<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Sjohm_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Sjohm_0vzdxclf00" width="720" height="480" ><figcaption>More...</figcaption></figure><p>It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.</p><h2>The Alaskan Knights extend their lead</h2><p>The sixth day was a day of firsts at the Global Chess League in London: Alireza Firouzja suffered his first loss, while R Praggnanandhaa and Anish Giri picked up their first wins of the event. All three matches had the exact same score of 5-14.</p><h2>Alpine SG Pipers - upGrad Mumba Masters: 0-3 (5-14)</h2><p>The first result was a draw between Humpy and Yifan. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated Magnus Carlsen for the second consecutive year at the Global Chess League. Peter Svidler and Raunak Sadhwani scored the crucial wins against Richard Rapport and Raunak Sadhwani to ensure upGrad Mumba Masters to beat Alpine SG Pipers. R Praggnanandhaa scored the sole win for his team, Alpine SG Pipers, as he defeated Vidit Gujrathi. It was also his first win of the tournament.</p><p><b>28.Ne2</b> started a nice sequence: <b>28...Re6 29.Nxf4 Rxe5 30.Nd3 Rd4</b> and now Magnus needed to capture the rook and bishop 31.Nxe5 Rxd2 32.Nxc6 when the game would have ended in a draw. Instead, he blundered with <b>31.Rc2</b> and missed that there is a ...Re6 retreat which saves both the rook and the bishop.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4-PA-1Amz90?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Magnus Carsen for the second consecutive year at the Global Chess League | Video: ChessBase India</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Ugrbr_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Ugrbr_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="759" ></figure><p>Maxime Vachier-Lagrave made a strong comeback after losing to Alireza Firouzja twice in consecutive days</p><p>Magnus Carlsen made a little kid's day after the kid walked to the front row of the audience and stretched his arm, hoping to tag the world no.1.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MagnusCarlsen</a> makes the little kid's day at <a href="https://twitter.com/tech_mahindra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Tech_Mahindra</a> Global Chess League (<a href="https://twitter.com/GCLlive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GCLlive</a>)<br><br><br><br>A little kid walked all the day down to first row, stretched his arm with the hopes of tagging the World no.1. Magnus did not disappoint the boy. He stretched his arm for the kid and… <a href="https://t.co/zy1hI2jHgd">pic.twitter.com/zy1hI2jHgd</a></p>— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChessbaseIndia/status/1843630830876270803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>Vidit Gujrathi needed to trade the queens first before recapturing the knight. <b>24...Qxc6?</b> allowed White to do a double attack <b>25.Qd4 Rf7 26.Qa7 Rd8? 27.a5</b> and White won the game in the next few moves.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0cWExG_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0cWExG_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="750" ></figure><p>Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu scored his first win of the event while facing his Olympiad teammate Vidit Gujrathi</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3D55eW_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3D55eW_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="769" ></figure><p>Richard Rapport suffered his first loss of the event, against Peter Svidler</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2veoNw_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2veoNw_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="777" ></figure><p>Raunak Sadhwani avenged his previous loss against Daniel Dardha</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1zCwYV_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1zCwYV_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="658" ></figure><p>Alpine SG Pipers - upGrad Mumba Masters: 0-3 (5-14) | Photo: Official site</p><h2>Replay ASGP - uMM games</h2><h2>Triveni Continental Kings - American Gambits: 0-3 (5-14)</h2><p>GM Elisabeth Paehtz scored the first win for American Gambits against GM Valentina Gunina. Alireza Firouzja suffered a shocking loss as he made a one-move blunder against Hikaru Nakamura. Wei Yi drew with Duda. Radjabov drew with Yangyi.</p><p>The only thing White should not do in the above position is trade rooks. That is exactly what Firouzja did: <b>68.Rc5?? Rxc5+</b> and White resigned after <b>69.Kxc5 Ke5</b> since Black wins the pawn endgame after capturing both f3 and g4, and the g5-pawn becomes unstoppable.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DNtof4nDn2U?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>I was actually very disappointed seeing Magnus talk about this topic - Hikaru Nakamura</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1wcwz1_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1wcwz1_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="632" ></figure><p>Elisabeth Paehtz set the tone for the match by scoring the first win for her team, the American Gambits (led by Hikaru Nakamura)</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0w5BPR_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0w5BPR_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="736" ></figure><p>IM Bibisara Assaubayeva defeated the former Women's World Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4SlofY_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4SlofY_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="1000" ></figure><p>Triveni Continental Kings - American Gambits: 0-3 (5-14) | Photo: Official site</p><h2>Replay TCK - AG games</h2><h2>Ganges Grandmasters - PBG Alaskan Knights: 0-3 (5-14)</h2><p>Parham Maghsoodloo scored the first win of the match against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Anish Giri scored a huge win against Vishy Anand on the 'Icon' board. IM Alina Kashlinskaya and GM Nihal Sarin also scored crucial victories, over IM Nurgyul Salimova and GM Volodar Murzin respectively.</p><p>Giri played a nice move which is thematic to this opening: <b>38...e4!</b> He vacated the e5-square for the knight, and also sacrificed the e4-pawn for c3. <b>39.Qxe4 Rxc3 40.Kg2 Rxc2 41.Rxc2 Ne5</b> and soon White lost an exchange - and eventually the game.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0KygmK_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0KygmK_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="750" ></figure><p>Anish Giri scored his first win of the event against the maestro Vishy Anand in a beautiful way | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Ac0Q9_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Ac0Q9_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="750" ></figure><p>Arjun Erigaisi survived a tough endgame to draw his encounter against Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0ytqBj_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0ytqBj_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="750" ></figure><p>Parham Maghsoodloo made a short work of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in 25 moves | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0tovh8_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0tovh8_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="750" ></figure><p>GM R Vaishali drew a back and forth battle which could have gone either player's way, against the Women's World Championship Challenger, GM Zhongyi Tan | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3dT4Tk_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3dT4Tk_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="750" ></figure><p>IM Alina Kashlinskaya bounced back with a win after suffering her first loss of the event in the previous match | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy</p><p>Nihal Sarin is always alert. He does not miss the tactical chances: <b>30...Nxd4! 31.Nxa6+ Bxa6 32.cxd4 Rc8 33.Qe3 Bd3 34.Nb3 Rc3 35.Rc1 Rxb3!</b>. One more tactical shot and Black won the game in the next few moves.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4lds2ElGFjE?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>I hijacked Nihal's interview - Anish Giri</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2DC3Ru_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2DC3Ru_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="750" ></figure><p>GM Nihal Sarin scored his fifth win of the event | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3jBXad_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3jBXad_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="563" ></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=43xUVu_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=43xUVu_0vzdxclf00" width="1000" height="1000" ></figure><p>Ganges Grandmasters - PBG Alaskan Knights: 0-3 (5-14) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy, Graphic: PBG Alaskan Knights</p><h2>Replay GG - PBG AK games</h2><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EJMe5GlQ-xQ?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Three amazing positions from the Global Chess League 2024 | Video: ChessBase India</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pXvqiD-pyO4?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>From Cricket, Kabaddi To Chess - The Inspiring Story of Suhail Chandhok | Video: ChessBase India</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/svsK3KHWOG0?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>This little tech Innovation at the Global Chess League 2024 is amazing! | Video: ChessBase India</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1pZ7IXuunZU?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Hikaru Nakamura Reacts To Sagar Shah's Commentary | Video: ChessBase India</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T-3YyjVDFec?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Chief arbiter - IA Stephane Escafre on Nihal Dardha incident, pieces falling, draw claim and more | Video: ChessBase India</p><p><b>Standings after Day 6</b></p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0f9h9E_0vzdxclf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0f9h9E_0vzdxclf00" width="522" height="749" ></figure><p>PBG Alaskan Knights bounce back and stretch their lead again | Photo: Official site</p><h2>Day 7 matches</h2><p>PBG Alaskan Knights vs upGrad Mumba Masters from 1 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST.</p><p>Ganges Grandmasters vs Triveni Continental Kings from 3:30 p.m. local time, 8:45 p.m. IST.</p><p>American Gambits vs Alpine SG Pipers from 5 p.m. local time, 9:30 p.m. IST.</p><h2>Scoring System for Game Points (GP)</h2><p>4 GP (3+1) </p><p>A player wins the Game with Black Pieces </p><p>3 GP </p><p>A player wins the Game with White Pieces </p><p>1 GP </p><p>Draw </p><p>0 GP </p><p>Defeat </p><h2>Scoring System for Match Points (MP)</h2><p>3 MP </p><p>The team that scores more Game Points </p><p>1 MP </p><p>If both teams are level on Game Points </p><p>0 MP </p><p>The team that scores lesser Game Points than the opponent </p><ul><li>The Final will be played over best-of-2 matches. There will be a drawing of lots to determine which Team is White in Match 1, this team will then be black in Match 2. The team who wins more matches will be the Champion. In the event of a tie: </li><li>There will be a playoff blitz fixture, which will be a best-of-2 match. The team that was white in Match 1 and black in Match 2 will play white in Match 3 and black in Match 4. The time limit for each game will be all moves in 3 minutes plus 2 seconds. The Team that wins the most matches in the fixture will be the Champion. </li><li>If the Teams remain tied, there shall be a drawing of lots to determine a board from 1 to 6. The player from each Team on this board will then participate in a sudden-death blitz game. The time limit for this game will be 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. The player from the Team who was white in Matches 1 and 3, will play white in this game. </li><li>If the sudden death blitz game is drawn, then the procedure is repeated except that the colour of the player from each team alternates from the colour the team had in the preceding sudden death blitz game. </li><li>If the tie remains unbroken, the above procedure is repeated until a sudden death blitz game has a winner. </li></ul><h2>Links</h2><p>Tech Mahindra Global Chess League: Official site, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube and linkedin</p><p>Tech Mahindra: Official site, facebook, twitter, youtube and linkedin</p></div></body>

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GCL Day 6: Nakamura ends Firouzja's, Carlsen blunders against MVL

It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more. The sixth day was a day of firsts at the Global Chess League in London: Alireza Firouzja suffered his first loss, while R Praggnanandhaa and Anish Giri picked up their first wins of the event. All three matches had the exact same score of 5-14.

GCL Day 6: Nakamura ends Firouzja's, Carlsen blunders against MVL

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