Nepomniachtchi’s effort in opposition to Carlsen finally went in useless.
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Magnus Carlsen dashing to his chessboard just isn’t a really uncommon sight.
He was sporting a shy smile at his followers at Lalit Ashok on Sunday afternoon as he walked briskly in the direction of the venue for Alpine APL Pipers’ match in opposition to Ganges Grandmasters on day two of the Tech Mahindra International Chess League.
The World No. 1 from Norway was held to a draw by former World championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Carlsen, nonetheless, may afford to smile as his group received 11-6.
It was the second victory in as many matches for the defending champion as the 2 Indians, Ok. Humpy and Vidit Gujrathi, scored full factors — they have been enjoying with black items — in opposition to Stavroula Tsolakidou and Leinier Dominguez Perez.
Fyers American Gambits, enjoying at residence, misplaced its first match after posting two wins on the opening day. Gambits have been crushed 7-9 by Grandmasters.
The defeat of Javokhir Sindarov, the World No. 4 and the challenger for this yr’s World championship, to Nepomniachtchi proved pricey. It was on time that the Uzbek misplaced.
There was extra disappointment for two-time title-winner Triveni Continental Kings because it went all the way down to Cheq Mumba Masters 9-10. Kings have misplaced all their three matches whereas Masters may heave a sigh of reduction after shedding two, together with one to PBG Alaskan Knights (6-11) earlier within the day.
The outcomes: Ganges Grandmasters misplaced to Alpine APL Pipers 6-11 (Nepomniachtchi drew with Carlsen; Aronian drew with Anish; Dominguez Perez misplaced to Vidit; Shuvalova bt Divya; Tsolakidou misplaced to Humpy; Murzin drew with Mendonca).
PBG Alaskan Knights bt Cheq Mumba Masters 11-6 (Anand drew with Vachier-Lagrave; Arjun bt Pranesh; Yagiz Kaan misplaced to Mamedyarov; Lagno drew with Harika; Batsiashvili bt Yip; Abhimanyu Mishra bt Daneshvar).
Ganges Grandmasters bt Fyers American Gambits 9-7 (Nepomniachtchi bt Sindarov; Aronian misplaced to Nihal; Dominguez Perez drew with Dubov; Shuvalova bt Bibisara; Tsolakidou drew with Khademalsharieh; Mendonca drew with Maurizzi).
Triveni Continental Kings misplaced to Cheq Mumba Masters 9-10 (Firouzja misplaced to Vachier-Lagrave; Wei drew with Pranesh; Aravindh misplaced to Mamedyarov; Zhu misplaced to Harika; Kosteniuk bt Yip; Pranav bt Daneshvar).
Printed – September 06, 2026 10:45 pm IST
