Vidit Gujrathi becomes the fourth Indian of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour after winning the Paris – Firstpost game

The Grand Chelem Freestyle chess tour should have even more Indian participation next month with the Grandmaster empties Gujrathi qualify for the return match which will take place in Paris in April. Gujrathi confirmed his ticket for the French capital by winning the Freestyle Paris chess game, joining the defending world champion of Gukesh, the chess champion Tata R Praggnanandhaa and Le Monde n ° 5 Arjun Erigaisi.

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Gukesh, which will feature in the five events as reigning world champion, was the only Indian action in the opening of the first Grand Slam tour in Weissenhaus, Germany. The 18 -year -old ended up ending an eighth eighth disappointing out of 10 competitors after failing to win a single match.

Gujrathi flies to Paris just after the wedding

The Paris leg of the Freestyle chess tour takes place between April 7 and 14 – exactly two months after the Weissenhaus leg. For Gujrathi, however, the first week of April will be real characteristic because he will be in action in Paris only after his marriage, which means that his honeymoon will have to take the rear seat for the moment. Gujrathi Will should marry his fiancée Nidhi Kataria, homeopathic doctor by profession.

“I have my wedding in early April, and now Paris will probably be the place where I go for the honeymoon because there is no time. As soon as I get married, I will fly, it looks like, but I will need help with the visa, if someone looks, for my fiancée – it will be useful!” Gujrathi would have been cited by Chess.com.

Gujrathi qualified for the event after defeating Richard report 1.5-0.5 to win the event and become the 12th and last participant of the Paris leg.

The 30-year-old, who was part of the Indian contingent who finished a historic golden scanning at the Olympiad of chess last year, had previously beaten the compatriot M Pranesh with a similar margin in the quarter-final before putting a 2-0 defeat in Amin Tabatabaei to Amin Tabatabaei.