Dubai, June 30 (Ians) After a spectacular performance on the ninth day of the Global Chess League, team Triveni Continental Kings joined the top two squads on 15 match points, here on Friday.
In a day which saw the favourites and tournament leaders suffer stunning defeats, team Triveni Continental Kings which had a challenging start to the league and had to replace a player mig-league managed to rise to the top. The race for the cup of the first Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is now wide open and heading for an exciting end.
Mumba Masters vs Ganges Grandmasters (10:4)
The upGrad Mumba Masters were looking for a comeback following a crushing defeat earlier in the day. They had to win the match with as many game points as possible, to rejoin in the race for the top. The tournament leaders, Ganges Grandmasters, had less pressure on them, especially after their immediate competitors,...
In a day which saw the favourites and tournament leaders suffer stunning defeats, team Triveni Continental Kings which had a challenging start to the league and had to replace a player mig-league managed to rise to the top. The race for the cup of the first Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is now wide open and heading for an exciting end.
Mumba Masters vs Ganges Grandmasters (10:4)
The upGrad Mumba Masters were looking for a comeback following a crushing defeat earlier in the day. They had to win the match with as many game points as possible, to rejoin in the race for the top. The tournament leaders, Ganges Grandmasters, had less pressure on them, especially after their immediate competitors,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Dubai, June 28 (Ians) In a historic endgame, Magnus Carlsen of Alpine Warriors defeated Viswanathan Anand and launched his team to the top of the Global Chess League, pushing Ganges Grandmasters to second.
Balan Alaskan Knights unsettled one of the top tournament performers Mumba Masters in the first match of the round.
However, all eyes were on the second match, between tournament leaders Ganges Grandmasters and Alpine Warriors. The team of Ganges Grandmasters took the lead but thanks to the unstoppable Praggnanandhaa R on the Alpine Warrior’s team, the team managed to strike back in a critical moment.
In what turned out to be the endgame for the history books, which saw two queens promoted by White and a knight promoted by Black, Carlsen managed to win and ensured his team reaches the top of the scoreboard.
Knights, who won the first round against the Masters 14:5, started with the advantage of playing with white.
Balan Alaskan Knights unsettled one of the top tournament performers Mumba Masters in the first match of the round.
However, all eyes were on the second match, between tournament leaders Ganges Grandmasters and Alpine Warriors. The team of Ganges Grandmasters took the lead but thanks to the unstoppable Praggnanandhaa R on the Alpine Warrior’s team, the team managed to strike back in a critical moment.
In what turned out to be the endgame for the history books, which saw two queens promoted by White and a knight promoted by Black, Carlsen managed to win and ensured his team reaches the top of the scoreboard.
Knights, who won the first round against the Masters 14:5, started with the advantage of playing with white.
- 6/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Dubai, June 27 (Ians) Chingari Gulf Titans caused a big upset by stunning table-toppers Ganges Grandmasters 9:7 while upGrad Mumbai Masters won a crucial match as the Global Chess League delivered another round of gripping clashes here on Tuesday.
Despite the defeat, Ganges Grandmasters continue to lead in the Global Chess League, while upGrad Mumba Masters moved one place up and are now third.
The Chingari Gulf Titans clashed with the Ganges Grandmasters in their second encounter of the Global Chess League round-robin. In the previous match, the Ganges Grandmasters had played as white and emerged victorious after winning the coin toss. This time, it was their turn to play with the black pieces.
The Ganges Grandmasters entered the match as the slight favourites -– they confidently won the first duel with the Titans with a 10:4 score and have also dominated the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. In contrast, the...
Despite the defeat, Ganges Grandmasters continue to lead in the Global Chess League, while upGrad Mumba Masters moved one place up and are now third.
The Chingari Gulf Titans clashed with the Ganges Grandmasters in their second encounter of the Global Chess League round-robin. In the previous match, the Ganges Grandmasters had played as white and emerged victorious after winning the coin toss. This time, it was their turn to play with the black pieces.
The Ganges Grandmasters entered the match as the slight favourites -– they confidently won the first duel with the Titans with a 10:4 score and have also dominated the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. In contrast, the...
- 6/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Dubai, June 25 (Ians) The fourth day of the Global Chess League started with a huge upset as the team of Ganges Grandmasters who have been dominating the first three days of the event suffered a defeat at the hands of Ronnie Screwvala’s upGrad Mumba Masters.
It was a busy day in Dubai as a large number of spectators gathered to follow the matches in the Global Chess League. The crowd exploded with excitement when the famous Indian cricket player Yuzvendra Chahal appeared, to support the team of Alpine Warriors.
This was an encounter between the leaders of the Global Chess League and the team in the middle. The Ganges Grandmasters have been dominating the league, having won all three matches played and securing nine match points. The story was somewhat different for upGrad Mumba Masters: they won one match, lost one and drew one, and started day four from the middle of the scoreboard,...
It was a busy day in Dubai as a large number of spectators gathered to follow the matches in the Global Chess League. The crowd exploded with excitement when the famous Indian cricket player Yuzvendra Chahal appeared, to support the team of Alpine Warriors.
This was an encounter between the leaders of the Global Chess League and the team in the middle. The Ganges Grandmasters have been dominating the league, having won all three matches played and securing nine match points. The story was somewhat different for upGrad Mumba Masters: they won one match, lost one and drew one, and started day four from the middle of the scoreboard,...
- 6/25/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Dubai, June 23 (Ians) The second half of the second day of the Global Chess League witnessed the great Vishy Anand face off against Magnus Carlsen when Sg Alpine Warriors went up against Ganges Grandmasters, here on Friday.
The Sg Alpine Warriors were playing their second match of the day, winning the coin toss, they opted to play with the white pieces.
All eyes were on board one where — for the first time in years — Magnus Carlsen was up against Vishy Anand, the man he beat in 2013 to claim the title of world champion for the first time.
Carlsen seized the initiative early in the game. He soon achieved an extra pawn and more initiative, leading to a better position. The former world champion Vishy Anand was in a tough sport — defending a poor position he gradually fell into time trouble. After an exchange of heavy pieces, Carlsen ended up in a significantly better position.
The Sg Alpine Warriors were playing their second match of the day, winning the coin toss, they opted to play with the white pieces.
All eyes were on board one where — for the first time in years — Magnus Carlsen was up against Vishy Anand, the man he beat in 2013 to claim the title of world champion for the first time.
Carlsen seized the initiative early in the game. He soon achieved an extra pawn and more initiative, leading to a better position. The former world champion Vishy Anand was in a tough sport — defending a poor position he gradually fell into time trouble. After an exchange of heavy pieces, Carlsen ended up in a significantly better position.
- 6/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Baku (Azerbaijan), June 12 (Ians) Young Indian Grandmasters Gukesh Dommaraju and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and top woman star Koneru Humpy along with World No.1 Magnus Carlsen and reigning Women’s World Classical Champion Ju Wenjen will line-up in a top-class field and for enhanced prize-fund in the Fide World Cup set to be held here from July 30-August 24, 2023.
The 17-year-old Gukesh is the 10th seed and leads the pack of up-and-coming young prodigies, which includes Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, and Vincent Keymer.
The knock-out chess extravaganza, held every two years, will celebrate its 10th edition at Baku and will have a combined prize pool boosted to a whopping Usd 2.5 million, the single largest amount at any chess event in the world.
In all 146 of the 206 participants in the 2023 Baku World Cup, and 71 of the 103 Women’s World Cup participants, have already been confirmed. The field will be completed between June 15-30, after the conclusion of the Zonal tournaments,...
The 17-year-old Gukesh is the 10th seed and leads the pack of up-and-coming young prodigies, which includes Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, and Vincent Keymer.
The knock-out chess extravaganza, held every two years, will celebrate its 10th edition at Baku and will have a combined prize pool boosted to a whopping Usd 2.5 million, the single largest amount at any chess event in the world.
In all 146 of the 206 participants in the 2023 Baku World Cup, and 71 of the 103 Women’s World Cup participants, have already been confirmed. The field will be completed between June 15-30, after the conclusion of the Zonal tournaments,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, June 7 (Ians) The Global Chess League held its first draft for the highly anticipated inaugural edition at the Mahindra Campus, here on Wednesday.
The Gcl, which is a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and Fide and scheduled to take place from June 21 to July 2, at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club in association with the Dubai Sports Council, has captured the attention of chess enthusiasts worldwide, with renowned players like Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, and Hou Yifan leading the pack.
The draft witnessed the selection of 36 of the world’s best chess players, who were drafted by six Gcl franchises: Ganges Grandmasters owned by Suresh Kotak led-Insurekot Sports (Ispl), Triveni Continental Kings owned by Triveni Group (Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. and Triveni Turbine Ltd.), Sg Alpine Warriors owned by Apl Apollo-led Sg Sports, Chingari Gulf Titans owned by Chingari App (Tech4Billion Group), upGrad Mumba Masters owned by Ronnie Screwvala led-u Sports,...
The Gcl, which is a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and Fide and scheduled to take place from June 21 to July 2, at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club in association with the Dubai Sports Council, has captured the attention of chess enthusiasts worldwide, with renowned players like Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, and Hou Yifan leading the pack.
The draft witnessed the selection of 36 of the world’s best chess players, who were drafted by six Gcl franchises: Ganges Grandmasters owned by Suresh Kotak led-Insurekot Sports (Ispl), Triveni Continental Kings owned by Triveni Group (Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. and Triveni Turbine Ltd.), Sg Alpine Warriors owned by Apl Apollo-led Sg Sports, Chingari Gulf Titans owned by Chingari App (Tech4Billion Group), upGrad Mumba Masters owned by Ronnie Screwvala led-u Sports,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Warsaw (Poland), May 26 (Ians) Five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour (Gct), here at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
The Norwegian Grandmaster, the World No.1, finished with a score of 24/36, taking home the $40,000 1st place prize on Thursday night.
Placed second was local favourite and defending champion Jan-Krzyzstof Duda, who led until the final day and ended just a point behind with 23/36, after nearly winning a final game against Carlsen that would have forced a playoff.
Tied for third were Wesley So of the United States and France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, each with 21.5 points, with Levon Aronian finishing in clear fifth place with 20.5.
Carlsen’s day started with a victory against Vachier-Lagrave, extending his fantastic win streak from the end of the previous day to seven.
He was then held to a draw by...
The Norwegian Grandmaster, the World No.1, finished with a score of 24/36, taking home the $40,000 1st place prize on Thursday night.
Placed second was local favourite and defending champion Jan-Krzyzstof Duda, who led until the final day and ended just a point behind with 23/36, after nearly winning a final game against Carlsen that would have forced a playoff.
Tied for third were Wesley So of the United States and France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, each with 21.5 points, with Levon Aronian finishing in clear fifth place with 20.5.
Carlsen’s day started with a victory against Vachier-Lagrave, extending his fantastic win streak from the end of the previous day to seven.
He was then held to a draw by...
- 5/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, May 23 (Ians) The Global Chess League (Gcl) on Tuesday announced a steller line-up including current World Champion Ding Liren of China and his two predecessors and five-time Champions, Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Viswanathan Anand of India, along with four-time Women’s World champion Hou Yifan for the inaugural edition to be held in Dubai next month.
The first season of the Global Chess League — a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and the world chess federation, Fide, to be played in team format — will be held at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club from June 21 to July 2, 2023, in association with the Dubai Sports Council.
The competition will be held in a one-of-a-kind joint team format at Gcl, with each team consisting of six players a minimum of two women chess players per team.
To add to the thrilling level of competition, four more World Champions besides reigning Classical...
The first season of the Global Chess League — a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and the world chess federation, Fide, to be played in team format — will be held at the Dubai Chess and Culture Club from June 21 to July 2, 2023, in association with the Dubai Sports Council.
The competition will be held in a one-of-a-kind joint team format at Gcl, with each team consisting of six players a minimum of two women chess players per team.
To add to the thrilling level of competition, four more World Champions besides reigning Classical...
- 5/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, April 8 (Ians) US star Hikaru Nakamura came out on top in a thrilling last gasp Grand Final of the Chessable Masters to seal his first Champions Chess Tour title.
According to information received here, the 35-year-old, playing from Sunrise, Fl, was in full beast-mode as he launched an all-out assault on fellow American Fabiano Caruana, the previously unbeaten tournament leader.
Caruana fought back to take it to an Armageddon tiebreak, but it was not enough as Nakamura recovered from a blunder to push one last time and win the tournament overall. Nakamura takes home a $30,000 top prize and a ticket to the Champions Chess Tour Finals.
Caruana had gone into the final unbeaten and needing just one match win while Nakamura needed to win twice due to the double-elimination format.
Yet a win against Nakamura is never easy and he was too strong. Few will argue against him being a deserved winner.
According to information received here, the 35-year-old, playing from Sunrise, Fl, was in full beast-mode as he launched an all-out assault on fellow American Fabiano Caruana, the previously unbeaten tournament leader.
Caruana fought back to take it to an Armageddon tiebreak, but it was not enough as Nakamura recovered from a blunder to push one last time and win the tournament overall. Nakamura takes home a $30,000 top prize and a ticket to the Champions Chess Tour Finals.
Caruana had gone into the final unbeaten and needing just one match win while Nakamura needed to win twice due to the double-elimination format.
Yet a win against Nakamura is never easy and he was too strong. Few will argue against him being a deserved winner.
- 4/8/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, April 7 (Ians) Magnus Carlsen’s last event as World Champion ended in failure as a dramatic match-losing mouseslip against Hikaru Nakamura dumped him out of the Chessable Masters.
According to information received here, Carlsen and his old rival, the two big beasts of online chess, had gone toe-to-toe over two drawn rapid games before the Losers Bracket Final was left hanging on a tense Armageddon play-off.
But then, in the very last seconds, disaster struck for Carlsen, who is due to vacated his world title this weekend.
Intending to play 63.Qxb6, Carlsen accidentally dropped his queen on f6 and Nakamura snaffled it off it with his king. It was “the worst possible mouseslip,” according to Gm David Howell and the game ended instantly.
Earlier, Carlsen had put in a dominating performance to power past Levon Aronian, but it was all in vain.
Nakamura now advances to the Grand Final of Chess.
According to information received here, Carlsen and his old rival, the two big beasts of online chess, had gone toe-to-toe over two drawn rapid games before the Losers Bracket Final was left hanging on a tense Armageddon play-off.
But then, in the very last seconds, disaster struck for Carlsen, who is due to vacated his world title this weekend.
Intending to play 63.Qxb6, Carlsen accidentally dropped his queen on f6 and Nakamura snaffled it off it with his king. It was “the worst possible mouseslip,” according to Gm David Howell and the game ended instantly.
Earlier, Carlsen had put in a dominating performance to power past Levon Aronian, but it was all in vain.
Nakamura now advances to the Grand Final of Chess.
- 4/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Nashik, Oct 12 (Ians) Grandmaster (Gm) Vidit Gujrathi came up with a superb performance as he helped his team, Ave Novy Bor of the Czech Republic, secure a gold medal in European Club Cup 2022 chess tournament, in the process bagging an individual silver medal on Board 2.
Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna, the top Indian chess players who represent Novy Bor, secured the long-awaited title for the club in the final round of the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria with a 3.5-2.5 victory against Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier.
It is the second championship for the Czech team — the first was in 2013.
In the final round, Harikrishna laid the foundation by securing a win with white pieces against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. On the other hand, Vidit performed at an Elo of 2885, securing six wins in a row for the team.
Ecc is one of the strongest team events and saw participation...
Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna, the top Indian chess players who represent Novy Bor, secured the long-awaited title for the club in the final round of the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria with a 3.5-2.5 victory against Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier.
It is the second championship for the Czech team — the first was in 2013.
In the final round, Harikrishna laid the foundation by securing a win with white pieces against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. On the other hand, Vidit performed at an Elo of 2885, securing six wins in a row for the team.
Ecc is one of the strongest team events and saw participation...
- 10/12/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Nashik, Oct 12 (Ians) Grandmaster (Gm) Vidit Gujrathi came up with a superb performance as he helped his team, Ave Novy Bor of the Czech Republic, secure a gold medal in European Club Cup 2022 chess tournament, in the process bagging an individual silver medal on Board 2.
Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna, the top Indian chess players who represent Novy Bor, secured the long-awaited title for the club in the final round of the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria with a 3.5-2.5 victory against Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier.
It is the second championship for the Czech team — the first was in 2013.
In the final round, Harikrishna laid the foundation by securing a win with white pieces against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. On the other hand, Vidit performed at an Elo of 2885, securing six wins in a row for the team.
Ecc is one of the strongest team events and saw participation...
Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna, the top Indian chess players who represent Novy Bor, secured the long-awaited title for the club in the final round of the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria with a 3.5-2.5 victory against Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier.
It is the second championship for the Czech team — the first was in 2013.
In the final round, Harikrishna laid the foundation by securing a win with white pieces against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. On the other hand, Vidit performed at an Elo of 2885, securing six wins in a row for the team.
Ecc is one of the strongest team events and saw participation...
- 10/12/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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