MGD1 Is The World Rapid Team Champion 2025
The World Rapid Team Championship concluded on Friday, and after 12 rounds, Team MGD1 emerged as the sole leaders! Seeded 6th at the start of the tournament, the team dominated throughout, and ended each day on top of the leaderboard. Let’s dive into everything that went right for the team! The star of the show […]
Smells Like Team Spirit!
The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2025 is scheduled from the June 11-16th. This year, the tournament will be hosted at the Novotel, London West, United Kingdom. The cumulative prize fund for the tournament is 500,000 Euros- 310,000 for the Rapid and 190,000 for the Blitz! After two successful editions with two podium […]
Pravaha Foundation Continues to Support Upcoming Female Chess Talents
Back in March 2023, the Pravaha Foundation in collaboration with MGD1 launched 64 Squares- an initiative that would support growing chess players in their chess journey. The initiative began with some well known names- Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri Baskar and Ilamparthi, and some growing talents of the country like Shubhi Gupta, Charvi Anilkumar and Saparya […]
MGD1 to Produce Pune Leg of Women’s Grand Prix for the FIDE Broadcast
The fifth leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix is all set to start on April 14th in Pune, India. The tournament will be hosted at the luxurious Amanora The Fern Hotels and Club Pune, a place known for it’s hospitality and vibrant atmosphere in the heart of Maharashtra. A total of 10 players from […]
Golden Knights Chess Academy Gears up for 2nd International FIDE Rated Tournament
The Golden Knights Chess Academy is set to host the 2nd International FIDE Rated Tournament, promising intense competition and exhilarating experience for all players. This year, the tournament is proudly sponsored by MGD1! Tournament Details The tournament will kick off on April 26th, 2025, at the Nadar Mahajan Sangam S. Vellaichamy Nadar College, Nagamalai, Madurai. […]
Aravindh Clinches Chennai Grand Masters 2024, Pranav wins Challengers
The second edition of the Chennai Grand Masters concluded with an exhilarating finish on November 11th. The players fought it off fiercely over the 64 squares, leading to thrilling spectacles of strategy and resilience.In the Masters tournament, the final day brought intense drama as Arjun Erigaisi, Levon Aronian, and Aravindh Chithambaram all had chances to […]
CHENNAI GRAND MASTERS 2024 IS HERE
The Chennai Grand Masters returns for its second edition, all set to begin on November 5th, and promises to be even better this year. Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi is the top seed in the Masters section. We also have Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and Aravindh Chithambaram, alongside 5 more top class players from across the world. With […]
India Triumphs At The Chess Olympiad
It was a historic event for India as our teams triumphed at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday! In the Open as well as the women’s section, India clinched gold medals. This is the first time in 100 years that an Indian team has won the gold medal, and they did it […]
45th FIDE Chess Olympiad Begins
The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad is underway in Budapest, Hungary. With over 190 teams in the Open and over 180 teams in the Women’s sections, the event has registered a new record for the highest number of teams participating! The venue for the same is the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest. At stake are […]
American Gambits Partners with MGD1
The American Gambits are the latest debutants of the Global Chess League Season 2. The franchise is owned by Prachura PP, R Ashwin, and Venkat K Narayana. The team will be captained by Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer and Dronacharya awardee RB Ramesh. World no. 2 GM Hikaru Nakamura is our icon player for the season! […]
