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MAD Lions go undefeated in Fantasyexpo Champions to qualify for BLAST Showdown

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Time Stamp: September 9, 2021 6:13 PM - Modified On: September 9, 2021 - Published By:
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MAD Lions have secured a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown after completing a clean run in Fantasyexpo EU Champions Fall, beating Into the Breach and Illuminar in the group stage best-of-ones before tallying 2-0 victories in the playoffs against Sprout in the semi-finals and FunPlus Phoenix in the final. The squad under the orders of Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczynski, who currently sit right outside of the top 50 in the ranking, showed great form in the whole tournament. But they were particularly impressive in the playoffs as both of

Virtus.pro win Pinnacle Fall Series 1, secure LAN Sweet LAN spot

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Time Stamp: September 9, 2021 6:54 AM - Modified On: September 9, 2021 - Published By:
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Virtus.pro emerged victorious from the first Pinnacle Fall Series tournament on Wednesday, besting Copenhagen Flames, FaZe, and SKADE in series on the way to the title as one of the teams directly invited to the playoffs stage. The Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali-led side left the other favorites, FaZe, BIG and Spirit, behind after they eliminated Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's team themselves in the semi-finals, while BIG and Spirit fell to SKADE in the Bulgarian team's surprise run to the grand final. Virtus.pro picked up a smaller title at Pinnacle Fall Series 1

Endpoint, AURA top third IEM Fall open qualifier

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Time Stamp: September 5, 2021 7:02 PM - Modified On: September 5, 2021 - Published By:
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The third IEM Fall Europe open qualifier has concluded, with Endpoint and AURA topping bracket and earning their spots at the closed qualifier later in September. They follow close in the footsteps of both Movistar Riders and Copenhagen Flames who won the second qualifier on September 3. CRUC1AL dominated against AVEZ Endpoint had a fairly straightforward run through the bracket of the third qualifier, taking down AGF, OPAA, and AVEZ in their final three matches. The result acts as a recovery from the second qualifier, which saw the British side

CPH Flames, Movistar Riders advance to IEM Fall closed qualifier

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Time Stamp: September 3, 2021 6:34 PM - Modified On: September 3, 2021 - Published By:
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The second open qualifier for IEM Fall Europe has concluded, with Copenhagen Flames and Movistar Riders winning their part of the bracket and securing spots in the closed qualifier set to begin on September 14th. Along with MAD Lions and Fiend, the bottom three teams from the European RMR standings, currently Anonymo, fnatic, and FaZe, also have spots in the closed qualifier. roeJ stepped up against Wisla Krakow In their final three matches, Copenhagen Flames took down OPAA along with two Polish teams, AGO and Wisla Krakow, marking a difference

[LIVE] IEM Fall EU qualifier #2: Bracket set

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Time Stamp: September 2, 2021 12:04 PM - Modified On: September 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Live matches NASR vs. UNGENTIUM (GOTV: 51.222.80.62:24253) 18:04 Bracket set The bracket has been set with nearly 170 teams confirmed. Below are the some of the most notable teams participating, most of whom are awaiting their opponents in the Round of 128: 17:07 Second IEM Fall EU Open qualifier set to start MAD Lions and Fiend became the first two teams who secured spots in the IEM Fall Europe closed qualifier on Sunday, coming out on top of the first of four open qualifiers ahead of the final RMR tournament

Best wooden chessboards

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Time Stamp: August 30, 2021 4:05 PM - Modified On: August 30, 2021 - Published By:
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Chess, a game for players of all ages, has made a huge comeback in the past year and a half. The ancient game’s origins date back to sometime around the sixth century, and it has remained the same in essence. Despite the fact that people can easily practice chess on their computers, there is nothing quite like playing with a real board and chess pieces. Chessboards come in a variety of materials such as wood, marble, metal, and glass. Wood is the most popular material for crafting chessboards. The Switzerland-based

MAD Lions sign b0RUP

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Time Stamp: August 20, 2021 9:14 AM - Modified On: August 20, 2021 - Published By:
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MAD Lions have signed Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup from Heroic, where the Dane had been sitting on the bench since he was removed from the active lineup in February alongside Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen to make way for Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck and Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali. b0RUP had spent over a year in Heroic's starting lineup before his removal, and was a member in the team that surprised Europe by winning some of the biggest online events of 2020, DreamHack Open Fall and ESL One Cologne Europe. Earlier this year the Dane was

V4 Future Sports Festival returns with studio LAN event

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Time Stamp: July 23, 2021 9:40 AM - Modified On: July 23, 2021 - Published By:
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V4 Future Sports Festival will make its comeback in 2021 after a one-year hiatus following its first two events in 2018 and 2019 with a ~$380,000 tournament that will feature LAN finals, played in Budapest on November 14-21. Several qualifiers for different countries and regions will be set up between August 14 and September 5, followed by an online league on September 15-October 7 that will grant four teams a ticket to the LAN event. The V4 LAN finals will take place in November in a studio environment There will

Cologne victory brings NAVI one win away from Intel Grand Slam title

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Time Stamp: July 18, 2021 3:25 PM - Modified On: July 18, 2021 - Published By:
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A 3-0 sweep of G2 in the grand final of IEM Cologne sees Natus Vincere move within reach of winning Intel Grand Slam (IGS) Season 3. The $1,000,000 IGS prize is given out to the team that proves to be dominant at the highest level and was previously won by Astralis in 2018 and Liquid in 2019. However, Natus Vincere are looking determined to join the exclusive group, with their first chance to do so at ESL Pro League Season 14. NAVI claimed trophies at the last LAN of 2020