D Gukesh (Photo Credits: Lennart Ootes / Freestyle Chess) New Delhi: The preliminary phase of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, organized in Paris, concluded on Tuesday her eleven competition.
This phase saw twelve candidates for eight available positions in the following phase of the elimination. The competition was wild and the results were closely questioned.
Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen appeared as leading players, each of whom accumulated 8.5 points at the end of the preliminary rounds.
However, Nepomniachtchi was declared the best finisher over Carlsen because of the excellent Tiebreak score.
Followed by Maxure Vachier-Lagrave won third place with a total of 7 points. Arjun Erigaisi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov were not far behind, each provided 6.5 points.
Hikaru Nakamura also got into the knockout phase by earning 6 points. Its qualification was emphasized by the key game against Abdusattor, where Nakamura managed to defend the demanding end game under significant time limitations.
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An important result of preliminary rounds was the removal of the world champion Gukesh Dommaraju.
Eighteen -year -old miracles have faced difficulties since the beginning of the last day and accumulated only 1.5 points.
His situation deteriorated after a timely error against Neomniachtch in the eleventh round, which has disadvantaged him since the seventh move.
The German foot winner at the beginning of this year was Vincent Kemer’s performance, as he defeated his place in the first eight best defeat Fabiano Caruana in the last round.
This victory brought its total number to 5.5 points. Caruana, despite his loss Keymer, managed to advance to the stage with 4.5 points, supported by the victory of Nakamura against Richard Raptor in the final game.
The tournament also saw the departure of several strong candidates, including Pragggnanandhaa, Rapport and see Gujrathi.
The newly married Gujrathi’s victory over Caruana, representing the tactical strategy of mating, was the highlight, although it was not enough to overcome his earlier failures in the tournament.
Rapport game was marked by inventive strategies, including the remarkable victim of the Queen for a friend, but this effort was not translated into a sufficient number of points to ensure qualifications.
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