Freestyle Chess Finals Day 1 Highlights: Hikaru blunder permits Carlsen to win Recreation 1; Arjun goes 1-0 up vs MVL

Freestyle Chess Paris Leg Finals Dwell Updates: Magnus Carlsen goes 1-0 up in his dream showdown towards Hikaru Nakamura within the ‘Metropolis of Gentle’ after profitable Recreation 1 of the ultimate in 36 strikes whereas taking part in with white items. Hikaru was steering the sport in the direction of a draw till committing a blunder in what would show to be his remaining transfer of the night.
 
Within the different video games on Sunday, Arjun Erigaisi defeats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 41 strikes after bossing a majority of the sport to gather his third win in 4 video games and inch nearer to a fifth-place end. And Ian Nepomniachtchi, who had misplaced to Arjun on Saturday, goes 1-0 up in his seventh-place battle towards Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

Freestyle Chess Paris Leg Finals Highlights, Match Outcomes

Freestyle Chess Paris Leg Finals Highlights: Magnus Carlsen defeats Hikaru Nakamura in Recreation 1 of their blockbuster remaining whereas Arjun Erigaisi goes 1-0 up in his fifth-place playoff towards Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Freestyle Chess Paris Leg Finals Dwell Updates: The much-anticipated conflict between two fashionable chess legends is lastly right here, as Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are set to fulfill within the remaining of the Freestyle Chess Paris after
victories of their respective semi-finals on Saturday.

Carlsen, the previous world champion, edged previous Fabiano Caruana, whereas Nakamura overcame Vincent Keymer, organising a mouth-watering title decider between the 2. Caruana will play Keymer within the third place playoff.

In the meantime, Arjun Erigaisi will contest the Fifth-place playoff towards French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, after each gamers secured an identical 2.5-1.5 victories over Ian Nepomniachtchi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, respectively.

Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa wrapped up his match in Ninth place, defeating Richard Rapport 1.5-0.5 within the classification spherical. D Gukesh and Vidit Gujrathi shared the eleventh spot after dropping their Ninth-Twelfth place classification video games.

The winner of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2024 Paris leg can be awarded a money prize of $200,000.

The Paris leg is the second occasion of the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, which obtained underway in February on the Weissenhaus Non-public Nature Luxurious Resort.

German Grandmaster Vincent Keymer punched above his weight to win the occasion, beating Carlsen within the semi-finals earlier than defeating Caruana within the remaining to maneuver to the highest of the Tour standings.