intel grand slam – ESL https://esl.com/pl Feel the passion for esports Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:26:14 +0000 pl-PL hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://esl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ESL-Favicon-green-512-150x150.png intel grand slam – ESL https://esl.com/pl 32 32 Intel Grand Slam update https://esl.com/pl/article/intel-grand-slam-update/ Tue, 12 May 2020 16:12:43 +0000 https://intelgrandslam.eslgaming.com/?p=896

Due to the current regional separation of the world’s top teams into regional divisions, results from regionally split events with multiple champions do not count towards the Intel Grand Slam. 

The update applies until further notice to both new events being counted as well as older results expiring, and it covers events starting with the concluded ESL Pro League finals.  (The organizations in the playoffs were informed ahead of its conclusion.) 

The vision behind the Intel Grand Slam is to reward the world’s most dominant team.  Tournaments with multiple winners in multiple divisions do not point to the world’s best team with enough clarity.

The standings are currently:

  • Natus Vincere – 1 trophy, 9 chances remaining
  • Mousesports – 1 trophy, 8 chances remaining
  • Astralis – 1 trophy, 7 chances remaining
  • Fnatic – 1 trophy, 6 chances remaining
  • Evil Geniuses – 1 trophy, 5 chances remaining
  • Team Liquid – 1 trophy, 4 chances remaining

The Intel Grand Slam can be completed by winning four ESL Pro Tour Masters tournament inside ten events if the run includes a Masters Championship (IEM Katowice, ESL One Cologne or a CSGO Major by ESL or DreamHack), or by winning six Masters tournaments.

]]> Natus Vincere Become 6th Team In $1,000,000 Race https://esl.com/pl/article/natus-vincere-become-6th-team-in-1000000-race/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:29:55 +0000 https://intelgrandslam.eslgaming.com/?p=888

An unstoppable Natus Vincere led by world’s best CS:GO player Sasha “s1mple” Kostylyev defeated G2 Esports 3:0 in the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice grand final. The Ukrainian organization are the latest team to join the race to complete the Intel Grand Slam.

Navi has nine events left to win three more Masters level ESL Pro Tour trophies, but they also need to do it ahead of their competition. The other teams in contention are:

  • Mousesports (winners of ESL Pro League Season 10, 8 events left to complete the Intel Grand Slam)
  • Astralis (winners of IEM Beijing, 7 events left)
  • Fnatic (winners of DreamHack Masters Malmoe, 6 events left)
  • Evil Geniuses (winners of ESL One New York, 5 events left)
  • Team Liquid (winners of IEM Chicago, 4 events left)

The first of those teams to win four Masters events including one or more Masters Championship events (IEM Katowice, the ESL One Rio Major, ESL One Cologne) will receive a $1,000,000 prize for completing the Intel Grand Slam.  Another way to win it is by winning six Masters events in the ESL Pro Tour that do not include a Masters Championship.

The next opportunity for a team to pick up another notch on the way to the prize is the ESL Pro League Season 11, followed by ESL One Rio and DreamHack Masters Jonkoping.

]]> Mouz Enter Intel Grand Slam Race https://esl.com/pl/article/mouz-enter-intel-grand-slam-race/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:46:15 +0000 https://intelgrandslam.eslgaming.com/?p=882 The ESL Pro League Season 10 has brought a brand new team into the Intel Grand Slam season 3 rankings. Mousesports dominated FNATIC 3-0 in the grand final to win their first Masters level tournament since ESL One New York 2018.

The European mixed team beat a total of three teams on the Intel Grand Slam scoreboard with a 2-0 against Evil Geniuses in the first round of playoffs and a 2-1 against Astralis in the semi final.

Ever since Team Liquid won the second Intel Grand Slam no team has managed to win two Masters level tournaments. Liquid won Intel Extreme Masters Chicago, EG won ESL One New York, FNATIC won DreamHack Masters Malmoe and Astralis won IEM Beijing. All of the above teams are still in contention for the $1,000,000 prize.

A team needs to win four Masters level tournaments if one of them was a Championship ESL Pro Tour event. Otherwise a team needs to win six Masters tournaments to complete the Intel Grand Slam.

Team Liquid have the most narrow window to complete their Intel Grand Slam as they have five tournaments left. If they win IEM Katowice (a Masters Championship) in March 2020, they will need a further two Masters titles to do it.

]]> Perfect Astralis get on the IGS trail in Beijing https://esl.com/pl/article/perfect-astralis-get-on-the-igs-trail-in-beijing/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:27:10 +0000 https://intelgrandslam.eslgaming.com/?p=872 Astralis have dominated Intel Extreme Masters Beijing, winning every map they have played and with a level of dominance rarely ever seen in Counter-Strike. In this context, it is surprising to see how many months it took them to get on the Intel Grand Slam scoreboard.

The Danes beat Vici Gaming and 100 Thieves (previously Renegades) in the group stage, absolutely obliterated FaZe Clan in the semis (16-0 on Dust 2 and 16-2 on Nuke) and beat 100 Thieves 3-0 in the final as well (16-14 Vertigo, 16-5 Nuke, 16-3 Train).

In the playoffs they played five maps and only gave up 24 rounds which is only enough to lose one map of Counter-Strike.

Astralis now have nine more tournaments to complete the Intel Grand Slam in one of the two ways: win six ESL Pro Tour Masters tournaments or win four ESL Pro Tour Masters tournaments including at least one Championship.

With Liquid, EG and Fnatic also on the books with a Masters trophy each, the race looks as exciting as ever.

]]> Intel Grand Slam Season 3 starts at IEM Chicago https://esl.com/pl/article/intel-grand-slam-season-3-starts-at-iem-chicago/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:30:42 +0000 https://intelgrandslam.eslgaming.com/?p=830 The first event of the new Intel Grand Slam season will be Intel Extreme Masters Chicago this weekend.  With the commencement of a new race to $1,000,000 we are updating the conditions of completing the award.

The rule update is designed to keep the Intel Grand Slam in the spirit of the award’s original design: to be an achievement to crown the greatest team in a specific period of time.  Intel Extreme Masters Katowice and ESL One Cologne powered by Intel are the most difficult events in the ESL calendar and winning at one of these two events will be a requirement to completing the Intel Grand Slam with four victories.

Winning the Intel Grand Slam outside of IEM Katowice and ESL One Cologne will be possible, but teams will need to win six championships inside a run of ten tournaments overall to accomplish this. 

The new rule is as follows:

The Intel Grand Slam in Season 3 can be completed by the first team to complete either of the two conditions below:

1.       Winning four Masters level CSGO tournaments including one (or more) designated Masters level CSGO tournament inside a span of ten consecutive tournaments.

2.       Winning six Masters level CSGO tournaments inside a span of ten consecutive events.

Masters level CSGO events are currently Intel Extreme Masters, ESL One, ESL Pro League and DreamHack Masters. Designated Masters level CSGO tournaments for 2020 are Intel Extreme Masters Katowice and ESL One Cologne.  Any potential CSGO Major by ESL or DreamHack in the future would also be considered as having that status.

The list of eligible IGS Masters level events & championship level events is available on the Intel Grand Slam website.

The full rules can be found on the <rules page>.

It is important to us that the Intel Grand Slam is an achievement that can serve to compare teams and their eras across time.  Under the Season 3 rules both Astralis and Liquid would have completed the Intel Grand Slam as both have managed to win IEM Katowice and ESL One Cologne inside their allotted completion time frames.

]]> Astralis remain invincible in Katowice https://esl.com/pl/article/iem-13-katowice-major/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:00:20 +0000 https://intelgrandslam.eslgaming.com/?p=688 Defeating the Finns from ENCE 2-0 in the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice Major, Astralis have won the first Intel Grand Slam eligible event of the new season and overall their third IGS-eligible event overall.

Across the tournament in Poland, the Danes beat compLexity, Cloud9, Renegades, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Made in Brazil before outclassing the Finnish underdogs.

In the current form Astralis is in, the question seems not if but when they complete their second Intel Grand Slam.

No true contender seems to be out there looking like they could challenge Astralis in the race. FaZe Clan have not improved after replacing Finn “Karrigan” Andersen. TeamLiquid were supposed to be the team to do challenge, but in Katowice they lost to ENCE in the first round of the playoffs. Natus Vincere remain dangerous with Sasha “s1mple” Kostyliev, but not nearly consistent enough. Both of those teams were knocked out by ENCE.

Looking at Katowice results, only Made in Brazil showed signs of progress. With the same core lineup that brought them their previous peak, the Brazilians might be the first team to try to dethrone Astralis, but still not many would bet on it today.

After winning in Katowice, the Danes have nine more events to win their second, third and four eligible title. The earliest it could happen would be on July 7th, 2019, if the Danes win IEM Sydney, DreamHack Masters Dallas and ESL One Cologne.

The next stop is Intel Extreme Masters Sydney on May 3-5, 2019. Don’t miss it!

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