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Alpine Pipers beat Mumba Masters with black pieces; Ganges Grandmasters, American Gambits win with white on the opening day of Season 4 of Global Chess League in Bengaluru on Saturday. Photo credit: GCL Image Source: IANS
GCL Season 4: Alpine Pipers Beat Mumba Masters; Ganges Grandmasters, American Gambits Win
World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk: Defending champions Alpine APL Pipers kicked off their campaign with a fighting win with black pieces over CheQ Mumba Masters 10-8 while two-time winners Triveni Continental Kings suffered a 9-10 reversal against Ganges Grandmasters and FYERS American Gambits beat PBG Alaskan Knights 10-4 on the opening day of Season 4 of Global Chess League (GCL) in Bengaluru on Saturday.
With world number 1 Magnus Carlsen returning to the Pipers’ fold after a hiatus of a year, all eyes were on how the defending champions would start their campaign against the formidable Mumba Masters.
The holders were put under early pressure as Mumba Masters’ M Pranesh defeated Anish Giri on the Superstar Men’s board. But Player of the Match Vidit Gujrathi brought his team back into the contest as his strong positional play was enough to beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
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