D Gukesh (Photo Credits: Lennart Ootes / Freestyle Chess) New Delhi: Rocky Start dampened the spirit of D Gukesh in the opening part of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, while the youngest World Chess Championship tried to compare the pace of unique format last February.
From his first experience on the tour he managed an 18 -year -old draw, six defeats and no winnings.
He then finished eighth in the list of ten players after he lost to Alireza Firouzja in the seventh playoffs and earned only $ 20,000 from a large $ 750,000.
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This time the home -favorite Alireza retreated and will not appear in the Paris leg, while Richard Rapport was selected as his replacement for the event scheduled from 7 to 14 April.
As the ruling world champion in chess, Gukesh is eligible to participate in all legs freestyle chess tour.
However, given his struggle in a format that avoids traditional opening theories and eliminates the well -known lines of the game, questions have appeared over his participation in Paris.
Co -founder Freestyle Chess, who spoke exclusively at Timesofindia.com from Paris, showed that there was never doubt.
“Gukesh is modest, cool and kind. He has just accepted bad results. He did not do it quite well, but it was never possible to take part in another leg. He simply said,” I will do it better, “Buettner said.
“Anyway, we talked about it here in Paris. It was a short conversation (with Gukesh). He was very calm and accepted the situation. I think it’s great,” he added.
Despite the fact that the remaining prize fund will remain the same, the Parisian leg will witness a stronger Indian contingent.
At Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy in Paris, Arjun Erigaisi, R Pragggnanandhaa, and new married Gujrathi, who won his place by winning an open online qualification.
However, they take over the stacked fields, including Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer, the winner of the German foot.
“We have an incredible list of 12 players … We’re just thinking about it! Four players won’t get into the quarterfinals. And you could really try to guess who the four would be, but it’s hard. It’s crazy to think. The 12 you would even choose?” noted Buettner.
In the freestyle chess, the world charts have little value.
Being world 3 is hard to care about it. Gukesh, however, arrived and will play in the next few days to create a knockout phase of the tournament, which promises not only a more pay, but also a battle for redemption in.
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