D Gukesh Advances To Freestyle Chess Knockouts No Matter Magnus Carlsen's Defeat
Reigning World Champion, India's D Gukesh Secured A Place In The Knockout Rounds Of The Freestyle Grand Slam Excursion, Even Though He Didn't Check In A Single victory In The Qualifiers.
His Qualifier Schedule Ended With A Loss To Norwegian Chess legend Magnus Carlsen In The Final Round.
Gukesh Wrapped Up The Round-Robin Level With 3.5 Factors, A Result Of 7 Attracts And Two Losses. At The Same Time As His Performance Lacked Wins, His Constant Accumulation Of Factors Ensured He Completed 8th In An Elite Ten-Participant Field. This event Delivered A Fresh Mission, Introducing Randomized Beginning Positions That Examined Adaptability Alongside Skill.
In His Final Fit In Opposition To Carlsen, Gukesh Had Possibilities To Salvage A Draw; However, He Opted For An Aggressive Approach, Hoping To Show The Game In His Favor. His Ambition, However, Proved High-Priced, Leading To Defeat. Carlsen, Analyzing Gukesh's Showing, Remarked, "He Had Prevailing Probabilities In Some Games But Additionally Suffered Setbacks-There Is A Lot To Review."
At The Top Of The Top Of The Leaderboard, Alireza Firouzja (France) And Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) Dominated With 6.5 Points In The Fast-Paced Format, Where Each Participant Had Ten Minutes Per Game With A 10-2d Increment. American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana Secured Third Place With Six Points, While Carlsen Staged A Robust Comeback To Finish Fourth With 5.5 Points, Winning Three Of His Last 4 Games.
Hikaru Nakamura Of The united states Additionally Amassed 5.5 Points, At The Same Time As Germany's Vincent Keymer Followed In Sixth With Four Points. Gukesh And Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov Tied For 7th Place, Each Narrowly Making It Into The Knockouts.
Slovenian GM Vladimir Fedoseev And American Levon Aronian, Who Finished At The Bottom, Will Now Battle For The 9th Spot.
With A Surprising prize Pool Of USD 750,000 And A USD 150,000 Reward For The Overall Champion, The Imminent Knockout Stage Is Set To Be An Extreme Showdown Of Many Of The Globe's First-Rate.
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