Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Weissenhaus Day 4 Highlights: Gukesh and Nakamura eliminated, Carlsen reaches semi-finals
The quarter-finals in the Weissenhaus leg of the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 is bing played over two games. Gukesh lost Game 1 of the quarter-finals to Caruana in 40 moves. H played with white pieces. Caruana will play with white pieces in Game 2 of the quarters.
Gukesh loses to Caruana; on verge of Freestyle Chess quarterfinal exit
D Gukesh will play Fabiano Caruana in the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour event in Weissenhauss, Germany, on Sunday.
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, Weissenhaus 2025: Gukesh loses again to Caruana in second-leg of quarterfinal, to play 5th-8th place playoff
Classical World Champion, India’s D. Gukesh lost the second leg of the quarterfinal match against USA’s Fabiano Caruana in the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour in Hamburg, Germany on Monday.
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Highlights: Caruana defeats Gukesh in Game 1 of quarters; Carlsen and Keymer also win
In the other opening quarter-final games, Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer defeat Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Alireza Firouzja respectively while Hikaru Nakamura plays out a 60-move draw against Javokhir Sindarov.
Gukesh loses quarterfinal against Caruana in Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus
While Gukesh is out of the quarterfinal, his time in Weissenhaus still continues, as he will battle for the fifth to eighth ranking spots, playing the loser of the Hikaru Nakamura vs Jakovhir Sindarov quarterfinal tie. Fifth place gets $50,000 and 10 points, while eighth gets $10,000 and 4 points.
Magnus Carlsen Favored To Win Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus
Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle chess, previously known as Chess960 and Fischer Random. The starting position of the back row pieces is randomized, removing a top grandmaster’s lifetime of memorization and theory on how to open a chess game.
World Champion D Gukesh Eliminated From Freestyle Grand Slam Chess Tournament After Quarterfinal Loss To American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana
World champion D Gukesh was eliminated from the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tournament on Monday after suffering a second consecutive loss in the quarterfinal stage. Competing against the renowned American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana,
After Tata Steel heartbreak, D Gukesh knocked out of Freestyle Chess
World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana defeated D Gukesh in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour quarterfinals at Weissenhaus in Germany on Monday. After losing a thrilling first leg of the quarterfinals on Sunday,
2025 Grand Slam Tour winner to be titled 'Freestyle Chess Champion'
At a meeting in Weissenhaus on Sunday, the Freestyle Chess Players Club declared the 2025 Grand Slam Tour winner will be titled 'Freestyle Chess Champ
Gukesh resigns in 18 moves against Caruana in Freestyle Chess quarters
The reigning world champion lost the must-win Game 2 of the last eight on Monday to continue his winless run in Weissenhaus
National Games continue; Gukesh in Freestyle Chess ranking rounds: Feb 11, Live
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FIDE Vs Freestyle Chess: CEO Sutovsky Questions Scale, Defends Global Body's 'Ecosystem'
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