The 3rd day of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 in India has concluded. Magnus Carlsen’s team, Alpine APL Pipers, leads the event with 9 points. Alpine APL Pipers are 3 points ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s CheQ Mumba Masters.

🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen and 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov played in the third round of the day. Carlsen played a rare line with a Pawn on the third move. This move is not popular in the Sicilian Defense Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack theory. Carlsen and Sindarov drew their game in 57 moves.

The current standings are:

Place Team & Leader Score TB
1. Alpine APL Pipers (🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen) 9 43
2. CheQ Mumba Masters (🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave) 6 36
3. FYERS American Gambits (🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov) 6 34
4. PBG Alaskan Knights (🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand) 6 30
5. Ganges Grandmasters (🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi) 6 28
6. Triveni Continental Kings (🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja) 3 34

The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 takes place from September 5 to 13 in Bengaluru, India. Time control for the event is Rapid 20+0, with a 2-second increment from move 41.

Credit: Global Chess League