{"id":3013,"date":"2025-02-18T00:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T00:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3013"},"modified":"2025-02-18T00:10:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T00:10:48","slug":"navi-expands-to-chess-by-signing-three-grandmasters","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-02-18\/navi-expands-to-chess-by-signing-three-grandmasters\/","title":{"rendered":"NAVI Expands to Chess by Signing Three Grandmasters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">NAVI Expands to Chess by Signing Three Grandmasters<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jack-Huynh-60.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"NAVI Expands to Chess by Signing Three Grandmasters\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jack-Huynh-60.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jack-Huynh-60.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jack-Huynh-60.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jack-Huynh-60.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Nodirbek Abdusattorov. 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grandmasters Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Wesley So, and Oleksandr Bortnyk.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>NAVI\u2019s team will debut in the Cheesable Masters Online championship.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Chess will be included in the 2025 Esports World Cup.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere (NAVI) has signed three grandmasters: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Wesley So, and Oleksandr Bortnyk. As of February 17, Abdusattorov ranks sixth in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAVI shared the news on Twitter, welcoming the new players to the team and stating \u201cNAVI is expanding to chess.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re making a grand move! NAVI is officially entering the world of chess! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chesscom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@chesscom<\/a><br><br>Please welcome our Grandmasters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NodirbekGM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@NodirbekGM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleySo_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@WesleySo_<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BortnykChess?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BortnykChess<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1CxIGApyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/j1CxIGApyd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NAVI Chess (@NAVIChess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAVIChess\/status\/1890733928530542778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The NAVI chess team will be competing in their first Chessable Masters online championship, which has a prize pool of $150,000 (USD). This tournament began on February 16, and is separated into two phases: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/chessable-masters-2025-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Swiss and Match Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chessable Masters online championship serves as one of two qualification events for the 2025 Esports World Cup, widely regarded as one of the year\u2019s most significant esports tournaments. With the Esports World Cup Foundation recognized as an<a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-02-12\/inaugural-olympic-esports-games-officially-debuts-in-2027\/\"> official founding partner of the Olympic Esports Games<\/a>, numerous esports organizations have rushed to establish their own chess teams in hopes of participating in the Olympics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAVI esports was founded in 2009, and currently has teams across 11 different esports titles. These titles include Call of Duty: Warzone, Counter-Strike 2, DOTA 2, Valorant, Mobile Legends, and now chess. 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