{"id":7816,"date":"2023-07-02T15:16:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T11:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/?p=7816"},"modified":"2023-07-02T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T11:16:53","slug":"gcl-triveni-continental-kings-face-upgrad-mumba-masters-in-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/?p=7816","title":{"rendered":"GCL: Triveni Continental Kings face upGrad Mumba Masters in fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai<br \/>\nIt was yet another day of huge upsets at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League as all the event favourites lost their final matches. In a shocking outcome, two of the teams which dominated the Global Chess League from the beginning Ganges Grandmasters and SG Alpine Warriors were knocked out of the race for the top two places in the finals.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7819 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0073.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instead, it will be Triveni Continental Kings and upGrad Mumba Masters who will fight out for the coveted crown in the finals of the first edition of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League.<br \/>\nTriveni&#8217;s journey to the top was the most unlikely. Despite setbacks and a rocky start, they made a triumphant comeback with four consecutive wins.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7818 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0071-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0071-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0071-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0071-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0071-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0071.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\nMeanwhile, upGrad Mumba Masters consistently hovered near the top but struggled in the latter part of the event. Nonetheless, they rallied in the final two rounds, eliminating the tournament leaders, Ganges Grandmasters and SG Alpine Warriors. They also had a stroke of luck on their side\u2014had Chingari defeated Balan Alaskan Knights in the last match, they would have been the ones reaching the finals. Nevertheless, fortune favours the bold, and the outcome feels well-deserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai It was yet another day of huge upsets at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League as all the event favourites lost their final matches. In a shocking outcome, two of the teams which dominated the Global Chess League from the beginning Ganges Grandmasters and SG Alpine Warriors were knocked out of the race for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[313,94],"tags":[411],"class_list":["post-7816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chess","category-sports","tag-it-was-yet-another-day-of-huge-upsets-at-the-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-as-all-the-event-favourites-lost-their-final-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7820,"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7816\/revisions\/7820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pardaisnewsdigital.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}