Teammate Hou Yifan then followed suit by defeating Vaishali to push the score to 13-1 before the Ganges' Volodar Murzin won the final prodigy game to give his side some small consolation. The Pipers ...

Lagno then secured a win, followed by Hou Yifan, bringing the score to 13-1. Though Ganges’ Volodar Murzin won the final prodigy game, ... Despite being three match points ahead, PBG needed a win to ...

The rest of the games in the clash — Hou Yifan vs Koneru Humpy and Kateryna Lagno vs Harika Dronavalli — ended in draws. ... despite his prowess in the faster time controls. He has been held to draws ...

Despite this, PBG’s top board Anish Giri was cautious about his team’s position: “It’s not done yet, we still need to get to the final and win. ... The match started calmly, with a relatively quick ...

A battle between Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri in the Knights vs Pipers match saw a quick surrender after just 20 minutes and 22 moves from Giri. ... Tan Zhongyi took down Hou Yifan in the battle of ...

Giri’s teammates, however, rose to the occasion again. Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated R. Praggnanandhaa and Tan Zhongyi beat Hou Yifan in a contest between two former World champions from China.

Soon after, former Women’s World Champions Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk agreed to a draw, putting the score at 4:1 in favor of the Pipers. ... IMAGE: Anish Giri takes on Hikaru Nakamura.

LONDON: Indian Grandmaster Anish Giri is anticipating an "insanely strong" line-up in his debut appearance in the Global Chess League (GCL), which is set to tak ...

Superstar Women dominate Global Chess League 2024 Player Draft; Vaishali R, Hou Yifan among top picks; ... Hikaru Nakamura for American Gambits and Anish Giri for PBG Alaskan Knights.

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The Global Chess League is all set for the second season as 30 of the world's best chess players were handpicked by six franchises during the player draft held in New Delhi on Sunday.