R Pragggnanandhaa was grouped with World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the same group, while Arjun Erigaisi and see Gujrathi were assembled in another 16-player pool for freestyle chess tournament in Las Vegas. World Champion D Gukesh will miss the tournament.
Carlsen will start again as a favorite for a tournament that will start late Wednesday. The tournament saw many activities before the event that included the participation of NBA players. The event Freestyle Chess 16-play in Las Vegas carries the total winnings of $ 750,000, the winner took home 200,000. Each group has eight players in the line-up and the first four will advance to the next round, while the lower half will play against each other.
Gukesh missing a tournament
Gukesh is missing the tournament because he will play the main event of the Grandmaster tour in about a month. Pragggnanandhaa will start his campaign against Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, a player who fights the previous edition of the Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb, Croatia.
Carlsen will start a tournament against the winner of the first edition Vincent Kemer of Germany in its opening round. Erigaisi will face American Hans Nieman, who debuts at the freestyle chess tournament in his opening match.
Gujrathi will face a large test against Fabiano Caruana in the United States in his opener. In the first, female player of Bibisar Assaubuyev of Kazakhstan, she was included in the line -up to take over the world elite. Freestyle Chess is the name of the Fischer Random Chess or Chess 960, where the location of the pieces accidentally changes before the game starts.
This version of chess gains popularity, because the tamic draws have been removed, while the matches were more challenging from the beginning.
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Published on:
16 July 2025
