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Language: DE EN ES FR Language: SHOP english deutsch espanol française Global Chess League, Day 9 Finals. between the Ganges Grandmasters Squad (featuring Nepomniachtchi, Aronian, and Shuvalova) and the Alpine APL Pipers (featuring Carlsen, Giri, and Deshmukh, among others). The finals consists of two matches, followed by two blitz matches if necessary, and then another Armageddon match.

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Example or evidence

• Each team fields six players in a fixed order for the duration of the event.
• Boards two and three must be occupied by men, boards four and five by women, and board six by a junior player born in 2004 or later.
• The two teams with the most match points will qualify to the final, while the teams finishing third and fourth will compete in a match for third place.
• The King's Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess.

Details worth keeping

Today at 12:00 p.m., the 9th and final day of the Global Chess League begins with the matches for third place between the CheQ Mumba Masters (Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov, Dronavalli) and the FYERS American Gambits (Sindarov, Nihal Sarin, Assaubayeva). Store your games, training material and opening repertoire in the cloud. Solve tactical positions of your playing strength.

Related coverage

• Chessbase: Bengaluru, while the FYERS American Gambits suffered their first defeat.
• Ndtv: Ganges Grandmasters stopped the winning juggernaut of American Gambits while defending champions Alpine APL Pipers registered their second consecutive win in the Global Chess League (GCL) in Bengaluru...
• Chessbase: Pipers, with Magnus Carlsen on the icon board, took sole lead in the standings on day three of the Global Chess League in Bengaluru.