SportsPosted at: Jul 16 2025 10:56PM


Praggnanandhaa, take on Carlsen at Las Vegas Freestyle Tour

Las Vegas, July 16 (UNI) The fourth leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour kicked off in Las Vegas today, featuring a stellar 16-player lineup, including three of India’s brightest chess stars — R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, and Vidit Gujrathi — who are set to clash with world champions Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana.
In a major first, the tournament has expanded to include 16 players and sees the debut of a woman competitor, Grandmaster Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan, a two-time World Blitz Women's Champion. The event, which runs till July 20, follows a unique round-robin-cum-knockout format with rapid time controls of 10 minutes plus 10 seconds increment in the initial phase.
The participants are split into two groups — White and Black. The top four from each will progress to the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, while the remaining will head to the Bottom Bracket. The knockout rounds will use a slower 30+30 format.
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