The 7th day of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 in India has concluded. Ian Nepomniachtchi’s team, Ganges Grandmasters, leads the event with 18 points. Ganges Grandmasters are 6 tiebreak points ahead of Magnus Carlsen’s Alpine APL Pipers.

Alpine APL Pipers defeated 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov’s team FYERS American Gambits with a score of 9-7. 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen defeated Sindarov and won the Player of the Match award.

Carlsen said he did not deserve the award in the post-match team interview. Magnus gave the award to his teammate 🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi for the decisive win over 🇷🇺 Daniil Dubov.

The current standings are:

Place Team & Leader Score TB
1. Ganges Grandmasters (🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi) 18 88
2. Alpine APL Pipers (🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen) 18 82
3. FYERS American Gambits (🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov) 15 80
4. CheQ Mumba Masters (🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave) 12 74
5. PBG Alaskan Knights (🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand) 9 71
6. Triveni Continental Kings (🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja) 9 70

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: ChessBase India X