Freestyle Chess Tour Paris LIVE: Vidit victims heartbreaking loss to Carlsen in Spherical 1; Gukesh attracts in opposition to Maxime

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Paris LIVE Updates: The second leg of the Freestyle Chess Tour kicks off at present (7 April) in Paris with the round-robin part. Six matches will happen at present. The Paris leg of the occasion will contain 12 Grandmasters together with Magnus Carlsen, D Gukesh, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Moreover Gukesh, India’s Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa and Vidith Gujrathi are additionally a part of the event. Hans Niemann won’t be participating within the Freestyle Chess Paris leg after pulling out on the final minute. Observe match outcomes and up to date standings from the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 right here.

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Paris LIVE Updates, Match Outcomes

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Paris LIVE Updates: Observe newest information, match outcomes and up to date standings from Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025.

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour LIVE: The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 returns at present (7 April) in Paris for the second leg. The second leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 can be greater than the inaugural leg in Weissenhaus. The
Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Tour may have 12 Grandmasters as in comparison with 10 in Germany. Moreover co-founder and world No.1 Magnus Carlsen and winner kind first leg Vincent Keymer, the opposite 10 gamers are D Gukesh, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa and Vidith Gujrathi.

Hans Niemann was one of many preliminary 12 GMs for the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 however he
pulled out on the final minute, forcing the organisers to ship an invitation to Abdusattorov. Whereas French GM

Alireza Firouzja additionally withdrew a number of days again, permitting Richard Rapport to enter the competitors.

Gukesh appears to be like to earn first win in Freestyle Chess Tour

There are 4 Indian Grandmasters within the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Tour. Moreover chess world champion Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa and Vidith Gujrathi may also compete for the US$ 200,000 prize cash.

Keymer, who gained the Weissenhaus leg, at the moment leads the Grand Slam standings adopted by Caruana and Carlsen in second and third respectively. Gukesh, who was the one Indian within the German occasion, is
eighth within the standings after the primary leg.

After a round-robin part within the first two days of the event, solely eight gamers will proceed to the knockouts.

The Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Tour has a complete prize pool of $750000.