Freestyle Chess Las Vegas: Heartbreak for Arjun as Indian GM suffers 0-2 semi-final loss in opposition to Aronian
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Arjun Erigaisi, who had completed fifth within the Paris Grand Slam, will now await the winners of the lower-bracket clashes as he units his sights on ending third in Freestyle Chess Las Vegas. Levon Aronian, in the meantime, squares off in opposition to Hans Niemann within the ultimate.
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Arjun Erigaisi’s hopes of turning into the primary Indian to be topped champion within the ongoing Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour had been dashed on Friday with a defeat by the hands of Levon Aronian within the semi-finals. Arjun, who had
completed fifth within the Paris Grand Slam in April after defeating French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave within the playoff, suffered a 0-2 loss by the hands of the veteran Armenian-American GM, dropping each 30+30 video games.
Arjun, nonetheless, can nonetheless register the very best end by an Indian on the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam as he shall be eligible to battle for the third spot together with different gamers from the decrease bracket – which incorporates compatriot R Praggnanandhaa in addition to the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura.
Aronian, who had
completed on the backside of the group stage within the Weissenhaus leg of the tour, continued his fairytale run in ‘Sin Metropolis’ – the place he defeated Carlsen within the fourth-spot tie-breaker within the group stage to advance to the quarter-finals, the place he beat Hikaru.
Niemann defeats Weissenhaus runner-up Caruana
Additionally persevering with his stellar run within the ongoing match is fellow American GM Hans Niemann, who defeated Weissenhaus runner-up Fabiano Caruana within the different semi-final to achieve the ultimate in his maiden look within the Grand Slam Tour.
Niemann, who had
backed out of the Paris leg within the final minute with out providing an evidence, defeated Caruana 2-5-1.5 – profitable Sport 4 with black items after a hat-trick of attracts.
Niemann and Aronian will face off the within the first of two 30+30 video games within the Las Vegas ultimate on Saturday, with the opposite sport happening on the next day. Arjun and Caruana, in the meantime, shall be awaiting the winners of the lower-bracket clashes – Hikaru vs Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen vs Wesley So – within the battle for the third-place.
