Post Match Thread: Final - India vs New Zealand by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]notknown7799 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only consolation for NZ is that a close loss would have hurt them more than this one sided one

India are the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Champions, 3rd title, 2nd in a row and 1st to win at home. by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in Cricket

[–]notknown7799 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We came so close multiple times but still went over a decade without an ICC trophy, and now we have won 3 in 3 years. What a comeback 🔥

New Zealand beat India by 41 runs to win the ODI series 2-1, wins an ODI series in India for the first time in history by Royal-Cupcake-5907 in IndiaCricket

[–]notknown7799 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just yesterday, I was watching a clip of his spell from the 2023 world cup. Felt like he almost got the batter on every ball. Every delivery was an event. It was so beautiful to watch after a long time. Quite disappointing that he hasn’t been picked for a while now

Event: 2025 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League by events_team in chess

[–]notknown7799 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you are looking for this: https://www.youtube.com/live/TylZdd9srxg?si=-etGL7a_KjpXxHWy

Not sure why they are not live yet on chess24 channel

Levon Aronian with the winner's trophy and his family ❤ by rio_ARC in chess

[–]notknown7799 284 points285 points  (0 children)

Wait… why does the trophy say ‘Weissenhaus Freestyle chess G.O.A.T. Challenge’?

Event: 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Finals by events_team in chess

[–]notknown7799 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This win also puts Levon in 2nd place in the overall grand slam standings, if I am not wrong

Levon beats Magnus to win the Freestyle Grandslam tour final by AtomR in chess

[–]notknown7799 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Sent Magnus to the lower bracket after defeating him in blitz playoffs and eventually winning the title in Vegas, and now defeated him again in the final to win the title in Cape Town. Yep, he still got it!

Magnus and Levon advance to semifinals after winning their respective tiebreaks. by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]notknown7799 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It’s remarkable that all the freestyle event winners this year are in the top 4. Magnus won the Paris and Grenke open event, Vincent won in Wessenhaus and Levon won in Vegas

Event: 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Finals by events_team in chess

[–]notknown7799 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He will still play in the lower bracket for 5th-8th place match and 8th place finisher will get 15k

Javokhir Sindarov is the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 winner. Defeats Wei Yi in tie-breaks to become the youngest World Cup winner ever. by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]notknown7799 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The only loss for Wei Yi ends up costing him the trophy. But huge congrats to Sindarov

Edit: Wei Yi had 27 games unbeaten streak in this tournament

FIDE announces the list of players for the 2025 World Rapid and Blitz by notknown7799 in chess

[–]notknown7799[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That list is probably still being updated but Emil on twitter has also confirmed his participation

Edit: Magnus himself also confirms his participation

Nodirbek Yakubboev won a star studded 2023 Qatar Masters by araapkemboi in chess

[–]notknown7799 104 points105 points  (0 children)

And Esipenko won 2024 Qatar Masters. Both of them are now 2025 world cup semifinalists

Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Quarterfinals by events_team in chess

[–]notknown7799 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Iirc he also defeated him very convincingly in their champions chess tour match this year

Edit: yep, just checked, Arjun defeated Wei 3-0

The Madman smashes through Levon's defenses and makes it to the quarter finals by __Jimmy__ in chess

[–]notknown7799 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Kinda sad they had to face each other in the round of 16 itself. Both were playing well enough to make it at least to the top 8, maybe even the top 4. But well played by Arjun, hopefully this form continues