Marcandria Maurizzi registered a last-gasp win over Volodar Murzin on the prodigy board to assist defending champions Triveni Continental Kings beat Fyers American Gambits 8-7 and consolidate their place on the prime of the chief board within the World Chess League (GCL) in Mumbai on Saturday.
It appeared like American Gambits had thrown the race for the highest two spots broad open, having hammered second positioned Mumba Masters 16-1 within the first match of the day and had taken a 7-4 lead towards the Continental Kings after Theodora Injac defeated Alexandra Kostenieuk on the ladies’s famous person board.
This meant that Maurizzi needed to beat world speedy champion Murzin on the prodigy board with black to earn 4 recreation factors to increase Continental Kings lead on the prime of the desk and he did that in fashion to win the match for his staff and in addition earn the Participant of the Match award.
Earlier, Mumba Masters’ hopes of sealing a closing spot suffered a significant setback after they have been crushed by American Gambits within the reverse fixture.
Vladislav Artemiev began the staff’s march with a convincing win over Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura then beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on the icon board in 55 strikes.
Participant of the Match Richard Rapport then put the outcome past doubt with a win over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. In truth, Bardiya Daneshwar was the one Mumba Masters’ participant to earn some extent after he drew with Volodar Murzin.
Second-placed Mumba Masters’ slip up opened the doorways for the opposite groups and Ganges Grandmasters’ closed the hole with a 10-9 win over Alpine SG Pipers.
Vincent Keymer defeated Anish Giri and 2025 World Cup winner Javokhir Sindarov received the higher of R Praggnanandhaa to place the Grandmasters within the driver’s seat. However Hou Yifan and Leon Luke Mendonca received their respective matches with black to carry Pipers again in rivalry.
This meant that the sport on the icon board between Viswanathan Anand and Fabiano Caruana was essential to determine the result. The Indian legend managed to carry on in 39 strikes to make sure that the staff scored worthwhile three match factors and take their tally to 12.
