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Magnus Carlsen Captures Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 Title, Beats Hikaru Nakamura in Tight Final

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April 16, 2025
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Magnus Carlsen Captures Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 Title, Beats Hikaru Nakamura in Tight Final
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Magnus Carlsen got here again to acquainted floor within the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 in Paris, beating world quantity two Hikaru Nakamura in a nail-biting climax to win the championship trophy and a $200,000 prize.

Having come quick within the Weissenhaus leg of the competitors, when German teen Vincent Keymer gained the title, the Norwegian chess grandmaster regained his superiority with a dominant show on the board.

Nakamura Loses Close Final to Carlsen

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Heading into the Paris last, everybody anticipates that the Carlsen-Nakamura match shall be one for the books. Although they’ve battled one another a whole bunch of instances on-line, their in-person confrontations in over-the-board tournaments corresponding to freestyle chess are few and livid, Chess Base experiences.

Carlsen took the preliminary lead, claiming the primary sport and placing the Japanese-American within the win-or-fold state of affairs for the second sport.

Playing Black, the five-time World Chess champion did a masterly job of decreasing the sport, pushing it within the course of a draw-like rook closing that left nothing for Nakamura to equalize. The victory clinched a 1.5-0.5 match victory and granted the Norwegian champion the title.

Carlsen’s Win Highlights Risk and Reward in Freestyle Chess

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam continues to reveal a fearless new frontier for the sport. With no pre-agreed openings, gamers are left to rely on innate expertise and strategic creativeness. This system places even high gamers susceptible to committing early errors or unorthodox ideas, night out the sector whereas penalizing inaccuracy and inspiring originality.

As for D Gukesh, one other World Chess Champion, enjoying Freestyle Chess is simply too difficult. According to FirstPost, the Indian chess participant stated he struggles most in evaluating positions for the items. He added {that a} participant’s instinct is “simply not always correct in Freestyle.”

Fabiano Caruana Edges Out Keymer for Third Place

While consideration was centered on the ultimate, the third-place battle between Vincent Keymer and Fabiano Caruana wasn’t with out drama both. Caruana had a lead going into day two and intelligently performed for simplification with White.

Keymer’s return hopes have been dashed early, with a mistake on transfer eight leaving him to give up the alternate. Although he later supplied his queen for 2 pawns in an ingenious buildup, the discrepancy was inadequate. The sport drew after 34 strikes, securing Caruana third place.

Elsewhere, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave made a comeback within the fifth-place playoff in opposition to Arjun Erigaisi. Playing Black, MVL was in management however couldn’t make it depend in a protracted endgame. The sport led to a draw, putting him in sixth place.

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