D GUKESH will lock the horns against Fabiano Caruana in the quarter -final of the Weissenhaus leg of the Grand Chelem tournament of the Freestyle chess 2025. Magnus Carlsen, on the other hand, will face Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
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The world champion Domommraju Gukesh qualified for the stages with direct elimination of the Weissenhaus leg of the tour of the great freestyle chess slam slam on Saturday, Gukesh, who lost against the world number one of Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round, End to the preliminary scene and ended in eighth place with 3.5 points with 3.5 points.
The Indian has obtained up to seven draws and lost two games, and will face the American Grand Master Fabiano Caruana in the quarterfinals. The other players who qualified for the quarter -finals are Alireza Firouzja, Javokhir Sindarov, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
How are the prints for the Grand Slam Freestyle quarters determined?
In the Grand Chelem Freestyle chess tour, players who finish in the first four in the classification of each leg can choose their opponent, who will be among the last four in the ranking. For example, Alireza Firouzja, who finished the preliminary scene in first place, chose Vincent Keymer, sixth, as an opponent in the quarterfinals.
Fabiano Caruana: “I’m going to play the world champion!”
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Hikaru Nakamura, world n ° 3, was to play Magnus Carlsen in the quarter -final, but in a surprising decision, Javokhir Sindarov, who finished in second place, chose Nakamura as his opponent in the quarterfinals. Fabiano Caruana finished third and chose Gukesh as his opponent, the American confirming that he will play with black pieces against the Indian. This left Magnus Carlsen with the only option to take Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the last eight.
Vladimir Fedoseev and Levon Aronian, who finished outside the first eight, were eliminated from the tournament but locking horns against each other during the eliminations of ninth place.
In direct elimination stages, two games will be played in a classic 90 -minute format with 30 -second consistent movements after that. If the game ends with equality, two 10 + 10 games are played and if the scores are still on a par, two 5 + 2 games are played. If the scores are still tied, a unique Armageddon game will take place and the winner will be decided through this. The quarter -finals will take place on Sunday and Monday.
