Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris Quarter-finals: Pairings revealed as Erigaisi faces Nakamura
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Arjun Erigaisi, the one Indian Grandmaster to qualify for the knockouts, will face Hikaru Nakamura within the quarter-finals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Paris leg. Magnus Carlsen takes on Nodirbek Abdusattorov whereas D Gukesh didn’t qualify.
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The quarter-final pairings for the Paris Leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 have been revealed. Arjun Erigaisi, the one Indian Grandmaster to qualify for the knockouts will tackle world No.2 Hikaru Nakamura of the USA within the last-eight conflict. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen will face Uzbekistan sensation Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Chess world champion D Gukesh won’t be part of the quarter-finals on the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam as he
didn’t qualify for the knockouts after ending eleventh within the 12-player round-robin standings. Solely the highest eight gamers certified for the knockouts.
Indian Grandmasters flop at Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
Apart from, Gukesh, Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi (twelfth), R Praggnanandhaa (ninth) and Richard Rapport (tenth) additionally didn’t progress to the quarter-finals.
Gukesh, Gujrathi, Praggnanandhaa and Rapport will now compete in a separate match to resolve the 9-12 positions.
The 21-year-old Erigaisi from Warangal reached the knockouts
because the fourth-best participant as he secured 6.5 out of 11 factors within the round-robin part. The highlights of his marketing campaign thus far have been beating prime gamers like Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana within the round-robin part.
Norwegian Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi completed on the prime of the standings with 8.5 factors every whereas French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave got here third with 7 factors.
Freestyle Chess Paris 2025 standings:
| Ian Nepomniachtchi – 8.5 factors |
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| Magnus Carlsen – 8.5 factors |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – 7.0 factors |
| Arjun Erigaisi – 6.5 factors |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov – 6.5 factors |
| Hikaru Nakamura – 6.0 factors |
| Vincent Keymer – 5.5 factors |
| Fabiano Caruana – 4.5 factors |
| Praggnanandhaa R – 4.0 factors |
| Richard Rapport – 3.5 factors |
| Gukesh Dommaraju – 3.5 factors |
| Vidit Gujrathi – 2.0 factors |
Paris Freestyle Chess Tour: Quarter-final pairings
Additionally making it to the following spherical are Abdusattorov (6.5 factors), Nakamura (6 factors), Vincent Keymer (5.5 factors) and Caruana (4.5 factors).
As is the rule in Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, the highest 4 gamers can choose their quarter-final opponents. Whereas Nepomniachtchi determined to go up towards Kemyer, who gained the Weissenhaus leg, Carlsen opted for Abdusattorov.
Vachier-Lagrave went for Caruana and Erigaisi selected Nakamura.
| Paris Freestyle Chess Tour quarter-final pairings |
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| Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Keymer Vincent |
| Magnus Carlsen vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Fabiano Caruana |
| Arjun Erigaisi vs Hikaru Nakamura |
The quarter-finals might be performed on 9 and 10 April in Paris. It will likely be performed underneath Classical time controls.
Time management for knockouts:
Knockout stage: Recreation 1+2 = 90’+30’’ / Recreation 3+4 = 10’+10’’ / Recreation 5+6 = 5’+2’’ / Recreation 7 = Armageddon
The winner of the Paris Leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 will obtain a money reward of $20,000.
