Bardiya Daneshvar at the Global Chess League

FIDE title

Grandmaster

Federation

Iran

2026 team

CheQ Mumba Masters

2026 board

Prodigy (board six)

Seasons

2025, 2026

FIDE id

12576468

Daneshvar played the Prodigy board for the upGrad Mumba Masters in 2025 and scored 7.5 points from 10 games, one of the best individual scores of the season. The franchise kept him for 2026 as the Prodigy of the CheQ Mumba Masters.

In the 2026 season Daneshvar plays for the CheQ Mumba Masters on board six as the team's Prodigy. The season runs from 5 to 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India.

Global Chess League record

In 2025 Daneshvar scored 7.5 points from 10 games in the league stage in Mumbai. The upGrad Mumba Masters were in contention for the final until the last day and finished fifth.

1. 1.2025: upGrad Mumba Masters, Prodigy. Team result: fifth. Scored 7.5 points from 10 games.

Career highlights

1. 1.Won the 2024 Sharjah Masters on tiebreak.
2. 2.Iranian champion in 2022 and World Junior Rapid Champion in 2023.
3. 3.Earned the grandmaster title in 2023.
4. 4.Scored 7.5 points from 10 games as the Prodigy of the upGrad Mumba Masters in the 2025 Global Chess League.
5. 5.On the September 2026 FIDE rating list, Daneshvar is rated 2572 in classical chess, 2546 in rapid and 2549 in blitz.

2026 season

Bardiya Daneshvar plays the 2026 season with the CheQ Mumba Masters, which runs from 5 to 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India. Daneshvar's squad mates are Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pranesh M, Carissa Yip and Harika Dronavalli.

Each Global Chess League match is played on six boards of rapid chess, one board per squad member, and a win with Black earns the team more game points than a win with White. The format and scoring page explains the points. Matches are streamed free; the how-to-watch page lists the streams and the IST start times.

• —Matches played: 4
• —Match points: 6
• —Game points: 36
• —Position: 2 of 6

1. 1.Saturday 5 September, 18:30 IST: CheQ Mumba Masters 8–10 Alpine APL Pipers
2. 2.Sunday 6 September, 17:00 IST: PBG Alaskan Knights 11–6 CheQ Mumba Masters
3. 3.Sunday 6 September, 20:00 IST: CheQ Mumba Masters 10–9 Triveni Continental Kings
4. 4.Monday 7 September, 17:00 IST: CheQ Mumba Masters 12–3 Ganges Grandmasters

Results were last checked on 7 September 2026 at 8:44 PM IST.

The 2026 final is scheduled for Sunday 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India. The champion appears here after the final.

2026 games

Daneshvar has 4 finished games in the 2026 season: 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, 4 team points earned.

1. 1.Saturday 5 September, 18:30 IST: board 6, White against Murzin, Volodar (Alpine APL Pipers), draw.
2. 2.Sunday 6 September, 17:00 IST: board 6, Black against Mishra, Abhimanyu (PBG Alaskan Knights), loss.
3. 3.Sunday 6 September, 20:00 IST: board 6, White against Pranav, V (Triveni Continental Kings), loss.
4. 4.Monday 7 September, 17:00 IST: board 6, White against Mendonca, Leon Luke (Ganges Grandmasters), win.

Frequently asked questions

More on the league: the Global Chess League 2026 hub, the schedule, the points table and the league overview with every season since 2023.