM Volodar Murzin ★	Alpine APL Pipers	2620	18	10	2681	+8
10	GM MarcAndria Maurizzi	Fyers American Gambits	2568	18	10	2653	+12
11	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus ★	PBG Alaskan Knights	2507	18	10	2718	+29
12	GM Nino Batsiashvili ★	PBG Alaskan Knights	2406	18	10	2427	+3
13	GM Levon Aronian ★	Ganges Grandmasters	2739	17	10	2708	-4
14	GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit ★	Alpine APL Pipers	2624	17	10	2623	0
15	GM V Pranav ★	Triveni Continental Kings	2594	17	10	2576	-2
16	GM Harika Dronavalli ★	CheQ Mumba Masters	2415	17	10	2540	+17
17	GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★	Triveni Continental Kings	2604	16	10	2627	+3
18	GM Erigaisi Arjun ★	PBG Alaskan Knights	2745	15	10	2707	-5
19	GM Ian Nepomniachtchi ★	Ganges Grandmasters	2729	15	10	2814	+12
20	GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ★	CheQ Mumba Masters	2706	14	10	2746	+6
21	GM Leon Luke Mendonca ★	Ganges Grandmasters	2551	13	10	2549	0
22	GM Bibisara Assaubayeva ★	Fyers American Gambits	2451	13	10	2423	-4
23	GM Kateryna Lagno ★	PBG Alaskan Knights	2421	13	10	2429	+1
24	GM Abhimanyu Mishra ★	PBG Alaskan Knights	2598	12	10	2503	-13
25	GM Bardiya Daneshvar	CheQ Mumba Masters	2546	12	10	2514	-4
26	GM Pranesh M ★	CheQ Mumba Masters	2534	12	10	2677	+18
27	GM Daniil Dubov ★	Fyers American Gambits	2685	11	10	2539	-20
28	IM Carissa Yip ★	CheQ Mumba Masters	2356	11	10	2291	-9
29	GM Alireza Firouzja ★	Triveni Continental Kings	2748	10	10	2666	-11
30	GM Anish Giri ★	Alpine APL Pipers	2660	10	10	2652	-1
31	GM Leinier Dominguez Perez ★	Ganges Grandmasters	2657	10	10	2544	-15
32	GM Yi Wei ★	Triveni Continental Kings	2726	9	10	2603	-17
33	GM Jiner Zhu ★	Triveni Continental Kings	2465	9	10	2310	-21
34	GM Divya Deshmukh ★	Alpine APL Pipers	2419	6	10	2281	-19
35	IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh ★	Fyers American Gambits	2366	5	10	2206	-20
36	GM Viswanathan Anand ★	PBG Alaskan Knights	2721	4	10	2503	-27

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
1.2	Nihal Sarin – Erigaisi Arjun	½-½
1.3	Daniil Dubov – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	½-½
1.4	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Kateryna Lagno	½-½
1.5	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh – Nino Batsiashvili	½-½
1.6	MarcAndria Maurizzi – Abhimanyu Mishra	1-0
2.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Alireza Firouzja	½-½
2.2	Levon Aronian – Yi Wei	1-0
2.3	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	0-1
2.4	Polina Shuvalova – Jiner Zhu	1-0
2.5	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Alexandra Kosteniuk	1-0
2.6	Leon Luke Mendonca – V Pranav	0-1
3.1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Magnus Carlsen	½-½
3.2	Pranesh M – Anish Giri	1-0
3.3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	0-1
3.4	Harika Dronavalli – Divya Deshmukh	1-0
3.5	Carissa Yip – Humpy Koneru	0-1
3.6	Bardiya Daneshvar – Volodar Murzin	½-½
4.1	Alireza Firouzja – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
4.2	Yi Wei – Nihal Sarin	0-1
4.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Daniil Dubov	0-1
4.4	Jiner Zhu – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
4.5	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	1-0
4.6	V Pranav – MarcAndria Maurizzi	0-1
5.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Magnus Carlsen	½-½
5.2	Levon Aronian – Anish Giri	½-½
5.3	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	0-1
5.4	Polina Shuvalova – Divya Deshmukh	1-0
5.5	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Humpy Koneru	0-1
5.6	Leon Luke Mendonca – Volodar Murzin	½-½
6.1	Viswanathan Anand – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	½-½
6.2	Erigaisi Arjun – Pranesh M	1-0
6.3	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	0-1
6.4	Kateryna Lagno – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
6.5	Nino Batsiashvili – Carissa Yip	1-0
6.6	Abhimanyu Mishra – Bardiya Daneshvar	1-0
7.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Javokhir Sindarov	1-0
7.2	Levon Aronian – Nihal Sarin	0-1
7.3	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Daniil Dubov	½-½
7.4	Polina Shuvalova – Bibisara Assaubayeva	1-0
7.5	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	½-½
7.6	Leon Luke Mendonca – MarcAndria Maurizzi	½-½
8.1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Alireza Firouzja	1-0
8.2	Pranesh M – Yi Wei	½-½
8.3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
8.4	Harika Dronavalli – Jiner Zhu	1-0
8.5	Carissa Yip – Alexandra Kosteniuk	0-1
8.6	Bardiya Daneshvar – V Pranav	0-1
9.1	Viswanathan Anand – Magnus Carlsen	0-1
9.2	Erigaisi Arjun – Anish Giri	½-½
9.3	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	1-0
9.4	Kateryna Lagno – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
9.5	Nino Batsiashvili – Humpy Koneru	1-0
9.6	Abhimanyu Mishra – Volodar Murzin	½-½
10.1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Ian Nepomniachtchi	½-½
10.2	Pranesh M – Levon Aronian	1-0
10.3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Leinier Dominguez Perez	½-½
10.4	Harika Dronavalli – Polina Shuvalova	½-½
10.5	Carissa Yip – Stavroula Tsolakidou	1-0
10.6	Bardiya Daneshvar – Leon Luke Mendonca	1-0
11.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Magnus Carlsen	½-½
11.2	Nihal Sarin – Anish Giri	½-½
11.3	Daniil Dubov – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	0-1
11.4	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
11.5	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh – Humpy Koneru	0-1
11.6	MarcAndria Maurizzi – Volodar Murzin	0-1
12.1	Alireza Firouzja – Viswanathan Anand	½-½
12.2	Yi Wei – Erigaisi Arjun	1-0
12.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	1-0
12.4	Jiner Zhu – Kateryna Lagno	0-1
12.5	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Nino Batsiashvili	1-0
12.6	V Pranav – Abhimanyu Mishra	½-½
13.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
13.2	Levon Aronian – Erigaisi Arjun	0-1
13.3	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	1-0
13.4	Polina Shuvalova – Kateryna Lagno	1-0
13.5	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Nino Batsiashvili	0-1
13.6	Leon Luke Mendonca – Abhimanyu Mishra	1-0
14.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	½-½
14.2	Nihal Sarin – Pranesh M	1-0
14.3	Daniil Dubov – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	0-1
14.4	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
14.5	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh – Carissa Yip	0-1
15.1	Alireza Firouzja – Magnus Carlsen	½-½
15.2	Yi Wei – Anish Giri	½-½
15.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	1-0
15.4	Jiner Zhu – Divya Deshmukh	½-½
15.5	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Humpy Koneru	½-½
15.6	V Pranav – Volodar Murzin	1-0
16.1	Viswanathan Anand – Javokhir Sindarov	0-1
16.2	Erigaisi Arjun – Nihal Sarin	0-1
16.3	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus – Daniil Dubov	1-0
16.4	Kateryna Lagno – Bibisara Assaubayeva	1-0
16.5	Nino Batsiashvili – Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	1-0
16.6	Abhimanyu Mishra – MarcAndria Maurizzi	0-1
17.1	Magnus Carlsen – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1-0
17.2	Anish Giri – Pranesh M	1-0
17.3	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	½-½
17.4	Divya Deshmukh – Harika Dronavalli	0-1
17.5	Humpy Koneru – Carissa Yip	½-½
17.6	Volodar Murzin – Bardiya Daneshvar	1-0
18.1	Alireza Firouzja – Ian Nepomniachtchi	½-½
18.2	Yi Wei – Levon Aronian	½-½
18.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Leinier Dominguez Perez	½-½
18.4	Jiner Zhu – Polina Shuvalova	0-1
18.5	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Stavroula Tsolakidou	0-1
18.6	V Pranav – Leon Luke Mendonca	0-1
19.1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
19.2	Pranesh M – Erigaisi Arjun	½-½
19.3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	½-½
19.4	Harika Dronavalli – Kateryna Lagno	½-½
19.5	Carissa Yip – Nino Batsiashvili	0-1
19.6	Bardiya Daneshvar – Abhimanyu Mishra	0-1
20.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Alireza Firouzja	1-0
20.2	Nihal Sarin – Yi Wei	½-½
20.3	Daniil Dubov – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	½-½
20.4	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Jiner Zhu	½-½
20.5	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh – Alexandra Kosteniuk	½-½
20.6	MarcAndria Maurizzi – V Pranav	½-½
21.1	Magnus Carlsen – Ian Nepomniachtchi	½-½
21.2	Anish Giri – Levon Aronian	0-1
21.3	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Leinier Dominguez Perez	½-½
21.4	Divya Deshmukh – Polina Shuvalova	½-½
21.5	Humpy Koneru – Stavroula Tsolakidou	0-1
21.6	Volodar Murzin – Leon Luke Mendonca	½-½
22.1	Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	0-1
22.2	Yi Wei – Pranesh M	½-½
22.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	0-1
22.4	Jiner Zhu – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
22.5	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Carissa Yip	1-0
22.6	V Pranav – Bardiya Daneshvar	0-1
23.1	Magnus Carlsen – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
23.2	Anish Giri – Erigaisi Arjun	½-½
23.3	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	0-1
23.4	Divya Deshmukh – Kateryna Lagno	½-½
23.5	Humpy Koneru – Nino Batsiashvili	1-0
23.6	Volodar Murzin – Abhimanyu Mishra	1-0
24.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Ian Nepomniachtchi	1-0
24.2	Nihal Sarin – Levon Aronian	0-1
24.3	Daniil Dubov – Leinier Dominguez Perez	1-0
24.4	Bibisara Assaubayeva – Polina Shuvalova	1-0
24.5	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh – Stavroula Tsolakidou	½-½
24.6	MarcAndria Maurizzi – Leon Luke Mendonca	1-0
25.1	Viswanathan Anand – Alireza Firouzja	½-½
25.2	Erigaisi Arjun – Yi Wei	1-0
25.3	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
25.4	Kateryna Lagno – Jiner Zhu	0-1
25.5	Nino Batsiashvili – Alexandra Kosteniuk	0-1
25.6	Abhimanyu Mishra – V Pranav	0-1
26.1	Magnus Carlsen – Javokhir Sindarov	1-0
26.2	Anish Giri – Nihal Sarin	½-½
26.3	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Daniil Dubov	1-0
26.4	Divya Deshmukh – Bibisara Assaubayeva	0-1
26.5	Humpy Koneru – Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	½-½
26.6	Volodar Murzin – MarcAndria Maurizzi	½-½
27.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1-0
27.2	Levon Aronian – Pranesh M	1-0
27.3	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	1-0
27.4	Polina Shuvalova – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
27.5	Stavroula Tsolakidou – Carissa Yip	1-0
27.6	Leon Luke Mendonca – Bardiya Daneshvar	1-0
28.1	Magnus Carlsen – Alireza Firouzja	0-1
28.2	Anish Giri – Yi Wei	½-½
28.3	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	0-1
28.4	Divya Deshmukh – Jiner Zhu	½-½
28.5	Humpy Koneru – Alexandra Kosteniuk	½-½
28.6	Volodar Murzin – V Pranav	1-0
29.1	Viswanathan Anand – Ian Nepomniachtchi	½-½
29.2	Erigaisi Arjun – Levon Aronian	½-½
29.3	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus – Leinier Dominguez Perez	1-0
29.4	Kateryna Lagno – Polina Shuvalova	½-½
29.5	Nino Batsiashvili – Stavroula Tsolakidou	0-1
29.6	Abhimanyu Mishra – Leon Luke Mendonca	1-0
30.1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Javokhir Sindarov	0-1
30.2	Pranesh M – Nihal Sarin	1-0
30.3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Daniil Dubov	½-½
30.4	Harika Dronavalli – Bibisara Assaubayeva	½-½
30.5	Carissa Yip – Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	1-0

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