We've already announced that Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Wesley So are signed up to play in the inaugural season of the PRO Chess League. It is now our great pleasure to announce the full list of teams and their first boards which includes these Super-GMs as well as GMs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Li Chao. In total, over 100 grandmasters and nearly 400 total players are committed.

The French number-one, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, is the latest super-grandmaster to join the PRO Chess League.

The 48 teams composing the PRO Chess League will compete for glory and $50,000 dollars in prizes. These include teams from both North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. We only lack a team from Australia (Although Australians such as David Smerdon are playing, "Smurfo" represents the London Lions), and Antarctica.

Teams will compete in four divisions of 12 teams each. Divisions are designed to be be grouped roughly by time zone to minimizing scheduling conflicts. Who is your favorite team? Join their fan club by clicking the team names!

Blue Division (Eastern North America and South America)

Red Division (Western North America)

Green Division (Western Europe and Africa)

Orange Division (Eastern Europe and Asia)

Teams are still recruiting talented players. Because of the rating cap (the average team rating each week must be below 2500, although 2700+ players only count as 2700), these grandmasters may be less important to their team's success than the numerous young talents signed to the various rosters.

We'll be announcing a flurry of additional team rosters, the schedule, complete rules, and loads of other details soon. Stay tuned via the official club and Facebook page!

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