Tournament information | |
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Sport | Chess variant (Chess960) |
Location | Paris, France |
Dates | 7 April 2025–14 April 2025 |
Tournament format(s) | Single-elimination tournament with round-robin seeding round |
Host(s) | Freestyle Chess Operations |
Venue | Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy |
Participants | 12 |
The Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam is an upcoming Chess960 tournament that will take place in Paris, France from 7 April to 14 April 2025. It is the second leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, a series of Chess960 tournaments being held throughout 2025. [1] [2] [3]
After winning the first leg, Vincent Keymer goes into the event as the tour leader. [1] However, in terms of classical FIDE rankings, he ranks only 10th among the twelve qualified players.
While the first leg only had 10 participants playing in the main event, the number of participants was increased to 12 for the second leg. Nevertheless, only the top eight players after the round-robin stage will qualify for the main knockout bracket, while the remaining four players will play for positions 9–12 in a separate bracket. [4]
202 players participated in the Swiss stage held on March 12. The top four players, Amin Tabatabaei, Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn, Rauf Mamedov and Pranesh M advanced to the 16-player knockout stage, held on March 13 and 14. [5] Vidit Gujrathi defeated Richárd Rapport 1½-½ in the final, and qualified for the Grand Slam. [6]
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The four losers from the quarterfinal round above competed in the 5th-to-8th-place bracket.
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Hans Niemann had qualified for the 2025 Grenke Chess Classic by winning the 2024 Grenke Open. However, on February 13, 2025, it was announced that a Freestyle Open would be held in place of the Classic. To compensate, Niemann received a wild card invitation to the Paris Grand Slam. [7]
Qualification method | Player | Age | Rating | World ranking |
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The top three finishers in the previous Grand Slam | ![]() | 20 | 2731 | 19 |
![]() | 32 | 2803 | 2 | |
![]() | 34 | 2833 | 1 | |
World Chess Champion | ![]() | 18 | 2777 | 5 |
The two highest rated players in the February 2025 FIDE rankings | ![]() | 37 | 2802 | 3 |
![]() | 21 | 2801 | 4 | |
Winner of the Tata Steel Masters 2025 | ![]() | 19 | 2741 | 14 |
Winner of the Grenke Chess Open 2024 | ![]() | 21 | 2734 | 18 |
Wild cards [a] | ![]() | 21 | 2760 | 7 |
![]() | 34 | 2729 | 22 | |
![]() | 34 | 2754 | 9 | |
Winner of the online play-in | ![]() | 30 | 2721 | 25 |