Ganges Grandmasters become GCL 2026 champions BENGALURU: Who doesn’t love a good underdog story? Everyone does, right? Nobody had Ganges Grandmasters finishing on top of anything when Season 4 o...
Magnus Carlsen and Javokhir Sindarov (GCL Photos) BENGALURU: Saturday was the final day of the preliminary stages of the 2026 Global Chess League (GCL). Two teams, Viswanathan Anand‘s PBG Alaska...
Magnus Carlsen gives POTM trophy to Vidit Gujrathi (GCL Photo) BENGALURU: Ganges Grandmasters and defending champions APL Pipers strengthened their chances of reaching the Global Chess League final af...
Arjun Erigaisi and Viswanathan Anand (Photo by ChessBase India) BENGALURU: It was a different day, a different set of fixtures and a different proposition for each team looking to seal a top-two berth...
Abhimanyu Mishra vs Leon Luke Mendonca (Screengrab) BENGALURU: It was a dramatic start to Day 4 at the 2026 Global Chess League as the Ganges Grandmasters secured a 12-8 victory over the Alaskan Knigh...
Magnus Carlsen (Image credit: X) Magnus Carlsen is known for making headlines with his moves on the chessboard. But on the opening day of the Global Chess League, the five-time world champion gave fan...
Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi, Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Humpy all play for APL Pipers this season Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi, Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, Volodar Murzin. W...
SG Pipers clinch GCL Season 3 title NEW DELHI: Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana — wait, this isn’t a fun exercise in randomly listing chess stars, but the trio that helped SG ...
Players of Alpine SG Pipers pose with trophy after winning the Global Chess League 2025. (PTI Photo) NAGPUR: Two of the three Global Chess League (GCL) debutants, and three Candidates who will soon be...
SG Pipers clinch GCL season 3 title (GCL Photo) NEW DELHI: SG Pipers pulled off a stunning upset to win the third edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) on Tuesday, defeating two-time defending cham...