Arjun Erigaisi set to battle against Carlsen and co. at Freestyle Grand Slam Tour Finals in South Africa
Freestyle Grand Slam Tour Finals starts today at Grootbos Private Nature in Walker Bay, Hermanus, South Africa. The top eight finishers of the tour will battle each other in Round-Robin Rapid stage. The top three players will get to choose their Quarterfinal opponents. The newly crowned FIDE World Cup 2025 winner, Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) got number 1 at the Draw of Lots, Vincent Keymer (GER) no.2 and Arjun Erigaisi 3. Arjun will start the day with a game against Hans Niemann (USA). The remaining pairings are: Sindarov vs Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Keymer vs Levon Aronian (USA) and Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) vs Fabiano Caruana (USA). Round 1 starts today at 1 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Sagar Shah
Arjun vs Hans in Round 1
L to R: Abhyudaya Ram, Harshit Raja, Amruta Mokal, Arjun Erigaisi, Sagar Shah and Aditya Sur Roy.
For more photos, please check the album here.
Players
Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Levon Aronian (USA), Vincent Keymer (GER), Arjun Erigaisi, Hans Niemann (USA), Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) and Javokhir Sindarov (UZB).
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Schedule
8th December: Round-Robin stage - Rapid
9th December: Quarterfinals
10th December: Semifinals and 5th - 8th place
11th December: Finals, 3rd, 5th and 7th place
Round 1 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2704 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2923 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2752 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2772 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2744 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2717 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2712 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2797 | 5 |
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