Innovators and Kunte's Chess Academy dominate Day 4

Battle of the Bengaluru teams: Tattva Chess Academy - Fighters went down against Innovators Chess Academy by 0.5-3.5

Black played a very simple move but with a long term plan. Can you take a guess what did Castephen (Stephen CA) of ICA as Black played here against Rockboss (Arnav Khandelwal) of TCAF?

When we asked Sushrutha Reddy, coach of Innovators Chess Academy about his team's performance, he said "The margin of 4-0 was expected as I knew all the other kids from the other Academy. Thus, I had told the Team to go for 4-0 and in the end, it turned out to be a comfortable victory."

Dark Knight Chess Academy (Mumbai) got whitewashed by Kunte's Chess Academy (Pune) 0-4

You never know who is going to watch your game. GM Laxman RR visited the ACL.

Team Kunte's Chess Academy had an easy day, they all won their game. Nikhil Chitale (top left), Arnav Koparde (top right), Yashwardhan Agarwal (bottom right) and Ved Mulay (bottom left) | Photo: Rohit Tembe/Kunte's Chess Academy

Tattva Chess Academy - Achievers and Kunte's Chess Academy win their matches emphatically on Day 5

Chess Gurukul Junior (Chennai) lost meekly 1-3 against Tattva Chess Academy - Achievers (Bengaluru)

Kunte's Chess Academy got overrun by Innovators Chess Academy 1-3

KCA did not have things going their way. Aaditya Prabhu, Aarush Dolas, Anay Uplenchwar and Ishan Warudkar | Photo: Rohit Tembe/Kunte's Chess Academy

Aarushd (Aarush Dolas) of KCA missed a great opportunity against Nimai (Nimai Ponna) of ICA and played 11...c4. Find the better continuation

After the game, Sushrutha said, "I didn't anticipate the wide margin of 3.5-0.5. I had thought it would be a close game. It definitely augurs well with regards to the confidence levels of the kids and primarily, these formats actually bring kids together."

Clash of the behemoths: Matrix Chess Academy drew with Chess Gurukul Senior on Day 6

What happens when two strong teams collide? It's difficult to get a decisive team result. Matrix Chess Academy drew with Chess Gurukul Senior 2-2


Despite Aarush Uday Khanaa being unable to play due to technical problem on his end and Arunika being unable to continue due to her connection error, Kabir Singh Ahuja and Navya Tayal's correct endgame play in each of their respective King-pawn endgame, allowed MCA to draw with CGS.

Team Matrix Chess Academy (1000-1400): Arunika Ghosh (Top left), Navya Tayal (Top right) and Kabir writing his scoresheet while playing | Photo: Prasenjit Dutta/Matrix Chess Academy

Two Bengaluru teams faced each other and Akshayakalpa triumphed over ICA Pups by a narrow margin 2.5-1.5

Because having one mouse is just never enough. Amogh Reddy of ICA Pups | Photo: Sushrutha Reddy/Innovators Chess Academy

We learn together and we fight together, even if we are each other's opponents. Raghav Jaggi, Avantika Banujit, Chinmaya Vyas (ICA Pups) and Advait Ratnakar Vibhute (Akshayakalpa) | Photo: Sushrutha Reddy/Innovators Chess Academy

About ACL, Sushrutha who is the coach and manager of ICA, ICA Pups and Akshayakalpa says, "Kudos to you guys for having brought together all the Teams and having taken the pain to organize this."

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