Magnus Carlsen clinches Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025

By  News On Air   Apr 16, 2025

In Chess, world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway clinched the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 in Paris, France, yesterday. He defeated American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura with a 1.5-0.5 match victory. With this, Carlsen won the 2 lakh US Dollars, followed by Nakamura, who won 1 lakh 40 thousand US Dollars.

Moreover, Italian-American Fabiano Caruana crushed German Grandmaster Vincent Keymer in the battle of third place and took 1 lakh US Dollars, along with a spot in the Las Vegas Grand Slam.

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated Maxime Vacxhier-Lagrave of France by 1.5-0.5 points and bagged fifth spot with 50 thousand US Dollar prize money. Arjun will be in action next from the 17th of April at the Grenke Freestyle Open.