The 4th day of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 in India has concluded. Javokhir Sindarov’s team, FYERS American Gambits, leads the event with 9 points. FYERS American Gambits are 5 tiebreak points ahead of Magnus Carlsen’s Alpine APL Pipers.

🇺🇸 Abhimanyu Mishra and 🇮🇳 Leon Luke Mendonca played in the first round of the day. Mishra wanted to make a Queen promotion with a capture on move 48. He had 1 second left on his clock. In a rush, Abhimanyu made an illegal move. He dropped a captured rook onto the board and placed his new Queen on the wrong square.

Leon noticed the illegal move and called the arbiter. The arbiter ruled the move invalid and removed Mishra’s +2 increment for the move. This left Abhimanyu with 1 second on his clock to fix the move. Mishra didn’t manage to complete the Queen promotion in 1 second and lost on time.

Mishra’s loss proved decisive in the match between Ganges Grandmasters and PBG Alaskan Knights. Ganges Grandmasters won the match with a score of 12-8.

The current standings are:

Place Team & Leader Score TB
1. FYERS American Gambits (🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov) 9 52
2. Alpine APL Pipers (🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen) 9 47
3. CheQ Mumba Masters (🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave) 9 47
4. Ganges Grandmasters (🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi) 9 40
5. PBG Alaskan Knights (🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand) 6 47
6. Triveni Continental Kings (🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja) 6 44

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