Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Kicks Off with Carlsen, Anand and Gukesh

Freestyle Grand Slam Chess Tour will begin in February 2025. The 18th world champion will join the lineup with two predecessor world champions - Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. The first event of the season will take place from 7th to 14th February. The remaining confirmed players are - Fabiano Caruana (USA), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Alireza Firouzja (FRA), Levon Aronian (USA) and Vincent Keymer (GER). The last spot will be determined by open online qualifier which will be held on chess.com on 4th and 5th January. Check the Press Release for more details. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Freestyle Chess