![]() Vincent Keymer, the winner of the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Chess variant (Chess960) |
Location | Wangels, Germany |
Dates | 7 February 2025–14 February 2025 |
Tournament format(s) | Single-elimination tournament with round-robin seeding round |
Host(s) | Freestyle Chess Operations |
Venue | Gut Weißenhaus |
Participants | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
3rd place | ![]() |
The Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam was a 10-player Chess960 tournament that took place in Wangels, Germany from 7 February to 14 February 2025. It was the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, a series of Chess960 tournaments being held throughout 2025. [1] [2] [3]
After the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge took place as a stand-alone tournament at the Weißenhaus resort in 2024, the event was renamed for 2025 and became part of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in 2025 as its first leg. The format remained similar to 2024 with the number of participants being increased to 10. [4]
248 players participated in the Swiss stage held on January 6. The top four players, Vladimir Fedoseev, Denis Lazavik, Javokhir Sindarov and Olexandr Bortnyk advanced to the 16-player knockout stage, held on January 7 and 8. [5] Fedoseev beat Sindarov in the final in an armageddon game, after a 2–2 tie, and qualified for the Grand Slam. [6] Following Viswanathan Anand's withdrawal, Sindarov also qualified. [7]
Round of 16 (Jan 7) | Quarterfinals (Jan 7) | Semifinals (Jan 8) | Final (Jan 8) | ||||||||||||||||
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The qualifiers to the first leg were as follows: [4]
Qualification method | Player | Age | Rating | World ranking | Freestyle Rating [8] |
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(February 2025) | |||||
The top three finishers in the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge | ![]() | 34 | 2833 | 1 | 2841.0 |
![]() | 32 | 2803 | 2 | 2798.2 | |
![]() | 42 | 2745 | 12 | 2749.6 | |
The three highest rated players in the April 2024 FIDE rankings | ![]() | 37 | 2802 | 3 | NA |
![]() | 20 | 2766 | 6 | 2738.4 | |
![]() | 21 | 2760 | 7 | 2779.6 | |
International wild card [a] | ![]() | 55 | 2750 | 10 | NA |
Local wild card [a] | ![]() | 20 | 2731 | 19 | 2747.2 |
Winner of the World Chess Championship 2024 | ![]() | 18 | 2777 | 5 | 2729.4 |
Winner of the online play-in | ![]() | 29 | 2724 | 24 | NA |
![]() | 19 | 2700 | 31 | NA |
On the first day of the tournament, Javokhir Sindarov remained undefeated, winning four out of his five games, including a victory against Magnus Carlsen. By the end of the day, he was tied with Fabiano Caruana after their fifth-round game resulted in a draw. [9]
On the second day, Alireza Firouzja defeated Sindarov in the final round, securing first place in the round-robin on tiebreaks and earning the right to be the first to select his opponent for the quarterfinals. Levon Aronian and Vladimir Fedoseev were eliminated from the main competition and were set to compete against each other in a match for ninth place. [10]
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points |
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1 | ![]() | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
2 | ![]() | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
3 | ![]() | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5½ |
5 | ![]() | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3½ |
8 | ![]() | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3½ |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 2½ |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1½ |
Quarterfinals (Feb 9-10) | Semifinals (Feb 11-12) | Final (Feb 13-14) | ||||||||||||
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3 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 4 | Third Place Match (Feb 13-14) | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2½ | 4 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1½ | 2 | ![]() | 0 |
The four losers from the quarterfinal round above competed in the 5th-to-8th-place bracket.
(Feb 11-12) | Fifth Place Match (Feb 13-14) | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | ½ | |||||||
7 | ![]() | 1½ | |||||||
7 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
5 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
8 | ![]() | 1½ | |||||||
5 | ![]() | 2½ | Seventh Place Match (Feb 13-14) | ||||||
1 | ![]() | 1½ | |||||||
8 | ![]() | ½ |
Ninth Place Match (Feb 9-10) | ||||
9 | ![]() | ½ | ||
10 | ![]() | 1½ |
Note: Scores between two players adding up to 2 indicate a win under normal time controls; adding up to 4, a win under rapid time controls; adding up to 6, a win under blitz time controls; and adding up to 7, a win in armageddon with bidding.
Pos. | Player | Points | |||||
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1 | ![]() | 25 | |||||
2 | ![]() | 18 | |||||
3 | ![]() | 15 | |||||
4 | ![]() | 12 | |||||
5 | ![]() | 10 | |||||
6 | ![]() | 8 | |||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | |||||
8 | ![]() | 4 | |||||
9 | ![]() | 2 | |||||
10 | ![]() | 1 | |||||
Sources: [11] [12] |
Pos. | Player | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | 25 | |
2 | ![]() | 18 | |
3 | ![]() | 15 | |
4 | ![]() | 12 | |
5 | ![]() | 10 | |
Sources: [11] [12] |
Note: Only the top five positions are included.