New Delhi: Initial phase of Freestyle Chess Grand SlamHosted in Paris, concluding his eleven round competition on Tuesday.
In this phase, twelve contenders were seen for eight available posts Knockout stageThe competition was fierce, and the results were closely contested.
Ian nepomomonachchi And Magnus Carlsen emerged as leading players, scoring 8.5 points by the end of each early round.
However, Napomomnatty was declared the top finisher on Carlson due to a better tiebreak score.
following them, Maxim watier-lagrev Claimed third place with a total of 7 points. Arjun Erigasi And Nodirbek Abdusattorov was not far behind, each scored 6.5 points.
Hikaru nakamura It was also made through the knockout stage by earning 6 points. His merit was exposed by an important game against Abdusatorov, where Nakamura managed to protect a challenging endgeem under a lack of significant time.
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18 -year -old Kautuk faced difficulties from the beginning of the last day, scoring only 1.5 points.
In the eleventh round, his position deteriorated after an initial mistake against Napomomonachchi, which damaged him by the seventh step.
Earlier this year, the performance of the winner of the German leg, Vincent Kimar, was also notable, as he defeated Fabiano Karuana in the last round to finish in the top eight.
This victory scored a total of 5.5 points. Caruana managed to proceed on a knockout stage with 4.5 points, despite her disadvantage to Kimer, assisted Nakamura’s victory against Richard Wrappers in the closing game.
The tournament also saw many strong contenders out of the tournament, including Pragnanandha, Saarna and Vidit Gujratha.
The victory of the newly married Gujarathi over Karuana was a characteristic of a strategic intercourse strategy, an attraction, although it was not enough to remove its earlier failures in the tournament.
The drama of the rapport was marked by inventable strategies, including a notable queen sacrifice for the friend, yet these efforts did not translate into sufficient points for safe qualifications.
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