It's no surprise that there's still a great chess tradition in the home country of the fifth world champion, Max Euwe. What would the Pro Chess League be without a team from the capital of the Netherlands? Funnily enough, many of the p...
The Apeldoorn Apes is one of two teams from the Netherlands in this inaugural Pro Chess League. Amsterdam might be familiar to fans, but where is Apeldoorn and who are the Apeldoorn Apes? Apeldoorn is a city in the central-eastern part...
Alongside the London Lions, there's a second team from the UK capital playing in the inaugural season of the PRO Chess League. It's the London Towers, who are boasting an impressive roster as well. So far three grandmasters and three intern...
London has a huge chess tradition. It's no surprise that from the city where the first super-tournament was held way back in 1851, not one, but two teams are playing in the PRO Chess League. The London Lions is one of them, alongside t...
The Montclair Sopranos are one of the most interesting teams in the PRO Chess League. Not only do they have some strong grandmasters on their roster, they also have some of the best poker players in the world. The top players for the Sopran...
The PRO Chess League has two strong teams from Canada, as the Toronto Dragons join the Montreal Chessbrahs in the inaugural season of the league. Toronto has a very balanced team with many young grandmasters on their roster. Let's take a look at...
The San Diego Surfers are another newer U.S. Chess League team that has migrated over to the new PRO Chess League. There is a rapidly improving chess-scene in the Southern California area, and the Surfers have signed most of the top local prospect...
Iceland has joined the PRO Chess League, and they are bringing some of their top grandmasters and international masters to the PRO Chess League stage. The Reykjavik Puffins, managed by FM Ingvar Johannesson, promise to be a very dangerous t...
The Abuja Rockstars were the first team to join the PRO Chess League from the continent of Africa. They were eventually joined by two other African teams: The Lagos Leatherbacks and the Johannesburg Koeksisters. Of these, the Rockstars look t...
The Marseille Migraines were one of the final teams to join the first season of the PRO Chess League, but they promise to be one of the most dangerous teams to face. With Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on the roster, coming in at number five in the w...
The San Jose Hackers have formed a team that promises to be one of the best in the West Coast (U.S.) division, and heading the squad is current world number-12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.One exciting thing about the Hackers is that the team is ful...
It's no secret that St. Louis is one of the rising chess cities in the world. Ever since Rex Sinquefield and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis came into existence, it has been hosting major events such as the U.S. chess ch...
The Miami Champions are expecting to live up to their name, benefiting from the fact that one of the world's most talented players also happens to be a Floridian. That man: Grandmaster Blitz Battle Championship runner-up, GM Hikaru Nakamura. ...
The Delhi Dynamite are the first Asian team to sign up for the PRO Chess League, and they're looking to make quite an explosion. Some of the biggest stars of Indian chess will be playing for the Dynamite and their manager, Vishal Sareen, ...
Atlanta joined the United States Chess League just two years ago, and were one of the first teams on board in the new PRO Chess League.Manager Grant Oen is very excited about being part of the PRO Chess League: "As manager, my opinion is that broa...
Webster University is the powerhouse of collegiate chess, having claimed four straight President's Cups. Now the team will attempt to add the PRO Chess League title to its overflowing trophy case. Ray Robson will need to perform well agains...
