
The upGrad Mumba Masters were the slight favourites. The team led by Maxime-Vachier Lagrave was always around the top but slipped in the final days. Chingari Gulf Titans were on the bottom of the board and struggling. Still, they had the advantage of white pieces.
Ganges Grandmasters were dominating the League from the outset but then suffered two consecutive defeats, leaving them on 12 match points and in second place. For the result, but also for their psychological stability, Ganges Grandmasters had to make a comeback.
Both the Titans and the Kings started round eight at the bottom of the scoreboard, struggling in the league
THE GLOBAL CHESS LEAGUE'S inaugural edition continues on its seventh day.
The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League delivered another round of gripping clashes as the Chingari Gulf Titans triumphed over the event leaders, Ganges Grandmasters, with a score of 9:7. In another intense battle, the upGrad Mumba Masters emerged victorious against the Triveni Continental Kings, securing the win on the final two boards.
It was a bitter-sweet moment for upGrad Mumba Masters’ player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. While the Frenchman overpowered Magnus Carlsen, his team fell short by a point against the rivals in the fifth match of the Global Chess League being played in Dubai.
SG Alpine Warriors won the coin toss but opted to play as Black. This is the second time it has happened in the Global Chess League that a team winning the coin flip decided to pin their hopes more on Black (due to an extra point in case Black wins) than on the initiative of the first move.
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, with four match points.
The Maharashtra Ironmen were crowned the champions of the first ever season of the Premier Handball League (PHL) after they secured victory against the Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh in the final that ended 38-24 in their favour
In the 6th match of Global Chess League where Balan Alaskan Knights took on Triveni Continental Kings, both sides went in hard and the games were tough
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