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Global Chess League 2026

Global Chess League 2026 Schedule and Results

Every match, day by day, in IST

Thirty round-robin matches over eight days in Bengaluru, from Saturday 5 to Saturday 12 September 2026, then the final on Sunday 13 September. Every team plays every other team twice. Finished matches show the game-point score; the rest show the start time.

Fixtures and results

Days one to six have four matches each, starting at 3:30 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM IST. Days seven and eight have three, from 5:00 PM. A match is six games played at once, one per board, and the score shown is the game points: 4 for a win with Black, 3 for a win with White, 1 each for a draw. The points table turns those scores into match points.

Day 1

Saturday 5 September

The Fyers American Gambits lead with six match points after two wins. The Alpine APL Pipers and Ganges Grandmasters each won their only match and have three points. Read the full Day 1 report

  1. Match 13:30 PMPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights4–10FYERS American Gambits logoGambits
  2. Match 25:00 PMTriveni Continental Kings logoKings9–10Ganges Grandmasters logoGrandmasters
  3. Match 36:30 PMCheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters8–10Alpine APL Pipers logoPipers
  4. Match 48:00 PMFYERS American Gambits logoGambits14–5Triveni Continental Kings logoKings

Day 2

Sunday 6 September

Ganges Grandmasters ended the Fyers American Gambits' winning run, while Alpine APL Pipers and PBG Alaskan Knights also won. The Gambits, Grandmasters and Pipers finish Day 2 level on six match points. Read the full Day 2 report

  1. Match 53:30 PMAlpine APL Pipers logoPipers11–6Ganges Grandmasters logoGrandmasters
  2. Match 65:00 PMCheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters6–11PBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights
  3. Match 76:30 PMGanges Grandmasters logoGrandmasters9–7FYERS American Gambits logoGambits
  4. Match 88:00 PMTriveni Continental Kings logoKings9–10CheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters

Day 3

Monday 7 September

  1. Match 93:30 PMPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights9–7Alpine APL Pipers logoPipers
  2. Match 105:00 PMCheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters12–3Ganges Grandmasters logoGrandmasters
  3. Match 116:30 PMAlpine APL Pipers logoPipers15–3FYERS American Gambits logoGambits
  4. Match 128:00 PMPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights6–11Triveni Continental Kings logoKings

Day 4

Tuesday 8 September

  1. Match 133:30 PMGanges Grandmasters logoGrandmastersvPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights
  2. Match 145:00 PMFYERS American Gambits logoGambitsvCheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters
  3. Match 156:30 PMTriveni Continental Kings logoKingsvAlpine APL Pipers logoPipers
  4. Match 168:00 PMFYERS American Gambits logoGambitsvPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights

Day 5

Wednesday 9 September

  1. Match 173:30 PMCheQ Mumba Masters logoMastersvAlpine APL Pipers logoPipers
  2. Match 185:00 PMGanges Grandmasters logoGrandmastersvTriveni Continental Kings logoKings
  3. Match 196:30 PMPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnightsvCheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters
  4. Match 208:00 PMTriveni Continental Kings logoKingsvFYERS American Gambits logoGambits

Day 6

Thursday 10 September

  1. Match 213:30 PMAlpine APL Pipers logoPipersvGanges Grandmasters logoGrandmasters
  2. Match 225:00 PMCheQ Mumba Masters logoMastersvTriveni Continental Kings logoKings
  3. Match 236:30 PMAlpine APL Pipers logoPipersvPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights
  4. Match 248:00 PMGanges Grandmasters logoGrandmastersvFYERS American Gambits logoGambits

Day 7

Friday 11 September

  1. Match 255:00 PMTriveni Continental Kings logoKingsvPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnights
  2. Match 266:30 PMAlpine APL Pipers logoPipersvFYERS American Gambits logoGambits
  3. Match 278:00 PMGanges Grandmasters logoGrandmastersvCheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters

Day 8

Saturday 12 September

  1. Match 285:00 PMTriveni Continental Kings logoKingsvAlpine APL Pipers logoPipers
  2. Match 296:30 PMPBG Alaskan Knights logoKnightsvGanges Grandmasters logoGrandmasters
  3. Match 308:00 PMFYERS American Gambits logoGambitsvCheQ Mumba Masters logoMasters

Day 9

Sunday 13 September

Final. The two teams are decided by the round-robin table.

Every finished day gets a written review on the daily reports page: who won each match, the boards that decided them and how the points table moved.

Results are taken from the live broadcast of the games and appear here after every finished match. Every match streams free; the channels and the commentary team are on the watch page, and seats in the hall are on the tickets page.