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Global Chess League 2025 - League Stage

Double Round-RobinRapid

36 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 14 Dec 2025 to 22 Dec 2025 in Mumbai, India. 36 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2730, and top seed was Alireza Firouzja (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2754).

Bardiya Daneshvar (🇮🇷 IRI, GM, 2498) won with 7.5/10, ahead of Alireza Firouzja (7.5) and Javokhir Sindarov (7.0). Daneshvar shared the lead from round 9, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Polina Shuvalova (IM, 2360) beat Yifan Hou (GM, 2536), a +176-point gap.

Location
🇮🇳Mumbai, India
Dates
14 Dec 2025 → 22 Dec 2025
Time control
Rapid: 40 Moves in 20 Min. / Incr. 2 Sec. /
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷GMAlireza Firouzja2754
Avg top 10
2,730
Participants
36
Titled players · 36
GM×32
IM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×9
🇺🇸United States of America×4
🇨🇳China×3
🇫🇷France×3
🇷🇺Russia×2
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

Tight race until R10; 2 players tied at 7.5/10, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2.557.510R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Batsiashvili takes lead
Daneshvar7.5Firouzja7.5Batsiashvili7Sindarov7Zhu6.5Wei6.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE19 Dec

GM Nino Batsiashvili takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R10 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/10. Daneshvar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Bardiya Daneshvar 3 wins (R8–R10)GM Alireza Firouzja 5 wins (R1–R5)GM Nino Batsiashvili 3 wins (R4–R6)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Daneshvar, BardiyaGM2498IRI+16N+27B−15N+36N=11B=16B=27N+15B+36B+11N7.542.045.032.752763+34.6
2Firouzja, AlirezaGM2754FRA+29B+21N+9B+33B+23N−29N−21B=9N+33N+23B7.541.545.033.502919+21.2
3Sindarov, JavokhirGM2704UZB−7B+28N+14B+35N+17N−7N+28B=14N+35B=17B7.043.046.029.002834+17.2
4Batsiashvili, NinoGM2346GEO+13N+30B=24B+25B+26N+13B−30N=24N=25N=26B7.042.046.033.002541+26.2
5Wei, YiGM2751CHN+34B=10N=20B+22B=18N−34N+10B=20N=22N+18B6.543.547.031.252804+7.2
6Zhu, JinerGM2435CHN=8B+31N=12B=19B=32N+8N−31B=12N+19N+32B6.543.547.030.752561+17.4
7Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarGM2707AZE+3N+17B=28N=14N=35B+3B−17N=28B−14B+35N6.045.048.030.002756+6.8
8Hou, YifanGM2536CHN=6N−19B+32B=12B−31N−6B+19N+32N+12N+31B6.044.548.027.002503-4.2
9Nakamura, HikaruGM2732USA=21B+23N−2N=29N=33B+21N+23B=2B=29B=33N6.044.548.027.002803+9.8
10Erigaisi ArjunGM2714IND=20N=5B=22N−18B+34B+20B−5N+22B=18N+34N6.044.548.026.252773+8.2
11Maurizzi, MarcAndriaGM2506FRA=15B+36N−27B=16B=1N+15N=36B+27N=16N−1B5.546.049.024.752604+13.4
12Assaubayeva, BibisaraGM2461KAZ=31B=32N=6N=8N+19B=31N+32B=6B−8B=19N5.545.549.025.752482+2.8
13Kosteniuk, AlexandraGM2450SUI−4B=26N+25B+30B=24N−4N+26B−25N+30N=24B5.545.049.023.752407-5.8
14Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM2703USA=17N=35B−3N=7B+28B=17B−35N=3B+7N=28N5.047.050.025.002685-2.4
15Mendonca, Leon LukeGM2498IND=11N−16B+1B+27B+36N−11B+16N−1N−27N=36B5.047.050.023.752570+9.6
16Sadhwani, RaunakGM2611IND−1B+15N=36B=11N=27N=1N−15B=36N=11B+27B5.047.050.023.252547-8.6
17Rapport, RichardGM2702HUN=14B−7N+35N=28N−3B=14N+7B=35B=28B=3N5.047.050.023.002685-2.2
18So, WesleyGM2702USA=22N=20B=34N+10N=5B+22B−20N=34B=10B−5N5.046.550.024.752703+0.2
19Shuvalova, PolinaIM2360FID+32B+8N+31B=6N−12N−32N−8B+31N−6B=12B5.046.550.022.502466+14.4
20Artemiev, VladislavGM2727RUS=10B=18N=5N=34N=22B−10N+18B=5B=34B−22N4.547.551.022.752662-9.0
21Gukesh DGM2692IND=9N−2B−33N=23B+29B−9B+2N=33B−23N+29N4.547.551.022.502703+1.6
22Keymer, VincentGM2640GER=18B=34N=10B−5N=20N−18N+34B−10N=5B+20B4.547.551.020.752680+5.4
23Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGM2730FRA+33N−9B+29N=21N−2B=33B−9N=29B+21B−2N4.547.551.018.002695-4.8
24Dronavalli, HarikaGM2435IND+30N=25B=4N+26N=13B−30B−25N=4B−26B=13N4.547.051.023.252338-13.4
25Injac, TeodoraIM2360SRB+26B=24N−13N−4N=30B−26N+24B+13B=4B−30N4.547.051.022.252353-2.4
26Khademalsharieh, SarasadatIM2356ESP−25N=13B=30N−24B−4B+25B−13N+30B+24N=4N4.547.051.021.252354-0.2
27Murzin, VolodarGM2642FID=36B−1N+11N−15N=16B=36N=1B−11B+15B−16N4.049.052.019.752469-23.4
28Praggnanandhaa RGM2663IND=35N−3B=7B=17B−14N+35B−3N=7N=17N=14B4.049.052.018.002621-5.8
29Caruana, FabianoGM2751USA−2N+33B−23B=9B−21N+2B=33N=23N=9N−21B4.048.552.021.002655-13.4
30Tsolakidou, StavroulaIM2358GRE−24B−4N=26B−13N=25N+24N+4B−26N−13B+25B4.047.552.020.502317-11.2
31Lagno, KaterynaGM2452RUS=12N−6B−19N−32B+8B=12B+6N−19B=32N−8N3.549.553.019.752338-15.6
32Koneru, HumpyGM2448IND−19N=12B−8N+31N=6B+19B−12N−8B=31B−6N3.549.553.016.252339-14.8
33Anand, ViswanathanGM2727IND−23B−29N+21B−2N=9N=23N=29B=21N−2B=9B3.549.053.017.002622-14.4
34Giri, AnishGM2685NED−5N=22B=18B=20B−10N+5B−22N=18N=20N−10B3.548.553.018.252597-12.0
35Vidit, Santosh GujrathiGM2650IND=28B=14N−17B−3B=7N−28N+14B=17N−3N−7B3.050.054.015.002547-13.6
36Dardha, DanielGM2592BEL=27N−11B=16N−1B−15B=27B=11N=16B−1N=15N3.050.054.014.252402-25.6

Key insights

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