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<h2 id="franchises">Franchises</h2> SG Alpine Warriors<table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Player name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></th><th>Country</th><th>Date of birth</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Magnus_Carlsen/TGIKWDIH">Magnus Carlsen</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a></td><td>30 November 1990</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Gukesh_Dommaraju/DgSQLXFw">Gukesh Dommaraju</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>29 May 2006</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Arjun_Erigaisi/aaTbPmut">Arjun Erigaisi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>03 September 2003</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Irina_Krush/xb6HfAYd">Irina Krush</a></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a></td><td>24 December 1983</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Elisabeth_Paehtz/auoYcfPd">Elisabeth Paehtz</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a></td><td>08 January 1985</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Praggnanandhaa_Rameshbabu/poVclPTF">Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>10 August 2005</td></tr></tbody></table> Balan Alaskan Knights<table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Player name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th><th>Country</th><th>Date of birth</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Ian_Nepomniachtchi/JI9ezrkf">Ian Nepomniachtchi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499"></a></td><td>14 July 1990</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Nodirbek_Abdusattorov/rzK0dEm6">Nodirbek Abdusattorov</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Uzbekistan/o8wfw2xR"></a></td><td>18 September 2004</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Teimour_Radjabov/avMFqmwE">Teimour Radjabov</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ"></a></td><td>12 March 1987</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Tan_Zhongyi/H57BefDt">Tan Zhongyi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a></td><td>29 May 1991</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Nino_Batsiashvili/hdhXfYPs">Nino Batsiashvili</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE"></a></td><td>01 January 1987</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Raunak_Sadhwani/ybTg2BPK">Raunak Sadhwani</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>22 December 2005</td></tr></tbody></table> Chingari Gulf Titans<table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Player name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></th><th>Country</th><th>Date of birth</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Jan-Krzysztof_Duda/PBYgLC23">Jan-Krzysztof Duda</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D"></a></td><td>26 April 1998</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov/3qNY2hvc">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ"></a></td><td>12 April 1985</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Daniil_Dubov/vLopcSMQ">Daniil Dubov</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499"></a></td><td>18 April 1996</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Alexandra_Kosteniuk/knfXHEtt">Alexandra Kosteniuk</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe"></a></td><td>23 April 1984</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Polina_Shuvalova/s8XtI9Ds">Polina Shuvalova</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499"></a></td><td>12 March 2001</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Nihal_Sarin/4FeU6qJ7">Nihal Sarin</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>13 July 2004</td></tr></tbody></table> Ganges Grandmasters<table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Player name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></th><th>Country</th><th>Date of birth</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Viswanathan_Anand/4bbYydet">Viswanathan Anand</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>11 December 1969</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Rapport/j3UqMPAT">Richard Rapport</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN"></a></td><td>25 March 1996</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Leinier_Dominguez_Perez/4gzyLaCL">Leinier Dominguez Perez</a></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a></td><td>23 September 1983</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Hou_Yifan/WlCzrhqW">Hou Yifan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a></td><td>27 February 1994</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Bella_Khotenashvili/jJc6sJAq">Bella Khotenashvili</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE"></a></td><td>01 June 1988</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Andrey_Esipenko/ePb2kF01">Andrey Esipenko</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499"></a></td><td>22 March 2002</td></tr></tbody></table> Triveni Continental Kings<table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Player name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></th><th>Country</th><th>Date of birth</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Levon_Aronian/8B7Kao3m">Levon Aronian</a></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a></td><td>06 October 1982</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Yu_Yangyi/58pSFdU3">Yu Yangyi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a></td><td>08 June 1994</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Wei_Yi/xtxfRGPF">Wei Yi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a></td><td>02 June 1999</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Kateryna_Lagno/uIAvw693">Kateryna Lagno</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499"></a></td><td>27 December 1989</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Nana_Dzagnidze/uuSIW8pG">Nana Dzagnidze</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE"></a></td><td>01 January 1987</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Jonas_Buhl_Bjerre/MADmBN3z">Jonas Buhl Bjerre</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw"></a></td><td>26 June 2004</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Sara_Khadem/nyTVj7aD">Sara Khadem</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8"></a></td><td>10 March 1997</td></tr></tbody></table> UpGrad Mumba Masters<table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Player name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></th><th>Country</th><th>Date of birth</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave/xR3njzos">Maxime Vachier-Lagrave</a></td><td><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a></td><td>21 October 1990</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Grischuk/5f9EP1D9">Alexander Grischuk</a></td><td><a href="/facts/FIDE/8oWF3499"></a></td><td>31 October 1983</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Vidit_Gujrathi/wdR34r3U">Vidit Gujrathi</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>24 October 1994</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Humpy_Koneru/U2GzfR3z">Humpy Koneru</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>31 March 1987</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/Harika_Dronavalli/dCpQNwLC">Harika Dronavalli</a></td><td><a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a></td><td>12 January 1991</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Javokhir_Sindarov/dTooarta">Javokhir Sindarov</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Uzbekistan/o8wfw2xR"></a></td><td>08 December 2005</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="points-system">Points system</h2> <p>Teams earn gamepoints (GP) and matchpoints (MP) according to their performance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h3>Gamepoints</h3> <ul><li>Four GPs for winning a game with Black.</li> <li>Three GPs for winning a game with White.</li> <li>One GP for a draw.</li> <li>Zero GPs for a loss.</li></ul> <h3>Matchpoints</h3> <ul><li>Three MPs for teams that score more GPs than their opposing team.</li> <li>One MP for teams who score the same GPs as their opposing teams.</li> <li>Zero MPs for the teams that score fewer GP than their opposing teams.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-link">External link</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://globalchessleague.com">Official site</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240531202453/https://globalchessleague.com/">Archived</a> 2024-05-31 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"What is Global Chess League - Teams, format, schedule and players". 21 June 2023. 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