The world chess champion, D GUKESH, endured a bad outing during the first stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, finishing the tournament without victory. However, this did not alleviate his appetite to compete and learn – an attitude that was praised by the co -founder of the tournament.
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The world chess champion, D GUKESH, had a race without victory during the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in 2025 in Weissenhaus, but that did not attenuate his mind and the Grand Master of 18 years is back in Paris for the return match. The Parisian leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 begins Monday (April 7) with 12 best chess players in competition for the won of the winner.
The Grand Chelem Freestyle tour has taken over the sport, creating a battle between the organizers, including the world n ° 1 Magnus Carlsen, and the International Chess, Fide. Nevertheless, the storm has now calmed down and the accent is firmly put on the games.
Gukesh had a fire trial in the first leg when he finished eighth after failing to win a single match. He qualified for the Knockouts due to being eighth in the ranking after the tournament phase around, but did not win a single match in the tournament.
It should be noted that the most favored format of Gukesh is the classic failures that helped him become the youngest world chess champion at the age of 18 last year. He still has to leave a brand in other formats, including fast, blitz and freestyle failures.
His recent difficulties, however, have not prevented him from trying it. While Alireza Firouzja and Hans Niemann abandoned the Paris leg at the last minute, Gukesh will be reviewed again on the tour.
The co-founder of Freestyle Chess Tour rents the attitude of Gukesh
The co-founder of the Tour of the Grand Chelem Freestyle Chess and the businessman Jan Henric Buettner is impressed by the positive attitude of Gukesh and the desire to learn from failures. While talking to India timeBuettner said he was always confident that Gukesh would return to the Paris leg.
“Gukesh is a humble, cool and kind person. He just accepted the bad results. He did not do well enough, but there was never any questions to know if he had participated in the next leg. He simply said:” I will do better next time “,” said Buettner.
“Anyway, we talked about it here in Paris. It was a short conversation (with Gukesh). He was very calm and accepted the situation. I think it’s great,” added Buettner.
Paris’s leg, however, will not be easy for Gukesh because it faces some of the best players in the world and India. In addition to Carlsen and Gukesh, the list includes Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Vincent Keymer, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Report, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa and Vidith Gujrathi.
“We have an incredible list of 12 players … Just by thinking about it. Four players will not reach the quarter-finals. And really, you could try to guess who these four would be, but it’s hard. It’s crazy to think. Among these 12, who would you choose?” Buettner said.
Whatever the competition, Gukesh hopes to have a better outing in Paris than in Weissenhaus.
