Gotham Knights overcame Shanghai Tigers with a dominating score of 9.5-6.5 in the finals of the 2023 Pro Chess League. The Knights won the top prize of $25,000 while the Tigers settled for $20,000. GM Vladimir Fedoseev sizzled for the Knights in the finals with a 4/4 score and also selected as the “Most Valuable …
Two teams, Blitz and the Gotham Knights, emerged triumphant on Thursday in the Pro Chess League after wins against Team MGD1 and the Berlin Bears, respectively. Both matches featured seismic comebacks for the favorites after tough starts. Despite having two former world blitz champions on boards one and two—GMs Alexander Grischuk and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave—Blitz was …
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The Pro Chess League 2023 started with a bang on Tuesday with two high-octane matchups that resulted in convincing wins for the prodigious Indian Yogis and the GM Magnus Carlsen-led Canada Chessbrahs. The Yogis kicked off their campaign in the best way possible, defeating the popular Brazil Capybaras by a margin of 8.5-3.5 with GM …
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No one needed a tiebreaker in this week’s Titled Tuesday as GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk both won outright on August 2. It was Nakamura’s second straight Tuesday winning one of the tournaments. GM Daniel Naroditsky finished second in the late event and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won both of this week’s women’s prizes, making …
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GM Hikaru Nakamura claimed another Titled Tuesday victory early on July 26 and then finished fourth in the late event. GM Alexey Sarana, who finished just behind Nakamura on tiebreaks early, won the late tournament. Early Tournament Nakamura won the first tournament of the day on the back of the last perfect start, at 6/6, …
