The highly anticipated confrontation between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann will not occur in the Parisian leg of the Grand Chelem Freestyle tour, because the great American master withdrew from the event. The organizers have appointed a new replacement.
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There will be no Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann match at the next Parisian stage of the Grand Slam Freestyle Chess 2025. Niemann withdrew from the event with only a few days for the chess tournament.
The news of Niemann withdrawing from the Paris leg of the Grand Chelem tour of the Freestyle chess was shared by the organizers on Saturday with the tournament which should start on Monday April 7.
Abdusattorov replaces Niemann for the Paris LEG freestyle tour.
The Grand Master Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov was included in the Niemann replacement tournament. “Hans Niemann withdrew from the last minute and Nodirbek Abdusattorov will replace it,” said the organizers of Freestyle Chess on Instagram.
The exact reasons for Niemann’s withdrawal were not shared by the organizers.
Niemann keeps silence on the withdrawal of the Freestyle tour
Niemann did not publish any declaration or clarification on his part. On Tuesday, he had published an animated photo of Ghibli-Style of him playing failures with the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik on his X account with the legend “” goes soon in Paris “.
– Hans Niemann (@hansmokeniemann) March 31, 2025
Earlier, speaking of the opportunity to play Freestyle Tour, Niemann had said; “I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Freestyle Paris edition … whatever the opportunities that arise, I will continue to let my failures speak of itself. Thank you to everyone who supported me in this trip. ”
The withdrawal of Niemann stolen failure fans of a chance to see him again take the world number Carlsen who accused the American master of cheating in 2022. The cheating accusation led to a trial of $ 100 million, which was finally settled outside the courtyard.
The controversy was recently revived after Carlsen spoke about it about Joe Rogan’s podcast and Niemann retaliated by accusing him of trying to destroy the life of a teenager.
Freestyle tour in Paris: everything you need to know
Nevertheless, the Paris leg of the Freestyle chess tour will start on April 7 at the Chesnaire du Roy pavilion which is inside the Historical Vincennes Bois de Vincennes in Paris. The first two days will involve games around between 12 great chess. Eight of them will then qualify for the KO.
The next six days of the tournament will attend classic takeover matches with the final which takes place on April 14.
Vincent Keymer in Germany won the first stage of the Grand Chelem tour in Weissenhaus.
In addition to Keymer, Abdusattorov and Carlsen, other players from the Paris tournament will be Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Report (replacement Alireza Firouzja), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, D Gukesh, Arigausi, R Praggnan.
The Freestyle Tour in Paris has a price pool of $ 7,50,000 and the winner is guaranteed of $ 2,000,000.
