The GUKESH’s classic classic world champion has not yet made his mark in the Grand Chelem tour of the Freestyle chess, undergoing a race without victory in the first stage of Weissenhaus before finishing without victory in the second event in Paris.
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Magnus Carlsen and D Gukesh had contrasting fortunes during the Grand Slam tour of the Freestyle chess despite the others in the last notes of Fide, where they are classified as first and third. While Carlsen had reached the semi-finals of Weissenhaus’s leg before winning the return match in Paris, Gukesh finished in the lower half of the table in the two events.
The reigning classic world champion had finished eighth out of 10 competitors at the opening event in Weissenhaus after failing to win a single match. He finished his race without a victory in Paris, beating the compatriots Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa as well as the champion of Weissenhaus Keymer along the way.
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The victories, however, barely improved his freestyle fortune because he failed to reach the quarter-finals and finally finished at the bottom of the table, sharing 11th place with his compatriot emptied Gujrathi after losing his eliminations of the 9th-12th place against Richard Report.
Carlsen expects Gukesh to improve at some point, but not in the near future
Carlsen shared his reflections on the bad race of Gukesh during the factories of the Grand Chelem Freestyle chess, declaring that even if he could improve in the format at a given moment, he does not see this happening anytime soon.
“No,” said Carlsen when he was asked if he had been surprised by the reigning classic world champion who had trouble adapting to the format of Freestyle chess.
“I think we had three out of three events that were difficult for him, and I’m sure he will get things better at some point. But for the moment, it’s not close,” he added.
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While Gukesh, Gujrathi and R Praggnanandhaa finished in the lower half of the table with “ pragg ” beating relations for ninth place, Erigaisi Mondial n ° 4 impressed his beginnings while he ended in fourth place at the end of the round scene and finally finished fifth.
The third stage of the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tour takes place in Las Vegas, in the United States, in July, the organizers who moved New York.
