Freestyle Chess Semi-finals LIVE Updates: Caruana, Carlsen play out 67-move draw; Arjun loses to Nepomniachtchi

Freestyle Chess Semi-finals LIVE Updates: The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2024 in Paris has entered the semi-final phases with Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Vincent Keymer progressing to the final 4 stage. The winner of the inaugural Wesissenhaus leg Keymer will tackle Hikaru Nakamura after the
American Grandmaster defeated Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi within the quarter-finals. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen will probably be up towards Italian-born American GM Fabiano Caruana.

Apart from Erigaisi, the shedding quarter-finalists have been Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodierbek Abdusattorov and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Within the 9-Twelfth classification matches, R Praggnanandhaa defeated Vidit Gujrathi whereas world champion D Gukesh went right down to Richard Rapport.

Praggnanandhaa will face Rapport on Friday within the ninth-place match.

The winner of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2024 Paris leg will probably be awarded a money prize of $20,000.

Gukesh is the one member of the Indian contingent who had participated within the opening leg of the Freestyle Chess Tour that had taken place in Weissenhaus in northern Germany in February.

The reigning world champion had did not win a single sport in Weissenhaus however managed to beat compatriots Arjun in addition to Praggnanandhaa together with Keymer – who was a part of his workforce within the World Championship in Singapore – within the ‘Metropolis of Mild’.