Milestones
MGD1 is a chess management firm based out of Pune, India. We manage chess talent & teams, organise tournaments and build technology.
Secured $1.5 million dollar 5 year sponsorship deal for India’s star chess player Arjun Erigaisi.
The deal was covered in Indian media as well as international media.
The initiative named 64 Squares is a cohort of 6 chess players including Savitha Shri & Vantika Agarwal.
It’s a joint initiative between Pravaha Foundation and MGD1.
Secured ₹2 crore 2 year sponsorship deal for India’s women chess players.
Team MGD1 won the bronze medal in the World Rapid Team Championship 2023
WRTC is a rapid chess team tournament where 42 teams from around the world had participated.
Secured sponsorship from Tamil Nadu government to the tune of ₹1.5 Cr
Chennai Grand Masters 2023
Organised India’s strongest ever chess tournament.
MGD1 was the chess consultant for upGrad Mumba Masters in the inaugural Global Chess League.
Global Chess League is a IPL style chess league with 6 teams.
GCL is an initiative by Anand Mahindra under Tech Mahindra.
Secured associate sponsor for uMM as well.
Secured sponsorship for Team MGD1 as well.
Pro Chess League has 16 invited teams from around the world and MGD1 is one of them.
Team MGD1 stood 4th in Pro Chess League 2023.
The world’s best players play in this online
tournament organised by Chess.com for over 6
weeks.
Team MGD1 clinched the silver medal in FIDE World Blitz Team Championship 2024.
The tournament featured a two stage format- a pool stage and a knockout stage.
40 teams from around the world were part of the tournament.
After a successful Rapid team event in 2023, FIDE introduced the Blitz team event in this edition.
MGD1 was the Franchise Manager and Marketing Consultant for American Gambits.
The American Gambits were the latest debutants of the Global Chess League Season 2.
Team MGD1 Produced the Pune Leg of Women's Grand Prix 2025
The production team worked for the Official FIDE broadcast.
The tournament featured 10 top women players from across the world.
MGD1 announced the new cohort of players to be supported by Pravaha Foundation.
This is the second batch of players to be supported under ’64 Squares’.
Team MGD1 won the FIDE World Rapid Team Championship 2025
The team scored 10 wins and 1 draw in 12 rounds across 3 days.
The tournament was scheduled from June 11 to 16th in London, UK.
