Chess

Ganges Grandmasters are the only team in the Global Chess League to have three victories out of all three matches. This was a duel between two teams in the middle of the scoreboard looking to make a push to the top. Following the first two rounds, both had three Match Points each and 15 Game Points.

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

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.

upGrad Mumba Masters, Ganges Grandmasters, Balan Alaskan Knights, Triveni Continental Kings, Chingari Gulf Titans and SG Alpine Warriors are the new franchises for the league that will commence with a players' draft in which franchise owners will select players for their respective teams.

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

The ten-player round-robin tournament will be hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club at the World Chess Hall of Fame from June 3-13, 2023. Former FIDE Women's rapid chess champion Humpy, who has a current rating of 2576, will be the top seed in the lineup while Harika, with a rating of 2511

Both Ding and Nepomniachtchi finished 7-7 after exhilarating 14 classical games, taking the match into the tie-breaker. In the tie-break, Ding Liren defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi 2.5-1.5 in the 2023 FIDE World Championship final, becoming the first Chinese male player to win the chess world championship.

The logo has been strategically launched 64 days before the inauguration of the first-ever GCL, a number that is well-known in the chess world GCL is the world's largest and first-ever league-styled chess tournament set to take place from June 21 to July 2. The first edition of GCL will feature six teams with six players each, including a minimum of two female players and one icon player per team.

Starting the last round as the joint overnight leader with the favourite, Arnav Kheredekar, this 24-year old from Andhra Pradesh drew his last round quickly with Darsh Shetty and ended in a three-way tie at the top with the remaining results going his way. Kheredekar lost to IM Viramaditya Kulkarni and Aayush Shirodkar lost to Sauravh Khhedekar.

The event, the second leg of Chess.com's 2 million dollar Champions Chess Tour, began on Monday with a star-studded field in Division I headed by Carlsen and American rival Hikaru Nakamura. Right from the start, it was clear the two big beasts of online chess were in for a rough ride. Carlsen, playing in his last event as world.