PRO Chess League 2017 (Games and Results) PRO Chess League 2017 Mark Crowther - Monday 27th March 2017

The PRO Chess League was a rapid chess tournament taking place on the chess.com website, it ran 11th January to 26th March 2017. 48 city based teams from throughout the world start in four groups with matches being held every Wednesday. There are four players per team and they play each member of the opposition once (although substitutes are allowed) for a total of four games. The top six teams in each group qualify for the next stage. The final four play in a decider on the weekend of 25th-26th March. Time control 15 minutes plus 2 seconds a move. Leading players: Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov etc.

Live video commentary on the chess.com website.

Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, and Fabiano Caruana helped their teams (the Norway Gnomes, the Montreal ChessBrahs, and the St. Louis Arch Bishops) into the final four of the PRO Chess League. The Stockholm Snowballs are the final team to join the final four after they beat Marseille Migraines (top board MVL). The Championship Weekend takes place March 25th-26th. Semi-final matches (Norway Gnomes beat Stockholm Snowballs vs and St. Louis Arch Bishops beat the Montreal ChessBrahs,on Saturday (both after blitz tie-breaks) setting up a Norway Gnomes (top board Carlsen) vs St. Louis Arch Bishops (top board So) on Sunday, The St. Louis Arch Bishops won the final 9-7. Magnus Carlsen managed a 4-0 score in the final including a win against Wesley So but it wasn't enough. A huge turn around to win for Ben Finegold vs Sebastian Mihajlov in the third set of games was a huge moment in the match.

PRO Chess League 2017 (chess.com INT)

Wed 11th Jan 2017 - Sun 26th Mar 2017 - Official Site - Results - Live PRO League Pacific 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC:15m+2spm) PRO League Atlantic 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC:15m+2spm) PRO League Central 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC:15m+2spm) PRO League Group Stage (7 Rds League Club TC:15m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Group PRO League Eastern 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC:15m+2spm) PRO League KO Stage 2017 (5 Rds League Club TC:15m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games KO

PRO League Atlantic 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC: 15m+2spm)

PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT Wed 11th Jan 2017 - Sun 26th Mar 2017

Leading Final Round 7 Standings: Rk Team + - Pts TB1 1 Montreal ChessBrahs (Bye) 6 1 65.5 27 2 Buenos Aires Krakens (Bye) 5 2 58.5 27 3 Toronto Dragons 5 2 71 26.5 4 Montclair Sopranos 5 2 66 22.5 5 Philadelphia Inventors 4.5 2.5 62 26.5 6 Miami Champions 4 3 62 22 7 New Jersey Knockouts 3.5 3.5 55 27 8 New York Knights 3 4 55.5 28 9 Patagonia Penguins 3 4 50 23 10 Atlanta Kings 2.5 4.5 56.5 25.5 11 Carolina Cobras 2 5 42.5 21 12 Columbus Cardinals 0 7 26.5 23.5 12 teams

PRO League Group Stage (7 Rds League Club TC: 15m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Group

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PRO League Eastern 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC: 15m+2spm)

PRO League Eastern 2017 chess.com INT Wed 11th Jan 2017 - Sun 26th Mar 2017

Leading Final Round 7 Standings: Rk Team + - Pts TB1 1 Delhi Dynamite (Bye) 5 2 65.5 20.5 2 Budapest Gambit (Bye) 4.5 2.5 62 24.5 3 Gorky Stormbringers 4.5 2.5 61 19 4 Norway Gnomes 3.5 3.5 60 28 5 Mumbai Movers 3.5 3.5 54 27 6 Riga Magicians 3.5 3.5 56.5 25.5 7 Ljubljana Direwolves 3.5 3.5 51.5 24.5 8 Belgrade Sparrows 3.5 3.5 62.5 18.5 9 Odisha Express 2 5 45 20 10 Amaravati Yodhas 1.5 5.5 48.5 16 11 Shymkent Nomads 1 6 44.5 23 12 Johannesburg Koeksisters 1 6 40 20.5 12 teams

PRO League Central 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC: 15m+2spm)

PRO League Central 2017 chess.com INT Wed 11th Jan 2017 - Sun 26th Mar 2017

Leading Final Round 7 Standings: Rk Team + - Pts TB1 1 Marseille Migraines (Bye) 5 2 67 27 2 Stockholm Snowballs (Bye) 5 2 62.5 24 3 Amsterdam Mosquitoes 4 3 58.5 26 4 Cannes Blockbusters 4 3 56 25.5 5 London Lions 4 3 55.5 25 6 London Towers 4 3 68 23 7 Hamburg Swashbucklers 3.5 3.5 53.5 25 8 Apeldoorn Apes 3 4 56.5 21 9 Reykjavik Puffins 2.5 4.5 62 23.5 10 Dublin Desperados 2 5 56.5 19.5 11 Abuja Rockstars 2 5 39 17.5 12 Lagos Leatherbacks 0 7 26.5 21.5 12 teams

PRO League Pacific 2017 (7 Rds League Club TC: 15m+2spm)

PRO League Pacific 2017 chess.com INT Wed 11th Jan 2017 - Sun 26th Mar 2017

Leading Final Round 7 Standings: Rk Team + - Pts TB1 1 St Louis Arch Bishops (Bye) 6 1 70.5 29.5 2 Webster Windmills (Bye) 6 1 68.5 27.5 3 Dallas Destiny 5.5 1.5 67 29 4 San Diego Surfers 5.5 1.5 68 26 5 Rio Grande Ospreys 5 2 58.5 31 6 San Jose Hackers 4 3 59 33.5 7 Las Vegas Desert Rats 3.5 3.5 59.5 29 8 Minnesota Blizzard 3 4 51 28.5 9 Seattle Sluggers 3 4 57 25 10 San Francisco Mechanics 3 4 52.5 23 11 Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers 3 4 47 21.5 12 Portland Rain 0.5 6.5 36.5 27 12 teams

PRO League KO Stage 2017 (5 Rds League Club TC: 15m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games KO

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