Tech Mahindra GCL 2025 Day 8: Triveni Continental Kings are through to the Finals with a round to spare
Triveni Continental Kings are through to the Finals of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025 with a round to spare. Ganges Grandmasters suffered their second loss against TCK which allowed the latter to advance to the Finals. They will face upGrad Mumba Masters in Round 10. Alpine SG Pipers defeated uMM and FYERS American Gambits to move to the second position 15/27. They just need to ensure they do not lose against PBG Alaskan Knights in the last round of double round-robin stage to secure their place in the Finals. Round 10 starts today at 5 p.m. IST with FYERS American Gambits vs Ganges Grandmasters. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy
Alpine SG Pipers need to avoid a loss against PBG Alaskan Knight in Round 10
The primary reason why the defending champion - Triveni Continental Kings has advanced to the Finals can be deduced as the team having no weak links. They have a good cohesion and no reliant on any particular board/player. All six players are capable of winning games when required and thus they have maintained their performance at a different level than the rest of the five teams. It may very well be a different story on how things will go in the Finals. Use code CBIGCL to get 20% Off when you buy tickets on District. Link is at the end of the article.
Match #24: Alpine SG Pipers - upGrad Mumba Masters: 3-0 (8-7)
Alpine SG Pipers defeated upGrad Mumba Masters in a close match 8-7. GM Yifan Hou (ASGP) scored the lone victory for her team whereas Bardiya Daneshvar (uMM) scored the only win for his team which went in vain.
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Match #25: Ganges Grandmasters - Triveni Continental Kings: 0-3 (5-14)
Ganges Grandmasters suffered another massive defeat against Triveni Continental Kings, this time even bigger than their first encounter 5-14. FIDE World Cup 2025 winner, Javokhir Sindarov (GG) scored the sole win for his team against Vidit Gujrathi (TCK). Alireza Firouzja. GM Jiner Zhu and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won their respective games for TCK against Vishy Anand, IM Polina Shuvalova and IM Stavroula Tsolakidou of GG.
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Match #26: Alpine SG Pipers - Fyers American Gambits: 3-0 (8-7)
For the second consecutive match, GM Yifan Hou (ASGP) scored the decisive win for her team. This time, she defeated GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (FAG). R Praggnanandhaa (ASGP) missed a winning chance against Richard Rapport (FAG).
Rapport - Praggnanandhaa
27.a4?? was a big mistake as Black could take it due to White's weak back rank. 27...Qxa4!-+ The game eventually liquidated into a bishop vs knight endgame which was winning for Black, thanks to his connected passed pawns on the queenside.
Black needed to play a waiting move like 51...Ke8 or f7 so that when White moves the bishop then he can go Nf2, capture the h3-pawn and then win the game. Instead, he blundered 51...b2?? 52.Ka2= a3 53.Kb1 Kf7 54.Ka2 Kg8 the key difference is, now White does not have to move the bishop from d4 and he can simply fix his pawn on f6 as his king has two squares it can move to - a2 and b1.
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Match #27: upGrad Mumba Masters - PBG Alaskan Knights: 0-3 (8-10)
World Champion, D Gukesh (PBG AK) lost to World Blitz 2021 champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (uMM). Leinier Dominguez Perez and IM Sara Khadem's victories ensured PBG Alaskan Knights win the rematch against upGrad Mumba Masters by 8-10.
Harika - Sara
GM Harika Dronavalli (uMM) was winning for the better part of the game against IM Sara Khadem (PBG AK). However, she missed all her chances and eventually got checkmated.
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Standings after Day 8
Day 8 matches
Match #28: FYERS American Gambits vs Ganges Grandmasters - 5 p.m. IST.
Match #29: Triveni Continental Kings vs upGrad Mumba Masters - 6:30 p.m. IST.
Match #30: PBG Alaskan Knights vs Alpine SG Pipers - 8 p.m. IST.
Scoring System for Game Points (GP)
4 GP (3+1) | A player wins the Game with Black Pieces |
3 GP | A player wins the Game with White Pieces |
1 GP | Draw |
0 GP | Defeat |
Scoring System for Match Points (MP)
3 MP | The team that scores more Game Points |
1 MP | If both teams are level on Game Points |
0 MP | The team that scores lesser Game Points than the opponent |
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