‘Gukesh admitted that he did not do well’: World Champion Return for Paris Leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour | Chess news

New Delhi: A rocky starts dense in the beginning GukeshSoul in the early leg of 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam TourWith the youngest World Chess Champion Struggle to match the speed of unique format in last February.
From his first experience on the tour, 18 -year -old did not win 11 draws, six necklaces and no win.
In the roster of ten players, he finished eighth after losing later Alirza firouja In the seventh place playoffs, Grand USD earned only 20,000 USD from 750,000 prize pool.
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This time, the house favorite Alireza has been supported and the Paris leg will not have convenience, with Richard Rapport selected as their replacement for the scheduled schedule from April 7 to 14.
As the World Chess Champion, Gukesh is eligible to participate in all legs of the freestyle chess tour.
Nevertheless, looking at their struggles in a format, which removes traditional opening principles and eliminates familiar lines of the game, focuses on their involvement in Paris.
Speaking specially for Timesofindia.com from Paris, John Henic Buutner, co-founder of Freestyle Chess, clarified that there was no doubt.
“Gukesh is a humble, calm and kind person. He just accepted bad results. He did not do it very well, but there was no question whether he would participate in the next leg. He just said,” I will do better next time. “
“Anyway, we talked about it in Paris. It was a small conversation (with Gukesh). He was very calm and accepted the situation. I think it’s great,” he said.
Despite being similar to the prize pool, Paris leg will witness a strong Indian contingent.
In Paris, Pavilan Chasani in Do Roy, will join Gukesh Arjun Erigasi, R PraggananandhaAnd newly married Faith GujarathiWho earned his place by winning the open online qualifier.
But they take a stacked ground, including Hikaru nakamuraFabiano Caruana, and Vincent Kimar, German leg winner.
“We have an incredible roster of 12 players … Just thinking about it! Four players will not make it in the quarter -finals. And in fact, you can try to guess who they will be four, but it’s difficult. It’s crazy to think. Out of those 12, who you will choose?” Commented.
In freestyle chess, the world ranking holds very low value.
Not the world. 3 Thus barely matters. But Gukesh has arrived and will play in the next few days to create a knockout phase of the tournament, which not only promises a big timai, but also a shot in redemption in a year, where its best result ends an runner -up in Tata Steel Masters in Vijak Ann Zee.