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On Thursday, October 3, Mumbai Masters and American Gambits locked horns in the first match of the Global Chess League (GCL) 2024 at the Friends House in London, England. Ganges Grandmasters and Alpine SG Pipers met in the second and PBG Alaskan Knights squared off with Triveni Continental Kings in the next.
The season 1 runner-up Mumba Masters lost to America Giants 6-11 in the season-opener in the first game. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bibisara Assaubayeva, and Jonas Buhl Bjerre won their respective games for the Giants. Harika Dronavalli was the only winner from the Masters while Hikaru Nakamura and Yu Yangyi tied with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Svidler Peter, respectively.
Alpine SG Pipers defeated Ganges Grandmasters 6-11 in the second game. Pipers’ Chess Giants Magnus Carlsen and R Praggnanandhaa tied their first games while Richard Rapport and Hou Yifan won 4-0 in their opening games.
PBG Alaskan Knights registered a dominating victory over the defending champions Triveni Continental Kings 15-3. Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Nihal Sarin were the shining stars for the Knights.
Global Chess League 2024: Results (Thursday, October 3)
Match 1: Mumba Masters lost to American Giants 6-11
Game 1: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave tied with Hikaru Nakamura (1-1)
Game 2: Vidit Gujrathi lost to Jan-Krzysztof Duda (3-0)
Game 3: Svidler Peter tied with Yu Yangyi (1-1)
Game 4: Humpy Koneru lost to Bibisara Assaubayeva (3-0)
Game 5: Harika Dronavalli beat Elisabeth Paehtz (4-0)
Game 6: Raunak Sadhwani lost to Jonas Buhl Bjerre (3-0)
Match 2: Ganges Grandmasters lost to Alpine SG Pipers 6-11
Game 1: Viswanathan Anand tied with Magnus Carlsen (1-1)
Game 2: Arjun Erigaisi tied with R Praggnanandhaa (1-1)
Game 3: Parham Maghsoodloo lost to Richard Rapport (4-0)
Game 4: Vaishali Rameshbabu lost to Hou Yifan (4-0)
Game 5: Nurgyul Salimova beat Kateryna Lagno (3-0)
Game 6: Volodar tied with Dardha Daniel (1-1)
Match 3: PBG Alaskan Knights beat Triveni Continental Kings 15-3
Game 1: Anish Giri tied with Alireza Firouzja (1-1)
Game 2: Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Wei Yi (4-0)
Game 3: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Teimour Radjabov (4-0)
Game 4: Zhongyi Tan tied with Alexandra Kosteniuk (1-1)
Game 5: Alina Kashlinskaya tied with Valentina Gunina (1-1)
Game 6: Nihal Sarin beat Javokhir Sindarov (4-1)
Global Chess League 2024: Fixtures (Friday, October 4)
Match 4: Mumba Masters vs Ganges Grandmasters
Match 5: PBG Alaskan Knights vs American Gambits
Match 6: Triveni Continental Kings vs Alpine SG Pipers
Match 7: Mumba Masters vs PBG Alaskan Knights
