Freestyle Grand Slam Tour Stage 2 SF1: Calm before storm?
The first game of both Semifinals ended in draws at Freestyle Grand Slam Tour Stage 2. Vincent Keymer (GER) and Magnus Carlsen (NOR) will get the white pieces against Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Fabiano Caruana (USA) respectively in the second Classical game. In the battle of fifth place, both matches had a decisive game each. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) defeated Arjun Erigaisi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave respectively. It means both Arjun and MVL are in a must-win situation to stay in contention for a fifth place finish. Semifinals Game 2 starts today from 1 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy
Arjun in a must-win situation against Nepomniachtchi
Semifinal: Nakamura - Keymer: 0.5-0.5
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - Vincent Keymer (GER): 0.5-0.5
Caruana - Carlsen: 0.5-0.5
Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Magnus Carlsen (NOR): 0.5-0.5
5th - 8th place: Nepomniachtchi - Arjun: 1-0
Abdusattorov - Vachier-Lagrave: 1-0
9th place: Rapport - Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5
For more Semifinal 1 and 5th-9th place game photos, please click here.
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Total prize fund
US$ 750000 per Grand Slam
Format
Time: Rapid and Standard
• Round robin: Rapid 10 minutes for the game + 10 seconds per move
• Knockout stage - Game 1+2 = 90’+30’’ / Game 3+4 = 10’+10’’ / Game 5+6 = 5’+2’’ / Game 7 = Armageddon
Schedule
7th and 8th April: Round-Robin stage - Rapid
9th and 10th April: Quarterfinals - Classical
11th and 12th April: Semifinals and Playoffs for 5th to 8th - Classical
13th and 14th April: Finals - Classical
Semifinal 1 results
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Game 1 | Game 2 | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semifinal - Round 1 (2025/04/11 - 2025/04/12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2804 | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | GM | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2718 | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2776 | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2837 | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5th-8th place results
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Game 1 | Game 2 | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semifinal - Round 1 (2025/04/11 - 2025/04/12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | FRE | 2757 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2782 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | UZB | 2773 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2722 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9th place results
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Game 1 | Game 2 | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Final - Round 1 (2025/04/11 - 2025/04/12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2722 | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2758 | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
