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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. [1] [2] 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. [3] The PCL has a total prize fund of $50,000 compared to a prize fund of $10,000 in the USCL. [4]
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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.
| Division Quarterfinals | Division Semifinals | Division Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Delhi Dynamite | 6.5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Norway Gnomes | 9 | 4 | Norway Gnomes | 9.5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Mumbai Movers | 7 | 4 | Norway Gnomes | 9.5 | |||||||||
| 3 |  Gorky Stormbringers | 6.5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Budapest Gambit | 6.5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Gorky Stormbringers | 8 | 3 | Gorky Stormbringers | 9.5 | |||||||||
| 6 |  Riga Magicians | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Division Quarterfinals | Division Semifinals | Division Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Marseille Migraines | 10.5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cannes Blockbusters | 7 | 5 |  London Lions | 5.5 | |||||||||
| 5 | London Lions | 9 | 1 | Marseille Migraines | 6.5 | |||||||||
| 2 |  Stockholm Snowballs | 9.5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stockholm Snowballs | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Amsterdam Mosquitoes | 7.5 | 6 | London Towers | 7.5 | |||||||||
| 6 | London Towers | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
| Division Quarterfinals | Division Semifinals | Division Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Montreal Chessbrahs | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Montclair Sopranos | 9 | 4 | Montclair Sopranos | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 | Philadelphia Inventors | 7 | 1 | Montreal Chessbrahs | 10 | |||||||||
| 2 |  Buenos Aires Krakens | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Buenos Aires Krakens | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto Dragons | 7.5 | 6 | Miami Champions | 6 | |||||||||
| 6 | Miami Champions | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
| Division Quarterfinals | Division Semifinals | Division Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | St. Louis Arch Bishops | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Diego Surfers | 9.5 | 4 | San Diego Surfers | 7.5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Rio Grande Ospreys | 6.5 | 1 | St. Louis Arch Bishops | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | Webster Windmills | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Webster Windmills | 9.5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Dallas Destiny | 7.5 | 6 | San Jose Hackers | 6.5 | |||||||||
| 6 | San Jose Hackers | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
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.
| Semifinals | PCL Championship | ||||||||
| E4 | Norway Gnomes | 10 | |||||||
| C2 | Stockholm Snowballs | 6 | |||||||
| E4 | Norway Gnomes | 7 | |||||||
| P1 | St. Louis Arch Bishops | 9 | |||||||
| A1 | Montreal Chessbrahs | 8 (8, 1) | |||||||
| P1 | St. Louis Arch Bishops | 8 (8, 3) | |||||||
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