In the #TeamChess Final, Team C-Squared faces a crucial game two after a loss in game one. Caruana and Chirila need a draw to win. Fabiano Caruana mentions boxing as his prep. The opening in game two is the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation Declined. Team @CSQpod emerges as the first #TeamChess Battle Champions, with GMs Fabiano Caruana and Cristian Chirila winning $7,000. Chirila acknowledges the team effort, while Danya expresses pride despite taking second place.
If there's one thing we learned from @anishgiri and @DanielRensch, it's that trust between partners is paramount in #TeamChess! https://t.co/7C0K5bntUU
Curious case of a missing pawn ft. @anishgiri and @DGukesh! https://t.co/2g3fxlZCfK
🔥 DANYA WINS #BULLETBRAWL BY 1 POINT 🔥 @GmNaroditsky won 67 games on his way to clinching the crown ahead of Hikaru! https://t.co/lsM59ge9VO
🎥 Something's cooking with champions! @vishy64theking @rpraggnachess @chessvaishali @humpy_koneru @DGukesh https://t.co/tcbKyS5Lgm
Praggnanandhaa (@RPraggnachess) and @ChessVaishali will feature at 57th @BielFestival GMT 2024 Two Triathlons with six players – including the GMT Masters with an over 2700 Elo average https://t.co/r4SajqO2W2
GMs @FabianoCaruana and @CristianChirila of @CSQpod won the inaugural #TeamChess Battle, splitting $7,000 and bragging rights until the next one! https://t.co/tQ5Kjze7iq
Danya: "I'm extremely proud of the way we played. I think we played our hearts out and I'm taking second place any day of the week." #TeamChess https://t.co/1kBmRaBAAh
"We know who carried the team 90% of the time," says Chirila! #TeamChess https://t.co/2ZWMEJ4fiu
Team @CSQpod close it out with a BRILLIANT comeback! @FabianoCaruana and @CristianChirila are your first #TeamChess Battle Champions! 🏆👏 https://t.co/a24XQNvT7o
Fabi and Chirila find the BRILLIANT rook sac to even up the game!! All they need here is a draw 👏 #TeamChess https://t.co/gW5gRTl9Ww
"That's really a bummer," says Naroditsky as Black sacrifices the exchange! https://t.co/FJrZKVC2Q1 #TeamChess https://t.co/BUj9PjnihY
Frankenstein-Dracula Variation Declined. That's the name of the opening in game two. https://t.co/FJrZKVC2Q1 #TeamChess https://t.co/F90l7p2iEw
It's ALL ON THE LINE for Danya & Hess! 🔥 Will we get a #TeamChess final armageddon? https://t.co/TfSGUahq5p
Robert: "Can you mute them and give us some opening advice [, David]? Because we don't know what to play!" #TeamChess https://t.co/b9PjVs3ZOD
"The Alekhine was a great choice. I think we handled it quite nicely," says Robert despite the loss in game one. Danya: "We have the white pieces in the second game and we're not giving up!" #TeamChess https://t.co/RlsxR1JlLk
Caruana and Chirila need a draw in game two to win the #TeamChess Final! https://t.co/OPXoQlJoYM
Trading rooks would have given drawing chances in the knight endgame, but after 50...Ra5? it looks like Team C-Squared is going to win game one! https://t.co/nq7AxYyQVX #TeamChess https://t.co/BFseW9nVKc
32.Nd1? throws fully away the advantage, but Team C-Squared is very optimistic after making it! #TeamChess https://t.co/nLDLaZNqFo
Danya on 15.Bf5 : "That was not on my radar at all." White has a slight edge in the Alekhine's Defense! #TeamChess https://t.co/NJwNF9Ozs4
"I was boxing earlier today. That was all my prep," says Fabiano Caruana! #TeamChess https://t.co/ZddEEGBplW