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The Saint Louis Arch Bishops are the winners of the 2020 PRO Chess League championship. The Armenia Eagles have been disqualified from the 2020 season due to fair play violations. After a thorough investigation, Chess.com's Fair Play...
Programming note: The New York Marshalls square off against the Armenia Eagles today beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (17:00 Central European Time) on Chess.com/TV. With only one round remaining to determine which four teams make it to the PRO C...
Update: A Thursday match featuring GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's Russia Wizards vs. GM Ray Robson's Chicago Wind will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (18:00 Central European Time). Starting Monday, ten teams will be fighting to keep their PRO Chess ...
With only one week remaining in the 2020 PRO Chess League regular season, it's time to look at the playoff picture. The playoffs will mark the first time that teams will play outside of their division, so there will be multiple interesting and e...
Week five of the PRO Chess League is in the books and the action may have left fans with more questions than answers. Here are the top five storylines from this week's matches: 1. Saint Louis is clearly the team to beat The Saint Louis Arch Bi...
It was another exciting week of online chess action in the PRO Chess League. Let's look at the top highlights of the week: France recovers to draw Saint Louis and Canada on unbeaten collision course Germany learns to trash talk Eastern Di...
The rivalries and trash talk intensified in week 3 of the PRO Chess League. Let's look at the five highlights of the week: Rooster Domination Hidden Rivalries Wasabis Spicing It Up Live St. Louis Aren't Invincible Shocking Upsets 1. ...
This week's action brought upsets, stunning sacrifices, and drama to the PRO Chess League. The Armenia Eagles overcame a challenge created by its own national championship schedule to upset the China Pandas, Alexander Grischuk completed a 4/4 swee...
Last week's PRO Chess League action has set the tone for the 2020 season. While teams like the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Russia Wizards look to improve on their opening-week wins, teams such as the China Pandas...
The 2020 PRO Chess League is back, ending a 247-day drought since the end of last season. With the new improvements to the league format, fans watched the most competitive week in PRO Chess League history. The stronger competition brought debuts f...
It's been a long off-season for PRO Chess League fans. Since the Saint Louis Arch Bishops secured their second league title 244 days ago in San Francisco, the league has brought on new improvements to achieve a more competitive season. Just 48 day...
It took a mid-tournament surge, but the Croatia Bulldogs have now secured the 24th and final position in the 2020 PRO Chess League. Led by IM Tuan Minh Le, the Bulldogs clinched a final-round match with Azerbaijan Wolves a...
The PRO Chess League Qualifiers are right around the corner, and the event will determine which team earns the final spot in the upcoming season. All eight teams are set to square off on Nov. 16, 2019, at 9 a.m. Pacific. After an intensi...
Saturday's Group D finale was only the start of an action-packed weekend in the PRO Chess League Summer Series. The Montreal Chessbrahs completed their group stage by beating the Minnesota Blizzard in their live club match...
The opening of Group D in the PRO Chess League Summer Series had it all. The Montreal Chessbrahs pulled off an improbable comeback to beat the Cannes Blitzstreams, and the Minnesota Blizzard shocked the PRO Chess League wh...
The eighth week of the PRO Chess League Summer Series could not have gone better for GM Sandro Mareco and the Sao Paulo Capybaras. The Brazilian side scored the third six-point week of the Summer Series (Saint Louis and Pi...
Group C of the PRO Chess League Summer Series could not have had a more dramatic start. In a group with three PRO Chess League playoff teams, tensions were high on Saturday, as the Armenia Eagles, Moscow Wizards, Mumbai Movers, and ...
Group B of the PRO Chess League Summer Series came to a close on Saturday with Baden Baden Snowballs and Reykjavik Puffins both clinching spots in the Summer Series Championship. The biggest surprise of the series so far came f...
Saturday's action in Group B of the PRO Chess League Summer Series saw each of the four teams do just enough to keep their Summer Series Championship hopes alive. With all four teams scoring points in the standings, fans will have to wai...
The 2020 PRO Chess League season is just around the corner, and with more teams than ever interested in qualifying for the world's only global rapid online chess league, the league will be expanding the number of qualifiers to four. The first q...
Group B of the PRO Chess League Summer Series kicked off with major upsets in both Live Club Matches. Barcelona announced their return to the PRO Chess League by burying Baden Baden in their match, which was followed by a strong showing ...
The first group of the PRO Chess League Summer Series is now complete, with the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Chengdu Pandas both clinching berths in the Summer Series Championships this August. The San Francisco Mechanics did just en...
If you thought the Saint Louis Arch Bishops were not ready for the PRO Chess League Summer Series after last week's crushing loss to the Chengdu Pandas, think again! This week's Summer Series action saw GM Varuzhan Akobian ...
The PRO Chess League Summer Series kicked off last night with Group A action as Chengdu, San Diego, Saint Louis, and San Francisco each took their first steps to qualify for the PRO Chess League Summer Series Championships this August. On openin...
Beginning this June, the chess action will be heating up in the PRO Chess League Summer Series. Fans of 16 PCL teams will join forces with some of the world's top chess professionals as they represent their teams in a series of live club ma...
