Overview
- Defending champions Triveni Continental Kings clinched a third straight final berth by defeating Ganges Grandmasters 14-5 to reach 21 match points.
- Alpine SG Pipers beat upGrad Mumba Masters and Fyers American Gambits by identical 8-7 scores with Black, rising to second on 15 match points.
- Hou Yifan won both matches with Black for the Pipers, handing Bibisara Assaubayeva her first tournament loss and earning Player of the Match in both outings.
- upGrad Mumba Masters lost twice on Sunday, including 8-10 to PBG Alaskan Knights despite Maxime Vachier-Lagrave topping D Gukesh, and now must beat Triveni and hope the Knights halt the Pipers.
- PBG Alaskan Knights’ win over Mumba featured decisive points from Leinier Dominguez and Sara Khadem, while earlier results included the Gambits’ 16-1 rout of Mumba and Marc’Andria Maurizzi’s clutch finish in Triveni’s 8-7 victory over the Gambits.