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Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024

Sergio — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:02:45 +0000

The strongest chess event ever held in the UK – The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is due to start next month in London. The ridiculously strong event features Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, and Ian Nepomniachtchi along with 30 other world-class players including the best female and junior players in the world. Tickets are already on sale – at chess.co.uk.

Billed as the IPL of chess, this will be the second season of the Global Chess League, a ridiculously strong six-team competition run on a franchise system. Each team comprises six players and will take part in a double-round all-play-all, before the top two sides play off for the title. All games are a brisk 20 minutes per player – without any increment – so expect plenty of dramatic time scrambles.

Last year’s inaugural Tech Mahindra Global Chess League in Dubai saw a quite gripping final: Triveni Continental Kings and upGrad Mumba Masters finished level at 6-6. Two rounds of extra time or rather blitz failed to alter the equilibrium, meaning a penalty shoot-out type scenario: a series of sudden death blitz games began, ending when the young Danish Grandmaster Jonas Bjerre defeated teenage Uzbek Olympiad star Javokhir Sindarov.

Following his dominant performance in the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship – crushing Hans Niemann 17½-12½ then Alireza Firouzja by a whopping 23½-7½ in the final in Paris – all eyes will be on the dominant world number one, Magnus Carlsen, who heads up the Alpine SG Pipers. Their two ‘superstar men’ are 19-year-old Indian sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Richard Rapport, with their two ‘superstar women’ also mightily impressive: Hou Yifan and Kateryna Lagno. Throw in 18-year-old Belgian number one Daniel Dardha as the ‘prodigy’ and it’s not hard to see why the Pipers are favourites.

The legendary Vishy Anand is a worthy icon if ever there was one and heads up the Ganges Grandmasters. The former world champion will have to do battle with not just Carlsen, but his fellow icons: Hikaru Nakamura (American Gambits), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Triveni Continental Kings), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Mumba Masters) and Anish Giri (PBG Alaskan Knights).

Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2024 participants

Alpine SG Pipers Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R, Richard Rapport, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Daniel Dardha

Ganges Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vaishali R, Nurgyul Salimova, Volodar Murzin

Mumba Masters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexander Grischuk, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Raunak Sadhwani

PBG Alaskan Knights Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Tan Zhongyi, Alina Kashlinskaya, Nihal Sarin

Triveni Continental Kings Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Javokhir Sindarov

American Gambits Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz, Jonas Buhl Bjerre

The team line-ups were determined by an auction, which took place in August in Delhi. Each franchise was allocated 1000 points for five players in their team (the icon top boards were already decided), with any players they wished to retain from last year costing 200 points. Bidding for each new player began at 50 points and could go all the way up to 800!

To buy tickets for the Global Chess League (Friends House, London) please visit chess.co.uk. Tickets are available for each of the 10 days: Thursday October 3rd to Saturday October 12th. For the very keen, there’s also the option of a season pass, and packages are available for group and chess club bookings – contact info@chess.co.uk for more details.

Play begins at 1pm on each of the first nine days, with further rounds at 3pm and 4.45pm, as well as 2.15pm on some days (the final kicks off at 2.15pm on October 12th). There will be a lot of chess, high quality chess at that, as well as commentary at the venue and analysis for the audience supplied between rounds.

Global Chess League 2024 LIVE

Sergio — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 22:39:09 +0000

The strongest chess event ever held in the UK – The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League is taking place 3-12 October in London and features Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, and Ian Nepomniachtchi along with 30 other world-class players including the best female and junior players in the world.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com , with video and games coverage

Alpine SG Pipers Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa R, Richard Rapport, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Daniel Dardha

Ganges Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vaishali R, Nurgyul Salimova, Volodar Murzin

Mumba Masters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vidit Gujrathi, Alexander Grischuk, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Raunak Sadhwani

PBG Alaskan Knights Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Tan Zhongyi, Alina Kashlinskaya, Nihal Sarin

Triveni Continental Kings Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Javokhir Sindarov

American Gambits Hikaru Nakamura, Vladislav Artemiev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Elisabeth Paehtz, Jonas Buhl Bjerre

Chess Olympiad 2024 – team France

Sergio — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 10:53:37 +0000

Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024: Chess Olympiad 2024 live games / Participants open / Participants women

Team France is 12th seeded in the open section. The big absence is Alireza Firouzja. Board 1 is for Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and his teammates are Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet, Marc`andria Maurizzi, Maxime Lagarde.

In the women section team France is ranked 12th and consists of Deimante Daulyte-Cornette, Sophie Milliet, Pauline Guichard, Mitra Hejazipour, Natacha Benmesbah.

The captains of the open and women team of France are Sebastien Maze and Silvia Alexieva.

Armageddon Europe & Africa – Losers

Kamen — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The Europe and Africa edition of the Armageddon Championship is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.

More : Armageddon Europe & Africa – Winners / Armageddon Europe & Africa – Losers / Yoo vs. Pranav V – Junior Speed Chess Quaterfinal / Raunak vs. Samadov – Junior Speed Chess Quaterfinal / 14th Dolomiti Open / Serbian Championship 2023 / Serbian Women’s Championship 2023 / Asian Women’s Continental Championship / Asian Continental Championship / US National Open 2023 / US Women’s National Open 2023 / Silver Lake Open 2023 / FISCA GM 2023 / FISCA Open 2023

Armageddon Championship Series – Europe and Africa Winners

Kamen — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:15:00 +0000

The Europe and Africa edition of the Armageddon Championship is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.

More :Yoo vs. Pranav V – Junior Speed Chess Quaterfinal / Raunak vs. Samadov – Junior Speed Chess Quaterfinal / 14th Dolomiti Open / Serbian Championship 2023 / Serbian Women’s Championship 2023 / Asian Women’s Continental Championship / Asian Continental Championship

Anish Giri – Ian Nepomniachtchi, Superbet Chess Classic 2023

Kamen — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:30:00 +0000

The Superbet Chess Classic 2023 is taking place from 06-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. This is the game Anish Giri – Ian Nepomniachtchi from round 9 of Superbet Chess Classic 2023 part of Grand Chess Tour 2023. The other live games of the round include :

Live round 9 : Wesley So – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana / Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Anish Giri – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ding Liren

Replay round 8 : Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri / Ding Liren – Richard Rapport / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja / Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Wesley So

More about the Grand Chess Tour 2023: The Grand Chess Tour returns in 2023 / Grand Chess Tour 2023 is part World Championship Cycle

Replay round 7: Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Alireza Firouzja – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Wesley So – Fabiano Caruana / Anish Giri – Ding Liren / Richard Rapport – Bogdan-Daniel Deac

Replay round 6 :Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Richard Rapport / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Anish Giri / Ding Liren – Wesley So / Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Replay round 5 :Ian Nepomniachtchi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Fabiano Caruana / Alireza Firouzja – Ding Liren / Wesley So – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Anish Giri – Richard Rapport

Replay round 4 : Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Anish Giri / Richard Rapport – Wesley So / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Alireza Firouzja / Ding Liren – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Fabiano Caruana – Ian Nepomniachtchi

Replay round 3 : Fabiano Caruana – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Ding Liren / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Alireza Firouzja – Richard Rapport / Wesley So – Anish Giri

Replay round 2 :Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Wesley So / Anish Giri – Alireza Firouzja / Richard Rapport – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Ding Liren – Fabiano Caruana / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ian Nepomniachtchi

Replay round 1 : Ding Liren – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Fabiano Caruana – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Richard Rapport / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Anish Giri / Alireza Firouzja – Wesley So

Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ding Liren, Superbet Chess Classic 2023

Kamen — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:30:00 +0000

The Superbet Chess Classic 2023 is taking place from 06-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. This is the game Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ding Liren from round 9 of Superbet Chess Classic 2023 part of Grand Chess Tour 2023. The other live games of the round include :

Live round 9 : Wesley So – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana / Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Anish Giri – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ding Liren

Replay round 8 : Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri / Ding Liren – Richard Rapport / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja / Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Wesley So

More about the Grand Chess Tour 2023: The Grand Chess Tour returns in 2023 / Grand Chess Tour 2023 is part World Championship Cycle

Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Superbet Chess Classic 2023

Kamen — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:15:00 +0000

The Superbet Chess Classic 2023 is taking place from 06-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. This is the game Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from round 9 of Superbet Chess Classic 2023 part of Grand Chess Tour 2023. The other live games of the round include :

Live round 9 : Wesley So – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana / Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Anish Giri – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ding Liren

Replay round 8 : Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri / Ding Liren – Richard Rapport / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja / Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Wesley So

More about the Grand Chess Tour 2023: The Grand Chess Tour returns in 2023 / Grand Chess Tour 2023 is part World Championship Cycle

Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana, Superbet Chess Classic 2023

Kamen — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:00:00 +0000

The Superbet Chess Classic 2023 is taking place from 06-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. This is the game Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana from round 9 of Superbet Chess Classic 2023 part of Grand Chess Tour 2023. The other live games of the round include :

Live round 9 : Wesley So – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana / Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Anish Giri – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ding Liren

Replay round 8 : Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri / Ding Liren – Richard Rapport / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja / Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Wesley So

More about the Grand Chess Tour 2023: The Grand Chess Tour returns in 2023 / Grand Chess Tour 2023 is part World Championship Cycle

Wesley So – Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Superbet Chess Classic 2023

Kamen — Mon, 15 May 2023 21:36:00 +0000

The Superbet Chess Classic 2023 is taking place from 06-15 May in Bucharest, Romania. This is the game Wesley So – Jan-Krzysztof Duda from round 9 of Superbet Chess Classic 2023 part of Grand Chess Tour 2023. The other live games of the round include :

Live round 9 : Wesley So – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Richard Rapport – Fabiano Caruana / Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave / Anish Giri – Ian Nepomniachtchi / Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Ding Liren

Replay round 8 : Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri / Ding Liren – Richard Rapport / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja / Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Bogdan-Daniel Deac / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Wesley So

More about the Grand Chess Tour 2023: The Grand Chess Tour returns in 2023 / Grand Chess Tour 2023 is part World Championship Cycle