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3 days ago · Learn everything about the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 - location, format, time control, and more.

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It will consist of five "Grand Slam" tournaments following the format of the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, held in 2024.Players will score points based on placement in each event. The player with the highest score at the end of the year will become …

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is set to begin with its inaugural tournament in Weissenhaus, Germany, from 7 to 14 February. This new five-event series, featuring elite players competing in the Freestyle Chess format (a.k.a. chess960), marks a significant addition to the chess calendar. With a structured format combining rapid and classical games and a $660,000 …

3 days ago · The Freestyle Grand Slam Tour 2025 Stag 1 will include the world’s top three chess players and the new world champion D Gukesh. Apart from India’s 18-year-old chess sensation Gukesh, the Germany leg will include co-owner and world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, world No.2 Fabiano Caruana, World no.3 Hikaru Nakamura, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, …

place of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, as well as to players with extraordinary achievements, to be determined by the Organizer. 5. Freestyle OTB (Over-The-Board) Open Tournaments 5.1 At least one Grand Slam of each calendar year will be held as a Freestyle Chess OTB Open to be organized by a traditional chess tournament organizer, with ...

Learn all about the first leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour: location, format, time control, and more.

Weissenhaus, December 2024 – The new World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju will take part in the opening tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 in Germany. The 18-year-old Indian made the commitment shortly after winning the title.

The opening tournament of the 2025 Freestyle Grand Slam Tour begins in WEISSENHAUS on 7 February. The current world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, will be competing, along with two of his predecessors, Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

3 days ago · Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour prize pool. Both legs of the tournament will feature a total prize pool of $75,0000. Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour format. Given below is a description of the tournament’s format and rules: Each leg will start off with round-robin matches followed by a knockout stage;