The video documents the live coverage of a team chess competition between the Alpine APL Pipers (featuring world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi, Divya Deshmukh, Humpy Gunero, Bolodar Morzin and coach Ravi Dipse) and the Ganges Grandmasters (including former World Cup winner Levon Aronian, Nepomniachtchi Nian, Linia Dominguez, Polina Shuvalova, Leon Luke Mendonca and coach Adiban Bhaskaran). The hosts introduce both squads, announce tournament officials (director Bharat Singh, chief arbiter Gerd Bayer) and corporate guests (Naman “Mortal” Mathur of SHUL Esports and Surendra Rathi of JPMorgan Chase). The match concludes with Alpine APL Pipers winning 11‑6. A post‑match interview with Vidit Gujrathi explores the tension of his decisive game, a late‑stage blunder, time‑pressure dynamics, and his overall happiness with the team’s performance. The broadcast intermixes English and Hindi, includes informal banter, and features celebratory remarks from various speakers.
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It's now time to introduce the players of the 2 teams. Let's start with the team that tasted victory yesterday and is here for more. They are hungry and they are here to prove a point.
Give it up for the Ganges Grandmasters! Hello, everyone! Two times candidates winner Nepomniachtchi Nian. Two times World Cup winner Levon Aronian. Former World Blitz champion Linia Dominguez. The speed demon Polina Shuvalova. Top-ranked Greek women player. Tata Steel Challengers winner Leon Luke Mendonca and their coach Adiban Bhaskaran.
It's now time to welcome the second team and introduce the players of the team that's been keeping the momentum going since the finals that they played and won last season.
It's time to introduce the players of Alpine APL Partners. Starting with world number 1, Magnus Carlsen. Reigning Grand Swiss Champion, Anish Giri. Arjuna awardee, Vidit Gujrathi. Another Arjuna awardee, Divya Deshmukh. 2 times women's rapid champion Humpy Gunero, former world rapid champion Bolodar Morzin, and their coach Ravi Dipse. Give it up for the 2 teams playing in the first clash today.
I request the players to move in for the handshakes. All the best. And now for the first move, may I please call upon the tournament director, Mr. Bharat Singh, the chief arbiter, Mr. Gerd Bayer. And we also have some guests joining us. Mr. Naman Mathur, aka Mortal, icon in the gaming industry and co-founder of SHUL Esports, along with Mr. Surendra Rathi, Managing Director, Corporate, JPMorgan Chase.
Bye, please.
Endgame and all right, don't come in between.
The result is that the Alpine APL Pipers beat the Ganges Grandmasters by 11 to 6.
Congratulations.
Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
भाई आपको फोटोज देने भी तो हैं। Okay, so I'll see you within few minutes.
Okay, I would like to invite you in a few minutes for the next match. Thank you so much for your presence here in this playing venue.
Thank you.
Magnus, Magnus, Magnus, Magnus of Porto, Polonius. Can I get a pen and paper?
But if you are the dog, sit down, sit down, sit down.
Like I. I'm not sure.
Wait a second. Wait a second. हाँ, साको साको होल्ड है। Sorry sir. No, maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe I'm threatening Rook f7.
अच्छा I think it was very good start. Like today's win was a very comfortable one. I had a clearly better position once she played bishop c5. She should just take on d6 and play c4 to Which is more or less a stable position. But once I got this knight to g four, it's very evident that I'm having advantage in the position. So then I gained a pawn. Later on, it was a night end game, and she was also low on time.
I'm Congress. I'm your marriage. All the best for the game.
Thank you.
Sir, keep it up, huh?
Thank you.
Keep it up.
One interview, coach, is best.
Yes, sure.
Hello, Ajit.
Congratulations for your game, back-to-back victories, and as the player of Alpine APL Pipers. So how is it winning the second game for the team?
Yeah, it feels great. It was a very close match actually. My game was very tense and I did not know it could go either ways. And when I won, I realized that the team had won, so that was the relief. Yeah, it was a complex game and I think it all came down to the last 1 minute. Who played better in that time was the winner, and I think Linear blundered there. I think objectively the position might be equal and very complex, very hard to evaluate.
Do you think, is this the craziest blunder an opponent of yours has ever made on the board?
No, I think people have made, but in recent times, yeah. I mean, um, probably he was thinking that his king is already on h1 and he was calculating a line one move further and he just forgot about it, and in panic he played this.
And before knight f6, did you consider the position to be equal?
Yeah, I thought it's roughly equal. I think I was not in danger at that point, although I was pawn down, but I had a lot of activity. So practically, I think black was completely fine. But yeah, probably it's equal. I don't know.
And the last question, like you and Humpty win for your team. So how's it been so far? Like how happy are you?
Yeah, I'm happy, and it's very soon to say about the match and tournament. But yeah, very happy. I mean. I can't be more pleased to start this way.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. कारी दे रहा हूँ मैं हाँ उन्हें सिटल कुछ भी दे देते हैं मैग्नेस हेलो सर मैग्नेस यार कई विधि तरहेंगे
