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Deadspin | Dallas Fuel reach grand final of OWCS NA Stage 1 playoffs Dallas Fuel downed Spacestation Gaming 3-1 on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series’ North America Stage 1 playoffs. Spacestation Gaming dropped to the lower-bracket final in the double-elimination playoffs on Sunday against Team Liquid, with the winner advancing to the grand final against Dallas Fuel later in the day. Team Liquid stayed alive on Saturday by blanking LuneX Gaming 3-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal. The Overwatch 2 online competition, with a prize pool of ,000, began with six teams playing a regular season with a round-robin format. The top four teams advanced to the regional playoffs, and all sealed berths in North America Stage 2. All playoff matches are first-to-three except for the grand final, which is first-to-four. The championship team will receive ,000, the runner-up ,000, with both teams receiving berths in the OCS Champions Clash, scheduled for May 22-24 in Tokyo. Dallas Fuel opened the best-of-five on Saturday with a 2-0 win on Busan Control before Spacestation Gaming earned a 3-3 draw on Numbani Hybrid. Dallas came through with a 2-1 victory on Watchpoint: Gibraltor Escort, then lost 3-1 on Aatlis Flashpoint. In the decisive final map, Dallas won on Esperanca Push, 87.01 meters to 47.24 meters. Team Liquid swept LuneX Gaming 2-0 on Lijang Tower Control, 4-3 on Havana Escort and 144.4m to 62.39m on Runasapi Push. Overwatch Champions Series’ North America Stage 1 prize pool 1. ,000, qualifies for Champions Clash, NA Stage 2 2. ,000, qualifies for Champions Clash, NA Stage 2 3. ,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 4. ,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 — LuneX Gaming 5-6. Extinction, Disguised — ,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 promotion/relegation –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Dallas #Fuel #reach #grand #final #OWCS #Stage #playoffs

Deadspin | Dallas Fuel reach grand final of OWCS NA Stage 1 playoffs

Dallas Fuel downed Spacestation Gaming 3-1 on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series’ North America Stage 1 playoffs.

Spacestation Gaming dropped to the lower-bracket final in the double-elimination playoffs on Sunday against Team Liquid, with the winner advancing to the grand final against Dallas Fuel later in the day.

Team Liquid stayed alive on Saturday by blanking LuneX Gaming 3-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal.

The Overwatch 2 online competition, with a prize pool of $75,000, began with six teams playing a regular season with a round-robin format.

The top four teams advanced to the regional playoffs, and all sealed berths in North America Stage 2. All playoff matches are first-to-three except for the grand final, which is first-to-four.

The championship team will receive $30,000, the runner-up $15,000, with both teams receiving berths in the OCS Champions Clash, scheduled for May 22-24 in Tokyo.

Dallas Fuel opened the best-of-five on Saturday with a 2-0 win on Busan Control before Spacestation Gaming earned a 3-3 draw on Numbani Hybrid. Dallas came through with a 2-1 victory on Watchpoint: Gibraltor Escort, then lost 3-1 on Aatlis Flashpoint.

In the decisive final map, Dallas won on Esperanca Push, 87.01 meters to 47.24 meters.


Team Liquid swept LuneX Gaming 2-0 on Lijang Tower Control, 4-3 on Havana Escort and 144.4m to 62.39m on Runasapi Push.

Overwatch Champions Series’ North America Stage 1 prize pool

1. $30,000, qualifies for Champions Clash, NA Stage 2

2. $15,000, qualifies for Champions Clash, NA Stage 2

3. $12,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2

4. $8,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 — LuneX Gaming

5-6. Extinction, Disguised — $5,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 promotion/relegation

–Field Level Media

#Deadspin #Dallas #Fuel #reach #grand #final #OWCS #Stage #playoffs

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Dallas Fuel downed Spacestation Gaming 3-1 on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series’ North America Stage 1 playoffs.

Spacestation Gaming dropped to the lower-bracket final in the double-elimination playoffs on Sunday against Team Liquid, with the winner advancing to the grand final against Dallas Fuel later in the day.

Team Liquid stayed alive on Saturday by blanking LuneX Gaming 3-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal.

The Overwatch 2 online competition, with a prize pool of $75,000, began with six teams playing a regular season with a round-robin format.

The top four teams advanced to the regional playoffs, and all sealed berths in North America Stage 2. All playoff matches are first-to-three except for the grand final, which is first-to-four.

The championship team will receive $30,000, the runner-up $15,000, with both teams receiving berths in the OCS Champions Clash, scheduled for May 22-24 in Tokyo.

Dallas Fuel opened the best-of-five on Saturday with a 2-0 win on Busan Control before Spacestation Gaming earned a 3-3 draw on Numbani Hybrid. Dallas came through with a 2-1 victory on Watchpoint: Gibraltor Escort, then lost 3-1 on Aatlis Flashpoint.

In the decisive final map, Dallas won on Esperanca Push, 87.01 meters to 47.24 meters.

Team Liquid swept LuneX Gaming 2-0 on Lijang Tower Control, 4-3 on Havana Escort and 144.4m to 62.39m on Runasapi Push.

Overwatch Champions Series’ North America Stage 1 prize pool

1. $30,000, qualifies for Champions Clash, NA Stage 2

2. $15,000, qualifies for Champions Clash, NA Stage 2

3. $12,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2

4. $8,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 — LuneX Gaming

5-6. Extinction, Disguised — $5,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 promotion/relegation

–Field Level Media

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height: 500px; border: none;" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>R Vaishali (White) vs Zhu Jiner (Black) – R 12 Board</p><p><iframe src="https://lichess.org/embed/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026--combined-open--women/round-12/jGfZzNuk/uqd7p1pD" style="width: 100%; height: 500px; border: none;" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>Divya Deshmukh (White) vs Tan Zhongyi (Black) – R 12 Board</p><p><iframe src="https://lichess.org/embed/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026--combined-open--women/round-12/jGfZzNuk/z7mKwLFz" style="width: 100%; height: 500px; border: none;" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><div id="content-body-70853834"><div class="col-xl-9 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 articleevents" itemprop="articleBody"><div class="article-live-blocker"><ul class="timeline" id="entryList"><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:49:45.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339920" data-event-id="339920" id="339920" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:49:45+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:49:45+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339920"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:49</p><p> Hikaru Nakamura records second-longest move in FIDE Candidates history </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><div><div><a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/hikaru-nakamura-long-think-67-minutes-move-vs-sindarov-record-fide-candidates-history/article70820543.ece"><div class="relative cuelive"><img src="https://ss-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/l8ck53/article70820551.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/55185495423_ab87a8d04e_k.jpg"/></div></a></div><div><h3>Hikaru Nakamura records second-longest move in FIDE Candidates history during loss vs Javokhir Sindarov</h3><p>American GM Hikaru Nakamura spent over one hour to make a move during a FIDE Candidates 2026 match against Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov on Friday in Cyprus.</p></div></div></div></div></li><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:49:15.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339919" data-event-id="339919" id="339919" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:49:15+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:49:15+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339919"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:49</p><p> Sindarov leads the open section </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Sindarov and Nakamura’s clash earlier in the tournament would be remembered for Nakamura taking more than an hour to make a move, a record in itself. It’d be interesting to see whether the Uzbekistan GM bags another victory that almost wins him the Candidates title or whether Nakamura pulls off an upset.</p></div></div></li><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:46:10.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339918" data-event-id="339918" id="339918" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:46:10+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:46:10+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339918"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:46</p><p> Can Divya pick a win tonight </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Divya Deshmukh is placed seventh in the standings and will face Tan Zhongyi, against whom she had drawn earlier in the tournament. </p><br/></div></div></li><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:37:58.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339912" data-event-id="339912" id="339912" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:37:58+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:37:58+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339912"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:37</p><p> Earlier in the tournament </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Zhu Jiner defeated Vaishali in Round five. Today, Vaishali will play with the White pieces, looking to consolidate her lead heading into the rest day tomorrow.</p></div></div></li><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:36:19.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339910" data-event-id="339910" id="339910" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:36:19+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:36:19+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339910"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:36</p><p> Important match for Vaishali today </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><p>R Vaishali leads the tournament with 7/11 points after a Round 11 victory over Aleksandra Goryachkina yesterday, holding a one-point advantage over the chasing pack, which includes today’s opponent, Zhu Jiner. </p></div></div></li><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:34:22.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339908" data-event-id="339908" id="339908" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:34:22+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:34:22+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339908"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:34</p><p> Women’s section pairings for today </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Anna Muzychuk — Aleksandra Goryachkina<br/>Vaishali Rameshbabu — Zhu Jiner<br/>Divya Deshmukh — Tan Zhongyi<br/>Bibisara Assaubayeva — Kateryna Lagno</p></div></div></li><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:34:01.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339907" data-event-id="339907" id="339907" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:34:01+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:34:01+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339907"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:34</p><p> Open section pairings for Round 12 today </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Andrey Esipenko — Praggnanandhaa R<br/>Matthias Bluebaum — Fabiano Caruana<br/>Javokhir Sindarov — Hikaru Nakamura<br/>Wei Yi — Anish Giri</p></div></div></li><li class="time-list cue-live-event live-event-border" data-happening="keyevent" data-event-publish-date="2026-04-12T17:33:29.000+0530" data-event-uri="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece/liveEvent/entry/339906" data-event-id="339906" id="339906" itemprop="liveBlogUpdate" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="story"><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2026-04-12T17:33:29+05:30"/><meta itemprop="dateModified" content="2026-04-12T17:33:29+05:30"/><meta itemprop="url" content="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-candidates-2026-live-updates-round-12-boards-praggnandhaa-divya-vaishali-live/article70853834.ece#339906"/><p>April 12, 2026 17:33</p><p> It is Round 12 today </p><div class="sub-text" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s coverage of the FIDE Candidates 2026 taking place in Cyprus.</p></div></div></li></ul></div><p class="publish-time" id="end-of-article">Published on Apr 12, 2026</p></div></div></div><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> #FIDE #Chess #Candidates #Live #12Vaishali #faces #Zhu #Jiner #key #clash #Divya #Praggnanandhaa #action #IST

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Deadspin | Union edge CF Montreal, end 6-game losing streak Apr 11, 2026; Montreal, Province of Quebec, CAN; CF Montreal defender Dagur Thorhallsson (17) defends against Philadelphia Union defender Japhet Sery (5) during the first half at Saputo Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images Jesus Bueno scored the tiebreaking goal in the 70th minute, and the visiting Philadelphia Union earned a 2-1 victory over CF Montreal to snap a season-opening six-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon. Philadelphia (1-6-0, 3 points) ended its worst skid to open a season since going 0-4-4 to start the 2017 season. The Union took their first lead of the season when Bueno scored a minute after Bruno Damiani’s right-footed shot was stopped by Thomas Gillier. Following a throw-in, Bueno took a pass from Ezekiel Alladoh following a throw-in by Nathan Harriel. Bueno charged in through the middle of the field, eluded Montreal’s Dawid Bugaj and finished it with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box that landed in the lower left corner of the net. Bueno scored his fifth career MLS goal, and the clutch tally occurred 15 minutes after Japhet Sery Larsen tied it with a header. Larsen evened the score by flicking it in with a header off a set piece after Bueno was fouled by Montreal’s Fabian Herbers a minute earlier. After the goals, Philadelphia controlled the final minutes and held on after Olger Escobar’s free kick sailed long on the final play following a yellow card by Jovan Lukic. Ivan Jaime had given Montreal the lead by finishing a 2-on-1 with Prince Owusu in the 23rd minute. On a counterattack, he got a pass from Efrain Morales at midfield, faked a shot with a left foot as defender Olwethu Makhanya fell down, and flicked a shot from the center of the box into the bottom right corner. Philadelphia goalie Andre Blake made four saves. Hillier finished with three saves as Philadelphia finished 15 shot attempts. Montreal (1-6-0, 3 points) played its home opener after losing five of its first six matches. Montreal is off to a slow start for the second straight season after opening 2025 with an 11-game winless streak (0-8-3). –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Union #edge #Montreal #6game #losing #streakApr 11, 2026; Montreal, Province of Quebec, CAN; CF Montreal defender Dagur Thorhallsson (17) defends against Philadelphia Union defender Japhet Sery (5) during the first half at Saputo Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images

Jesus Bueno scored the tiebreaking goal in the 70th minute, and the visiting Philadelphia Union earned a 2-1 victory over CF Montreal to snap a season-opening six-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon.

Philadelphia (1-6-0, 3 points) ended its worst skid to open a season since going 0-4-4 to start the 2017 season.

The Union took their first lead of the season when Bueno scored a minute after Bruno Damiani’s right-footed shot was stopped by Thomas Gillier. Following a throw-in, Bueno took a pass from Ezekiel Alladoh following a throw-in by Nathan Harriel.

Bueno charged in through the middle of the field, eluded Montreal’s Dawid Bugaj and finished it with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box that landed in the lower left corner of the net.

Bueno scored his fifth career MLS goal, and the clutch tally occurred 15 minutes after Japhet Sery Larsen tied it with a header. Larsen evened the score by flicking it in with a header off a set piece after Bueno was fouled by Montreal’s Fabian Herbers a minute earlier.


After the goals, Philadelphia controlled the final minutes and held on after Olger Escobar’s free kick sailed long on the final play following a yellow card by Jovan Lukic.

Ivan Jaime had given Montreal the lead by finishing a 2-on-1 with Prince Owusu in the 23rd minute. On a counterattack, he got a pass from Efrain Morales at midfield, faked a shot with a left foot as defender Olwethu Makhanya fell down, and flicked a shot from the center of the box into the bottom right corner.

Philadelphia goalie Andre Blake made four saves.

Hillier finished with three saves as Philadelphia finished 15 shot attempts.

Montreal (1-6-0, 3 points) played its home opener after losing five of its first six matches. Montreal is off to a slow start for the second straight season after opening 2025 with an 11-game winless streak (0-8-3).

–Field Level Media

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