PRO Chess League 2017 - Games and Results

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.