Arjun Erigaisi, the only Grand Grand Indian Master to qualify for the Knockouts, will face Hikaru Nakamura in the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Paris Leg. Magnus Carlsen faces Nodirbek Abdusattorov while D Gukesh did not manage to qualify.
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The pairs in the quarterfinals of the Parisian leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 were revealed. Arjun Erigaisi, the only Grand Master Indian to qualify for the Knockouts will face the world n ° 2 Hikaru Nakamura in the United States during the last confrontation. The world n ° 1 Magnus Carlsen will face the Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov sensation.
The world champion of chess of Gukesh will not be one of the quarter -finals in the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Colem, because he failed to qualify for the KO after having finished 11th in the classification of 12 players around. Only the eight best players qualified for the KOs.
Flop of great Indian masters in Paris Freestyle chess Grand Slam Tour
In addition, GUKESH, the great Indian masters emptied Gujrathi (12th), R Praggnanandhaa (9th) and Richard Report (10th) did not progress in the quarterfinals either.
GUKESH, Gujrathi, Praggnanandhaa and relations will now participate in a separate tournament to decide on 9-12 positions.
Warangal’s 21 -year -old Erigaisi reached KOs as the fourth best player when he obtained 6.5 on 11 points in the tournament phase around. Until now, the strengths of his campaign have beat the best players like Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the round phase.
Norwegian Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia finished at the top of the ranking with 8.5 points each while the French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave finished third with 7 points.
Free ranking of chess Paris 2025:
| Ian Nepomniachtchi – 8.5 points |
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| Magnus Carlsen – 8.5 points |
| Maxime Vachier -Lagrave – 7.0 points |
| Arjun Erigaisi – 6.5 points |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov – 6.5 points |
| Hikaru Nakamura – 6.0 points |
| Vincent Keymer – 5.5 points |
| Fabiano Caruana – 4.5 points |
| Praggnanandhaa R – 4.0 points |
| Richard Report – 3.5 points |
| Gukesh Domomraju – 3.5 points |
| Gujrathi vidit – 2.0 points |
Paris Freestyle Chess Tour: pairings quarter -final
Abdusattorov (6.5 points), Nakamura (6 points), Vincent Keymer (5.5 points), Nakamura (6 points).
As this is the rule in the Grand Chelem of Freestyle chess, the best four players can choose their opponents in the quarterfinals. While Nepomniachtchi has decided to compete against Kemyer, who won the Weissenhaus leg, Carlsen opted for Abdusattorov.
Vachier-Lagrave opted for Caruana and Erigaisi chose Nakamura.
| Paris Freestyle Chess Tour Quarter-Final Pailings |
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| Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Keymer Vincent |
| Magnus Carlsen vs nodirbek abdusattorov |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Fabiano Caruana |
| Arjun Erigaisi vs Hikaru nakamura |
The quarter -finals will be played on April 9 and 10 in Paris. It will be played under conventional temporal controls.
Time control for knockouts:
Direct elimination internship: game 1 + 2 = 90 ‘ + 30’ ‘/ game 3 + 4 = 10’ + 10 ”/ Game 5 + 6 = 5 ‘ + 2’ ‘/ Game 7 = Armageddon
The Paris Grand Slam Tour 2025 Freestyle leg winner will receive a cash award of $ 20,000.
