GUKESH’s hopes to face Carlsen and other stars at home during the freestyle chess Grand Slam Tour in danger: Report – Firstpost

The dream of the defending world champion of Gukesh to face Magnus Carlsen and other best names in the failures in front of his crowd at home seems to be in danger with the freestyle failures that would have thought about the tour of the leg of the ‘India of the Grand Chelem tour later this year.

The Grand Slam Tour on a freestyle scale supported by Carlsen will be underway in less than a week in Weissenhaus, Germany (February 7-14), with the remaining legs that take place in Paris (April 8-15) , New York (July 17-24), New Delhi (September 17-24) and CAP (December 5-12).

Talk to The time of IndiaThe German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner – who co -founded Freestyle Chess Players Club as well as the lucrative tour with Carlsen – hinted that the index was abandoned from their 2025 calendar.

Buettner, who would also be in talks with the president of Fide, Arkady Dvorkovich by organizing the fourth and penultimate leg.

“Delhi is the only tournament that we have not yet finalized because we receive offers from other cities. They offer accommodation costs. If we get a seven or eight -digit offer from another place, we will go there, “Buettner told you.

“We have kept it (Delhi) as a space reserved until we secure an alternative Venuem,” he added.

Buettner also revealed that he had contacted the Indian affairs magnate Anand Mahindra in London to obtain his support for the inaugural tour of the Grand Slam of Freestyle chess, adding that he was not interested in failures other than the Global Chess League.

The world number 3 Gukesh, which had beaten Ding Liren to be crowned 18th and the youngest world chess champion in December, is currently participating in the Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, in the Netherlands, where He shares the head of the masters with an Indian colleague R Praggnanandhaa.

The 18 -year -old Grand Master, who had recently received the Prize for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, is the only player guaranteed to participate in the five legs of the Grand Slam Freestyle – which will be played in the Chess960 format, a been developed and popularized by the deceased icon of American failures Bobby Fischer.