The 2017 PRO Chess League Season was the inaugural season of the PRO Chess League. It started on January 11, 2017, and ended March 26. 48 teams participated, twelve of which had previously participated in the USCL. After the end of the first season, the St. Louis Arch Bishops defeated the Norway Gnomes, thus securing their first title. The PCL has a total prize fund of $50,000 compared to a prize fund of $10,000 in the USCL.
Standings
Eastern Division 5 2 20.5 65.5 4.5 2.5 24.5 62 4.5 2.5 19 61 3.5 3.5 28 60 3.5 3.5 27 54 3.5 3.5 25.5 56.5 3.5 3.5 24.5 51.5 3.5 3.5 18.5 62.5 2 5 20 45 1.5 5.5 16 48.5 1 6 23 44.5 1 6 20.5 40Central Division 5 2 27 67 5 2 24 62.5 4 3 26 58.5 4 3 25.5 56 4 3 25 55.5 4 3 23 68 3.5 3.5 25 53.5 3 4 21 56.5 2.5 4.5 23.5 62 2 5 19.5 56.5 2 5 17.5 39 0 7 21.5 26.5 Atlantic Division 6 1 27 65.5 5 2 27 58.5 52 26.5 71 52 22.5 66 4.52.5 26.5 62 4 3 22 62 3.5 3.5 27 55 3 4 28 55.5 34 23 50 2.54.5 25.5 56.5 2 5 21 42.5 0 7 23.5 26.5Pacific Division 61 29.5 70.5 6 1 27.5 68.5 5.51.5 29 67 5.51.5 26 68 52 31 58.5 4 3 33.5 59 3.5 3.5 29 59.5 3 4 28.5 51 34 25 57 34 23 52.5 34 21.5 47 1.55.5 27 36.5
Playoffs After the end of the regular season, the top six teams from each division qualify for the playoffs with each team being seeded 1–6 based on regular season wins.
Eastern division
Central division
Atlantic division
Pacific division
Semifinals and championship
During the semifinal round, regardless of the participating teams, the winner of the Eastern Division played the winner of the Central Division, and the winner of the Atlantic Division played the winner of the Pacific Division.
Awards Award Player TeamMVP Wesley So St. Louis Arch BishopsMVP Magnus Carlsen Norway GnomesMVP Georg Meier Stockholm Snowballs Best Female Deimante Daulyte Cannes Blockbusters U2600 Yannick Gozzoli Marseille Migraines U2500 Nikolay Noritsyn Toronto Dragons U2400 Nico Zwirs Apeldoorn Apes U2300 Richard Francisco Atlanta Kings U2200 Nicholas Rosenthal St. Louis Arch Bishops
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